Fimbristylis squarrosa Vahl

Fimbristylis squarrosa Vahl, Enum. 2 : 289. 1805
Isolepis hirta H.B.K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 1 : 224. 1816. (Aragua, Venezuela.) Fimbristylis hirta R. & S. Syst. Veg. 2: 99. 1817. Pogonostylis squarrosus Bertol. Fl. Ital. 1: 313. 1834. Fimbristylis comata Nees in Wight, Contr. Bot. India 102. 1834.
Annual ; culms striate, 2-A dm. high, pubescent or glabrous ; leaves basal, very narrow,
flat, usually pubescent, shorter than the culms; bracts of the inflorescence shorter than or
equaling the rays ; inflorescence umbellate, with 1-6 unequal, slender rays 2-3 cm. long ;
spikelets oblong, many-flowered, usually solitary on the divaricate rays, the central spikelet
sessile ; scales ovate, brown, strongly mucronate with recurved tips, hispid, especially on the
greenish midrib; achene lenticular, glistening brown when mature, obovate, 0.7 mm. long,
0.5 mm. wide, often with coarse horizontal reticulation ; style somewhat flattened, 0.7 mm.
long, fimbriate at the junction of the 2 short style-branches, the bulbous base fringed by long,
recurved hairs nearly the length of the achene; stamen 1, the anther 0.3 mm. long.
Type locality: South America (?), "e collect. Amer. Loefling ded. Dr. Ortega."
Distribution: Cuba (C. Wright s. n.) ; South America; India.