430 CXLIIL CYPERACER. . (Scleria. 
Var. linearis. Leaves rather broader, prlspeecstof more branched with’. more 
numerous duel. but the structure and disk the 
Queensland. Brisbane River, F. Mueller. 
The e species is widely spread over tropical Asia, - var. linearís corresponds nearly 
to Thwaites’ var. 8. from Ceylon or Boeckeler’s var. 
Serres IIT. Ponystacuym.—Perennials. Panicles branched, axil- 
lary sa terminal, sometimes nearly simple in S. tesselata. Spikelets 
Minim unisexual, or the fertile ones androgynous. Stamens usu- 
ally 3. 
7. S. tesselata, Willd. ; Kunth, Enum. ii. 343.—Stems 1 to 25 ft 
high, nitus slandar, Leaves ‘mostly 2 to3 de broad, the sheaths ME 
3-angled and sometimes narrowly winged, quite glabrous, produced inte 
i ane or uia. 
rro to n. long 
with few iue branches, the axillary ones few, small, distant, peduni- 
late, the subtending hrania leaflike. Spikelets not numerous, unisexua 
Males narrow, fully 2 lines long, with numerous flowers. Glumes 
narrow, obtuse, closely poet aa each other, 2 or 3 outer ones 
empty or rather shorter. Stamens 3. Flowering glume e of . the 
female spikelets broad, almost acute, 2 or 3 outer empty ones shorter, 
and lor2 small narrow empty ones above the flower. Nut ks : 
tuberculate or reticulate and sometimes "— po nt. 
adnate, with very short broad obtuse lobes, the outer per rgistent e 
only slightly prominent, or rarely broader d somewhat cupular.— 
Beckel. in Linnea, xxxviii. 470. 
Queensland. Brisbane River, F. Mueller. 
Var. debilis, Stems weak and slender, Leaves narrow. Panicles small, on long 
peduncles.—Rockingham Bay, Dallachy 
The species is widely spread over IUE Asia, It seems to vary in the m eo 
of the foliage as well as in the degree of development i the disk, whigh I dt bis 
. fin e same in different spikelets of the same spec ane It should A, chm 
include S. uliginosa, Hochst. and S. Steud^liara, Miq., and perhaps some © 
distinguished ra Bockeler, 
mackavi in Linnwa, 1875, 119, from Port Mackay, Amalia 
Dietrich, must be very em $646 nk identical with S. tesselata. 
Willd. ; ; Kunth, Enum. ii. 341.—Stems stout, 
3 in. long, forming a narrow leafy in ` al 
Seem small. Spikelets scarcely 14 lines long, unisexual, wid 
sually nearer the base, the di 
A ed Stamens 2 or 3. Nut nearly globular, white, nm 
