v°^i CYPERACEAE 133 



36625, 37JfH Ramos & Edano, Elmer 9116. In primary forests at low and 

 medium altitudes. Amboina. 



Local names: Payong-payong (Sub.); tingol (Sub.). 



22. SCLERIA Bergius ' 



SCLERIA ANNULARIS (Nees) Kunth Enum. 2 (1837) 359; C. B. Clarke 

 in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 104. 

 Hypopyrum annulare Nees in Linnaea 9 (1834) 303. 

 Luzon, (Loher 807), fide C. B. Clarke. Not seen. India and China. 



SCLERIA BANCANA Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. (1862) 693; C. B. Clarke 

 in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 6 (1894) 693, excl. syn. Presl. 

 Scleria malaccensis Boeck. in Linnaea 38 (1874) 507. 

 Busuanga, Palawan, Merrill 9202, B. S. Ifll75 Ramos. In old clearings, 

 borders of thickets, etc., at low altitudes. Tenasserim through Malaya to 

 New Guinea. 



SCLERIA CORYMBOSA Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) 103, nomen nudum, FL 

 Ind. ed. 2, 3 (1832) 574; C B. Clarke in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) 

 Bot. 104. 

 Culion, Palawan, Merrill 656, 9^02. In wet places at low altitudes. In- 

 dia to the Malay Peninsula. 



SCLERIA HEBECARPA Nees in Wight Contrib. (1834) 117; C. B. Clarke 

 in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 105. 

 Scleria wichurai Boeck. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 5 (1884) 510. 

 Luzon (Rizal, Laguna), Palawan, Mindanao (Bukidnon, Zamboanga, 

 Cotabato), B. S. £3136 McGregor, 12042 Ramos, 29679 Ramos & Edano, 

 11703 Robinson. In thickets and open places at low and medium altitudes. 

 India to Japan and Polynesia. 



Var. PUBESCENS (Steud.) C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 6 (1894) 

 689. 

 Scleria pubescens Steud. Syn. PI. Glum. 2 (1855) 168. 

 Luzon (Laguna), Panay, Mindanao (Lanao), Clemens, B. S. 23796 

 Ramos, 30957 Ramos & Edano. In dry open places at low altitudes. India 

 to China and Malaya. 



Local name: Daat (Tag.). 



SCLERIA LEVIS Retz. Obs. 4 (1786) 13; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. 

 Brit. Ind. 6 (1894) 694. 

 Mindoro, Palawan, Negros, Merrill 92H, 8380, F. B. 5529 Merritt. In 

 open wet places, ravines, etc., sea level to 1,200 m altitude. India to 

 southern China, southward to Java. 



SCLERIA LITHOSPERMA (Linn.) Sw. Prodr. (1788) 18; F.-Vill. Novis. 

 App. (1882) 310; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 156, Rev. PL 

 Vase. Filip. (1886) 285; C. B. Clarke in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) 

 Bot. 103; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 120. 

 Scirpus lithospermus Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 51. 

 Scleria glaucescens Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 (1828) 202. 

 Northern Luzon to Mindanao, in most islands and provinces. In dry 

 thickets at low and medium altitudes. Pantropic. 



Var. ROXBURGHII Thw. Enum. PI. Zeyl. (1859-64) 354; C. B. Clarke, in 

 Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 104. 



