682 CLXXII. CYPERACEX. (C. B. Clarke.) [ Mapania. 
slenderly striate pale brown.  Pandanophyllum zeylanicum, Kurz in Journ. 
As. Soc. Beng. xxxviii. part ii. 80 (partly). 
ANDAMAN Isrps.; Helfer (Kew Distrib. 6298), Kurz. 
Stolon long, rather c covered by ovate striate lax scales. Scales at base of 
culm up to 2 in., very lax, striate, pale brown, with an ovate-oblong im! on i mE 
sometimes nearly 1 in. long. Leaves much softer than in M. Kuren 3 nig rigid; 
motely scabrous or almost smooth. Infl. of M. Kurzii, but Kee a ! 
bracteoles loosely imbricate. Nut not seen.— Closely allied to M. palustris. 
5. M. multispicata, C. D. Clarke; scape 6 in. with head o Ka 
spikes, leaves 3-4 ft. by kä in. margins strongly scabrous r dus 
bracteoles 4 in. dark-brown, nut very small obovoid. Pani SE Cot of 
humile, Zoll. Verz. Ind. Archip. ii. 61; Mig. FT. Ind. Bat. Fé T. hamile, 
Hassk.). Hypolytrum compactum ? Moritzi Verz. Zoll. Pft.98. H. 
Boeck, in Innnea, xxxvii. 128 (mainly). 
SINGAPORE; Ridley.— DISTRIB. Java. 
. . ‘a diam. when’ 
Head very much smaller than in the preceding species, about 4 in. diam 
ikes are 
young. The species appears more allied to Sect. Pandanophyllum, but the spi 
distinct in the head. 
, en. 
Sect. III. PANDANOPHYLLUM (Genus), Hassk. in Tydsch, Nat, TU 
Ned. Ind. x. 118 (partly). Stem very short, leaves long. Hate ovoid or 
short or longish. Inflorescence (a corymb) congested into 4s shorter or 
oblong head la second head rarely added in M. longa]; bract Sets: upper 
little longer than spikes. Spikes of few (sometimes 1) spikelets; 
bracts passing into bracteoles. Nut as in sect. Halostemma. 
* Leaves gradually narrowed at base and aper. 
. r 2 its 
6. M. Wallichii, C. D Clarke; scape 4—6 in. stout oer d ipso ; 
length with scales, inflorescence a dense head 1-1} in, ovol lustre (it: 
partial spikes all containing one spikelet only. Pand. Ke Soc. Beng: 
florescentiá juveni" contained ripe nuts), Kurz in Journ. 23. 
xxxviii. pt. ii. 79 (not of Hassk.).— Wall. Cat. 3541. 
SINGAPORE, Wallich.—Disrrie., Borneo. t 
Leaves equitant, up to 3 ft. by 2 in., margins aculeolate. Bracts 
obtuse, thick, shorter than infl. Bracteoles } in., elliptic, obtuse, € 
Squamelle and glumes a little shorter than bracteole, narrow-oblong. 
ovoid, ashy-black, beak hardly any. 
ovate-oblong, 
haffv, tough. 
ut i ily 
+n. with 
7. M. zeylanica, Benth. in Gen. Pl. iii. 1056 ; scapes We intl. 
few scales close to base, leaves aculeate on margin to base, ing several 
broad ovoid more or less compound, i.e. basal spikes contait yy, Enum. 
spikelets, upper spikes with one spikelet. Pand. zeylanicum, Jaman sf? 
345; Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xxxviii., pt. ii. 80 (excl. Ai Archip. 
Boeck. in Linnæa, xxxvii. 138. Lepironia ceylanica, Mig. Ti. P^ 
Ind. 61, t. 22 (spikes very young). eo 
CEYLON, Thw., C.P. 3029, E. IND. PrNiINs., Rottler.—DISTRIB. Borr, -3 ft. by 
Resembles M. Wallichii, but spike shorter more compound. "i alate. nfl. m 
$ in., aculeate on keel beneath, long-attenuate linear, margins acule M. Wallicht* 
frt. rather more than } in. diam. Spikelets, glames, aud nut, as 10 
Style 3-fid and nut subglobose ; or (Boeckeler) 2-fid. othed 
- clothe 
8. M. immersa, Benth. in Gen. Pl. iii. 1056; scapes 12 iy slightly 
throughout by lanceolate leaf-like scales, leaves (except tip) ° 
