316 FLORA VITIENSIS. 
Prod. p. 220.—In swamps, Viti Levu (Seemann! n. 667). Also found in New Holland and the East 
Indies. 
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II. Scleria, Berg. Endl. Gen. n. 964. Spicule diclinz, 3 oc-florze, 9 l.flore. Fl. 4: Palex 
distiche v. co-fariam imbricatz.  Perigonium 0. Stamen l, v. rarissime 5. Fl. 9: Glumæ oo, o0- 
fariam imbricatz, sensim majores. Pales 2, integra, subopposite. Perigonium 0. Discus varius, 
subcylindricus, lobatus v. annularis, persistens. Ovarium stylo continuo, 2-3-fido. Caryopsis ossea, 
subglobosa, lageniformis v. lenticularis, levis v. tessellata, paleis patentibus cincta.— Herb:e perennes, 
habitu vario. 
l. S. margaritifera, Willd. Spec. vol. iv. p. 321; Kunth, Enum. vol. ii. p. 341; culmis 3. 
quetris, angulis scabris ; foliis linearibus, planis, submembranaceis, 3-nerviis, margine scabris ; vaginis 
3-quetris, vix alatis; ligula abbreviata, rotundata ; panieulis axillaribus et terminalibus, ramosis, 
peduneulatis, pyramidalibus; bracteis setiformibus; floribus masculis 3-andris ; spica 9 floribus 8 g 
terminata ; achenio lapideo, subgloboso, fuscescenti, umbonato, levi, lacteo-albido, nitido ; disco 3-lobo, 
haud ciliato; lobis ovatis, obtusis.— Carer lithospermus, Forst. Prod. n. 339.—Ovalau (M‘Gillivray ! 
Seemann! n.677). Also found in Tana (W. Anderson ! Forster !), Aneitum (M‘Gillivray !), Isle of 
Pines, off New Caledonia (M‘Gillivray !), and Samoa (Sir E. Home !). 
2. S.lithosperma, Willd. Spec. vol. iv. p. 316; Kunth, Enum. vol. ii. p. 949; glaucà; 
culmis gracilibus, 3-quetris, glabris; foliis anguste linearibus, elongatis, margine scabris; vaginis 3- 
quetris, faciebus pilosiusculis, angulis glabris; ligula abbreviata, rotundata ; pedunculis axillaribus et 
terminalibus, simplicibus vel ramosis, oligostachyis; spicis geminis et ternis, quasi per spicam 
interruptam dispositis, masculis femineis intermixtis; floribus d monandris?; achenio lapideo, 
ovato-elliptico, acutiusculo-umbonato, 3-gono, levi, lacteo-albo, nitido, ad basim margine angusto 
ferrugineo adnato cincto; disco obsolete 3-lobo, haud ciliato.— Scirpus lithospermus, Linn. Spec. 
ed. 1. p. 51 (Rheede, vol. xii, t. 48). S. tenuis, Retz. Obs. vol. iv. p. 13; Willd. Spec. vol. iv. p. 316. 
S. glaucescens, Presl in Rel. Henk. vol. iii. p. 202.— Taviuni (Seemann! n. 676). Also collected in 
Wallis Island (Sir E. Home !), and Tonga (Barclay !). 
III. Gahnia, Forst. Gen. n. 26, excl. sp.; Endl. Gen. n. 982. Spiculæ 1-flore, flore ĝ termi- 
nali. Paleæ co-fariam imbricatæ. Perigonium 0. Stamina 3-6; filamentis demum elongatis. 
Ovarium stylo 3-fido ; stigmatibus indivisis v. 2-3-fidis. Caryopsis ossea, putamine æquabili, nucleo 
levi v. transversim pluries constricto.—Herbæ culmis foliosis; foliis elongatis, asperis, involutis, 
paniculis compositis, foliatis.— Lampocarya, R. Brown, Prodr. p.938. Morelotia, Gaud. ad Freyc. 
p. 416, t. 28. ! 
There are several species of this genus in tropieal Polynesia, besides the one represented in Viti. In 
the Society Islands we have the typical G. schanoides, Forst. (Schænus spilocarpus, Sol. Prim. Fl. Ins. Pacif. 
(ined.) p. 207), collected there by Banks and Solander, and subsequently by the Forsters; in Aneitum 
(M‘Gillivray !) a species closely allied to G. aspera, Spreng., but apparently new; in the Sandwich 
Islands G. Beecheyi, Horace Mann, collected by Barelay!; G. Gaudichaudii, Steud. (Morelotia gahnia- 
Jolia, Gaud. Freye. t. 28), collected by David Nelson! and Maerae!; and G. globosa, Horace Mann 
`- (Morelotia gahnieformis, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. p. 98, non M. gahniafolia, Gaud.), collected by Barclay ! 
l. G. aspera, Spreng. Syst. vol. ii, p. 114; tetrandra; spica composita, foliata; partialibus 
subindivisis; spiculis congestis ; squamis intimis obtusis kevibus.— Lampocarya aspera, R. Brown, 
Prodr. p. 238.— Vanua Levu (Seemann! n. 672). Also found in New Holland: (R. Brown !).- 
IV. Rhynchospora, Vahl, Enum. vol. ii. p. 229; Endl. Gen. n. 907. Spicule pauciflorze, 
