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Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 6: G87. Sclcria lateriflora Boeck. ! in Linna^a 38 
(1874) 455. 
Luzon, (808 Loher) ; (3665, 4617 Merrill). 
Ceylon to New Caledonia, scattered. 
This species is very near ScJcria annularis Kuntli, but the inflorescence is looser 
and witli divaricate and nodding branches. 
(h) Plants more robust, with woody horizontal rltizviiics. 
* Sheaths of the leaves S-toinycd. 
7. Sclerfa hebecarpa Noes in Wi^^dit Contrib. (1831) 117. 
Nxit slightly verrucose, hairy; lobes of the disc lanceolate, approsscd 
to the nut. 
Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 6: 689 j Hemsl. in Jourii. Linn. Soc. 36 (1903) 264. 
Scleria scroUc-ulata Moritzi ! Vorx. ZolJ. Pfl. m, jjartini; Steud. ! in Zoll, Verz. 
Ind. Archip. heft 2, 61, non Nees. S. Japunica Steud. ! Cyp. WO. 8, Wichurai 
Boeck. ! in Engl. Jahrb. 5 (1884) 510. 
Luzon, Manila, {Wichura) . 
India, frequent, to Japan and the Viti Islands. 
8. Scleria Chinensis Kunth, Enum. 2 (1837) 357. 
'Nut verrucose or tos^cllatej hairy; lobes of tlie disc short-ovale, rounded. 
Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 6: 690; Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 36 (1903) 263; 
Merrill in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 1; 31. Scleria scrohiculata Moritzi 
! Verz. ZoU. Pfl. 98 partim. 
Luzon, (804 Loher) ; (3904, 3958 Merrill), 
China to Singapore, Malaya and Queensland. 
0. Scleria oryzoides Prcsl, Pvcl. Ilaenk. 1 (1S28) 201. 
Panicle-branches numerous, suberect, long, with many solitary spike- 
lets; nut smooth, margin of the disc truncate. 
Miq. Fl. Nederh Ind. 3: 342; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 6: 691. 
Luzon, [Haenke) ; (144 Jfcrn'R) . 
Southern India to north Australia, frequent; also received twice from Mo- 
zambique. 
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10. Scleria purpureo-vaginata Eoerk. ! in EngJer Jalirh. 5 (1884) 513. 
Nearly glabrous, leaves appearing in twos and threes, suhopposito; nut 
white, tessellated; lobes of the disc short-ovate, obtuse. 
Scleria sumatrensis Vidal ! Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. 285, non Retz. 
Luzon, (1930 Vidal); (1852 bis Wichura); (34 Whit ford), JfKr.ROS, (05 
Copeland). Palawan, (353 Bcnncjos). 
Ceram Laut. 
TIiG falsely opposite or ternato leaves brings this plant apparently near the 
group of Scleria Sumatrensis. The present species has strongly 3-wingod leaf- 
sheaths which separates it. As regards S. Sumatrensis Retz., an abundant species, 
it has a very tall disc sticking up and encircling the nut up to two-thirds its 
height, which makes the species an easy one to recognize. 
