346 



ENUMEHATiOxX OP [CyperacetB. 



Folia 3-4-i)caaUa 6-7 liu- lata. Cnlmi plares, 3-9 poll, loagi lasi vaginati. 



na4 seniipollicares. Glum^ stiuama fcqmlongffi, hnean-lanceolattc acuta, estenores 

 ad Srinam scabra>. Anther A liu. longec. Canjo^szs albda, mterue nigra, 2 Im. 



^° H^sskarl in describing tliis genus as monandrous, must, I suspect, have talcen the 

 lon^ davate ?yle of he fnale flower for an anther. The true anthers, 3 m number, 

 ISlTe onSSeJ one within the fold of each of the e.ter or g umes f the flower, 

 may easily escape observation, unless great care be taken m the dissection. 



5. LEPIRONIA, Eich. 



1. L. mucronata, Hick, in Pers. Syn. i. p. 70; Kth. Enum. p. 366. 



Chondrachne ariiculata, 11. Br.— C.P. 3228. 



Hab. Caltura District. _ • \ i i t,-, 



PistiUum 18-24 paleis (6-8 cxterioribus monandris, reliquis vacuis) lanccolatis 



acutis cinctum. 



" This els™; evidently closely allied to ^-f ^-^Z'^''-/^, f ^, P'^^ t one or mor? 

 gurrounid by a certain number of empty paleiB, and. outside hese, ^y^'i,^^ ™^ ^ 



series of monandrous palc». In Pandan^oph,jlh,mi\.. flower (o^ ^Pj'^ ^J^^) \ '™ 

 sexual, either the pistil or the stamens being sterile or rudimentary, whilst m tne 

 present genus the flower (or spikelet ?) is hermaphrodite. 



HYPOLYTRUM 



1. H. latifolium, Eich. in Pers. Syn. i. p. 70 ; Kth. Ennm. ii. p,2n. 

 m svn.— ^. aiaanteim. Wall. Cat. No. 3404; N. ab Es. m WigM. 



cum syn 



Contr. p. 93, cuni syn. H 



C.P. 3, 219. 



Var. ^. minor.— Spiculis .<iqti,a7n{sqne multo minoribus. 

 Hab. Common in dense forests in the southern and central parts oi 

 „..e island, up to an elevation of 3000 feet. 

 Var. ^. Caltura. 



Glnma postice connate, sed facile disrupta;. Cari/opsis^ glabra vel parum rugu- 

 losa, rarius costulata, ochraceo- vel nigro-fusca, endocarpio mgro. 



2. H. longirostre, Thw. ; spiculis corymhoso-paniculatis 5 ^9'«'^"J*'' 

 firmis, nitidis, plus minus acutatis, mucronatis ; glumts postice coi 

 natis, oblongis, suhacutis, carinis scabris ; stamimhus 2 J.^^^i^f^f^Xita 

 data, rugoaa, parum compressa, styli basi dilatata longmsculc rostrata. 



—C.P. 3468. 



Hab. Hiuldoon Corle. 



Caryopals fasca, sa;pe obscure costiilata, \ lin. longa, rostro parum longiorc ; 



docarpio nigro. ' . ,. ,„;„„n,„a fir- 



A prxcedente, cui valde similis, foliis angustioribus, squamis acutis majonbns n 



mioribusque et caryopsi longe rostrata satis differt. 



3. H. costatum, Thw.; spicis capitato-congcstis ; <'<^''fP.%'^^}f^ 

 cula, ovata vel. rotundata, acuta, longitudinaliter grosse b-i--co!,Lci , 



cxterne spongiosa. — c.p. 3222. , 



Hab. Central Province, but exact locality not recorded. 



Cubnus triqucter, Isevis. Folia JtoraUa longiuscula, 8 Un. lata, t™f ^'«' "^ J^^^^ 

 scabra. Panicula oblonga, dense coinpacta. Caryopsis fusco-nigra, cs nu.m 



interne albida, endocarpio scparabili. . , „„ so 



The only specimen I possess is not sufficiently perfect to enable me to oiaw i 

 complete a description as could be desired, of this interesting p'aut. 



