158. CYPERACES. 267 
Cura (Beechey! Meyen!); Formosa (Oldham, 594! A. Henry, 
178); Yunnan: Mengtze, 6000 feet (4. Henry, 10484 D).--— 
Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
A. Henry notes on his n. 478, * Used for making brooms "': on 
his n. 10484 “ Was 9 ft. 1 in. high, leaves mostly in the upper 
half"; the specimen is very young, and may or may not be 
S. serobiculata. 
Frequent in Malaya, from Java to the Philippines and New 
Guinea. 
14. Scleria tessellata, Willd. Sp. Pl. iv. p. 315, tab. Rumphii 
citatà excl.; Kunth, Enum. Pl. ii. p. 343; Boeck. in Linnea, 
xxxviii. (1874) p. 470, nee Boeck. in Flora, lxii. (1879) p. 571; 
C. B. Clarke, in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. p. 686: non Benth. 
CmkKIANG: Ningpo Mts. (Faber, 288:); YUNNAN: Tchen- 
fongchan (Delavay !). Herb. Kew. 
Plentiful in India; frequent in Japan; occurs scattered south- 
ward to Queensland. 
1. Diplacrum caricinum, R. Br. Prodr. p. 241; Kunth, Enum. 
Pl. ii. p. 360; Boeck. in Linnea, xxxviii. (1874) p. 434; Goebel, 
in Ann. Jard. Buitenz. vii. (1888) p. 132, t. 15. figg. 21-29. 
Scleria caricina, Benth. Fl. Austral. vii. p. 426; Benth. et Hook. f. 
Gen. Pl. iii. p. 1071; C. D. Clarke, in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind, vi. p. 688. 
Honaxone (Lamont, S69 A!, Hance, 9932!). Mus. Brit. ; 
Herb. Kew. 
Frequent in India, extending thence to the Philippines and 
Queensland. 
1. Kobresia cercostachys, C. B. Clarke, MS. 
Carex cercostachys, Franch. in Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris, sér. 8, vil. 
(1894) p. 27, in Nouv. Arch. Mus, sér. 3, viii. (1896) pp. 191, 209. 
SzECHUEN : Tachienlu, 9000-13,500 feet (Pratt, 741); 
Yunnan: Yengtzehay, 12,250 feet (Delavay, 3403!). Herb. 
Kew. 
2. Kobresia fragilis, C. B. Clarke, n. sp. 
Culmi 12-16 une. longi, graciliores, teretes. Folia omnia 
basalia, cum 4 parte culmi vix equilonga, d, unc. lata. Panzeula 
14 une. longa, 3 lin. lata; bractea ima 2-3 unc. longa, 1 lin. 
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