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Allied to Scirpus subcapitatus, Thw., but distinct by the very slender habit, the more 
advanced development of the lamina of the leaves, and spikelets always solitary, with 
rather obtuse bracts. It approaches very closely certain Chinese specimens which 
probably belong to S. subcapitatus, the fruit of which, however, is still unknown, 
particularly one from the lower Yang-tse-Kiang (Maries), and also a specimen collected 
by Beccari on Mt. Singalan in Sumatra (no. 276). However, the latter is much stouter, 
and the bracts of the spikelets are longer and more acute. Mr. C. B. Clarke considers 
it to be also a form of S. subcapitatus. 
SCHENUS APOGON, Roemer et Schultes, Syst. ii. 77.—Syn. Chetospora imberbis, R. Brown, 
Prodr. 233; S. Brownii, Hook. fil. Handb. N. Zeal. Fl. 298; Bentham and F. Mueller, 
Fl. Austral. vii. 373. 
In crevices of rocks from 11,000 to 13,000 feet (Haviland, 1395, 1396; Low at 
9000 feet). 
Distribution: From Queensland to Tasmania ; North Borneo ; Loo-Choo Islands. 
SCHENUS MELANOSTACHYUS, R. Brown, Prodr. 231. 
Maripari Spur, at 5500 feet ( Haviland, 1407). : 
Distribution: Queensland to New South Wales; West Australia (?) ; North Borneo. 
CLADIUM BORNEENSE, C. B. Clarke, n. sp. ©.“ culmis robustioribus, teretibus; foliis sub- 
nullis, paniculá oblongá, densá, spiculis composite fasciculatis ; pistillo juniore ellip- 
soideo-trigono, rostro ovoideo-conico, glabro, stylo 3-fido. Rhizoma repens, 4 mm. in 
diam., ligneum. Culmi metrales, 3 mm. in diam., nisi basi nudi. Vagina summa 1 din. 
longa, in altero latere 1-4 em. lanceolato-producta. Panicula 6 em. longa, 2 cm. 
lata; rami approximati, em anfractuosim flexuosi, subereeti, minute scabridi ; 
bractea ima vix vaginata, cum 3-2 parte paniculee subzquilonga. Spicule 6 mm. 
longze, fusce brunnes, sub Beli) Glume undique imbricatz, ovato-oblonge, 
l-nerviæ, minute scabro-puberule; 3 ime vacuæ, apice obtusw, subaristellate, 
quarta perfecta, nucifera, cum imis «equilonga, vix aristellata, summa angustior, 
obtusa, vacua. Sete 3, minute, ovate. Stamina 3; anthere lanceolato-cristate. 
Stylus linearis, glaber ; rami 3 lineares.” 
At 5000 feet (Low). 
Distribution: North Borneo [plains near Tamparluli, in moist places (Burbidge) |. 
“Species C. vaginali proxima, sed inflorescentia fere Cladii Fautherie; etiam a 
C. teretifolio, R. Br., parum distat." 
CLADIUM SAMOENSE, C. B. Clarke, n. sp.—Syn. Vincentia latifolia, Nad. Pl. Tahiti, 34 (?), 
non Kunth. C.“ paniculá laxiusculá; spiculis atr orubris ; glumis minute scabro-pube- 
rulis; stylo 3-fido; nuce triquetrá, in stipite lineari-obconico sustentá, rostro cum nuce 
equilongo, scabro-pilosulo. Characteres sectionis P'incentie. Culmus 6 dm. longus. 
Folia 12 mm. lata. Panicula 2 dm. longa, fere 1 dm. lata ; ramuli seabro-pilosuli. 
Spicule 4-5 mm. longe. Filamenta cum stylis exserta. Nux vix alata; stipes 
. nuce propria muito brevior, obpyramidalis.” 
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