106 CLARKE. 
""* Sheaths of the leaves acutely triangular, scarcely ivingcd. Leaves {falschj) 
temate or opposite. 
11. Scleria scrobiculata Nees in Wight Contrib. (t834) 117. 
Panicle dull grey-piirple; lobes of the disc short. 
Moritzi ! Verz. Zoll, Pfl. 98 purtim; Miq. Fl. Xcderl. Tud. 3: 342; Hemsl. in 
Journ. Linn. Soc 36 (1903) 266. Scleria Timorensis Xees ! in Linnsea 9 
(1834) 303. S. fesseUata Decaisne ! in Nonv. Ann. Mus. Paris, 3 (1834) 362, 
non Willd. 8. Neesiana Hook, ct Arn. Bot. Beechy Voy. 220 (nee 8. Ncesii 
Kunth). 8. Waigionensis Steud. Cyp. 173; Miq. Fl. Xederl. Ind. 3: 345. 8. 
foveolafa Llanos Fragm. PI. Filip. 103, non Cav. 8. Keyensis K. Scliuni. ! in 
Engl. Jalub. 13 (1891) 267. 
Philippines, (Llanos); (Moseley) ; [King). Luzon, {S09, SIO Loher) ; (458 
Topping); {^313 Ahem' s collector) ; [24: Fox worthy ) ; (553SA7mer). Mixdoko, 
(1253 Merrill). Mindanao, (591 Copeland). 
From the Andaman Islands to Liu Kiu and Xuw Guinea; seatttied, not very 
common. 
12. Scleria multifoliata Boeck. in Linnsea, 38 (1874) 510. 
Panicle red ; lobes of the disc -I to § the height of the nut. 
Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 6: 693. Scleria tessellata Brongn. in Duperry Voy. 
Coquille, 2 (1829) 164. Carex Amhoinica Rumph. Herb. Amb. 6: 20. t. 8. f. 1- 
Luzon, Manila, {%Z Gaudichaud) ; Bataan, (460 Topping); Benguet, (4834 
Merrill), 
Malayan Peninsula and Archipelago; frequent. 
Scleria puhescens Zoll. ! Verz. Ind. Archip. heft 2, 61, which is not S. puhcsccns 
Steud., I consider a variety only of 8. multifoliata Boeck. 
13. Scleria Sumatrensis Retz. Ohs. 5: 19. t. 2. 
Disc tall, encircling the nut up to % its height. 
Boeck. in Linnaca 38: 513; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 6: 693. S. purpurascens 
Steud. Cyp. 169. 
Basilan (7 De Yore d Hoover), 
Southern Bengal to Malaya. 
18. DIPLACRUM R. Brown. 
I. Diplacrum caricinum K. Br. Prodr. (1810) 241; Brongn. in Duperry. 
Voy. Coquille, 2 (1829) 160; Moritzi, Verz. Zoll. Pf!. 99; Steud. in Zoll. Verz. 
Ind. Archip. heft 2, 60; Miq. Fl. Nederl, Ind. 3: 345 et Suppl. 262; Hemsl. in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. 36 (1903) 267. Scleria caricina Benth. FL Austral. 7: 426; 
Hook- f. Fl.'Brit. Ind. 6: 688. 
Luzon, (736 Lofter); (3626AfemU). 
Frequent in India, thence scattered to Hongkong, the Philippines and Queens- 
land. 
There is no possible line to be drawn between Diplacrum and Scleria. In 
Diplacrum the female flower — that is, spikelet — appears terminal; but so it 
does in Scleria flaccida ygyj often. 
