574 MONOECIA TRl ANURIA. Sckritt. 



2. S. lithosperma. Willd. iv, 316. 



Cm/m three-sided, leafy. Leaves with hispid maroins. Pa- 

 nicles axiUary and terminal, patent. Male nndjemale spikes 

 distinct and sessile. Female flowers with the rudiments of 

 one or two male corollets. Seed round, ovate, dotted. 



Carex lithosperma, Linn. 



Kaden-pullu. Ilheed. Mai. xii. t. 48. 



Teling. Konda-shaka-tonga. 



A native of the valleys amongst the mountains of Coro- 

 mandel. 



3. S. tenuis. Willd. iv. 316. 



Culms slender, acutely three-angled, smooth. Leaves long, 

 slender and smooth. Panicles slender. Floirers in remote 

 fascicles. Seed obovate, obsoletely three-sided, polished, 

 white. 



A native of the Moluccas, from two to three feet high, long 

 and simple, the axillary panicles excepted. 



4. S. liBvis. Willd. iv. 314. 



Culms erect, three-sided, smooth. Leaves slender and 

 smooth. Panicles ol)long', divided by various sized involu- 

 cres. Female flowers sessile. Seed oblately spheroidical, 

 even and polished. 



A native of the Malay Archipelago. 



5. S. corymhosa. R. 



Culms erect, from four to five feet high, three-sided, 

 smooth, leafy. Leaves smooth, three-nerved. Corymbs axil- 

 lary, compound. Seeds ovate, somewhat acute, shining", 

 white, obscurely three-cornered. 



A native of the moist valleys of Chittagong, where it grows 

 to the height of from four to six feet. Stout in proportion, 

 smooth in every part, and replete with very long linear 

 leaves, the uppermost two feet floriferous. 



