1 04 CLAKKE. 
riuui'i'iNES, [ISll Cuming), Luzon, {GO:^ ^y hit ford) ; {niQ Merrill) ; (0144 
Lciherg ) . 
Warm regions of the World; very common in Asia, Oceania and America; rare 
in Africa. 
Var. ^ Roxburghii Thwaites ! Enum. PI. Zeyl. 354. 
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Rather stouter, nut Avith transverse wrinkles, at least when young. 
Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 6: G85. 
Luzox, (805, 80G Loher). 
South India. 
2. Sclerla corymbosa Roxb. Hort. Beng. ISU (1813) 103. 
One to three meters high, panicle large, compound, dense. 
Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 6: GSG. Bcleria androgyna Noes in Linnaa 9 (1834) 
303. 
CULION, (656 Merrill). 
Indiaj fre(iuent. 
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3. Sclerla Motleyi C. B. Clarke in hb. Kew, ms. in Motley nn. 72, 74, 152. 
Minutely loosely floccose all over; nnt ellipsoid, with triangular top^. 
white, with rusty hairs. 
Borneo, frecjuontly received. 
"Var. /9 densi-spicata. 
Spikes compound, dense, of many spikelets; bracts linear, caudate, 
standing out from the spike. 
Luzon, Pampanga, Mount Arayat, (803 Loher). 
Series B. Spikelets all l-seosual. 
(a) Plants medium sized or small; am^ual or xvith scarcely any rhizome. 
4. Scleria tessellata W^IId. ! Sp. PI. 4 (1805) 315, tab. Rumph, eitat. excl. 
• Nut tessellated, often minutely hairy. 
Hook. f. Fi. Brit. Ind. 6: 686; Ilemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 36 (1903) 267. 
Scleria propinqua Steud. ! Cyp. 169; Miq. Fl. Noderl. Ind. 3: 343. 
Philippines, (Loher). Luzors-, Benguet, {4Z70 Merrill). 
From India to Japan and Queensland; common in India. 
5. Scleria annularis Kunth, Emim. 2 (1837) 359. 
Kut smooth, sometimes obscurely fenestrate; margin of the disc, 
truncate. 
Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 6: 687; Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 36 (1903) 263. 
Hypopyrum annulare Nees in Linnspa 9 (1834) 303. . 
Luzon, (807 Loher). 
India and China (Ichang), rare. 
6. Scleria Zeylanica Poiret in Lam. Encyel. 7 (1806) 3, exemplo Madagas- 
carensi exchiso. 
Nut smooth; margin of the disc subentire, glandular, colored. 
