CYPERACEJE OF SCHOMBURGK, 395 
Planta speciosa, probabiliter sui generis, sed certe hujus 
tribus. 
816. Scleria melaleuca, Reichenb. 
860. S. microcarpa, N. ab E. in herb. Lindl. var. 6, lon- 
: giligula; ligula lanceolata foliorum inferiorum elongata, 
fructibus dimidio minoribus. An species distincta ? 
(Absque numero). Anogyna tremula, N. ab E. 
ANOGYNA. 
Spicule diclines. .Mascule in paniculis inferioribus laxi- 
oribus composite, bracteis imbricatis plurifariis; proprie 
distichæ squamis 4 monandris.— Feminee in paniculis superi- 
oribus rigidioribusque, simplices (seu potius bracteis solis 
residuis compositae), uniflore, subdistichee. Stylus crassus, 
 trifidus, coloratus. Fructus ? Bk 
Plante stricte, rigidz, foliis habituque Cladii, Rhizoma 
horizontale crassum lignosum, fibris fuscis adscendentibus 
J barbatum. Culmi crassitie penne anserinze, trigoni, stricti, 
. bipedales. Folia radicalia (5) e vagina brevi fusca sesquipe-- 
dalia, 3 fere lineas lata, acuminata, carinata et apicem versus 
complicata, margine carinaque scabra, striata, rigida, coriacea, 
glauca: caulima duo breviora, distantia, vaginis fuscis totis 
herbaceis striatis, lobulo oppositifolio ovato. Paniculg mas- 
cule tres, bracteis foliis caulinis similibus, 2—12-pollicaribus, 
vaginis suis pedunculos colligentibus, ternze-quaterne, paten- 
tes, decompositze, tremulze, ramis compressis ; vagina fusca 
ad singulum articulum ubi pedicelli cum ramulo diviso fas- - 
‘ciculatim nascuntur. Spicule 1—1} lin. longee, obovate 
_ obovatove-oblonge, fusco-ferrugineze, dense, bracteis trifariis 
ovatis emarginatis cum mucrone setaceo, 5—7 nervibus. 
Spicule propriz sub singula bractea 3—2—1, bracteam sub- 
 &&quantes, quadri-sexfloree, oblonga, compresse. Squamae dis- 
tichze, oblonge, acute, carinate, membranacez, uninerves, 
scabre, pallide fusce. Stamen unum sub singula squama, 
inferioribus abortivum, filiforme subclavatum, superiorum - 
perfectum, filamento, brevi, anthera lineari erecta, mucrone — 
longo terminata. Panicule fæmineæ apicem versus circiter = 
