' Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 107 



white. Squamellae about | inch long. Fruiting spike often dis- 

 tinctly branched 6 inches long. Nut |-| inch long brown, ellipsoid 

 grooved deeply and acute at both ends, epicarp fleshy seed globose. 

 Clarke Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. Trimen. Fl. Ceyl. VI. 93. Miq. 111. Fl. 

 Arch. Ind. t. 38. Pandanus pumilus, Moon. Cat. 67. Chionanthus 

 Gliaeri, Gaertn. Fruct. 1, 119. 



Singapore: Kranji, Juron^, Changi (Ridley 3939) ; Johor: Kota 

 Tinggi river bank, Sempang Kiri (llidley). Native name " Selin- 

 sing." Very common along rivers near the sea. 



33. Lepieonia, L. C. Rich. 



A rust-like plant with a creeping rhizome and tall leafless stems 

 with a scale-like sheath at base. Spike simple cylindric lateral, 

 oblong obtuse, with a terete bract appearing like the continuation of 

 the stem. Bracteoles broad blunt. Squamellae 8 to 11 shorter outer 

 ones 3 boat-shaped, keel siliate, monandrous the others narrower mo- 

 nandrous or empty. Style short bifid, arms slender. Nut ovoid beak 

 compressed. 



Species 1. Madagascar, Ceylon, Malay Islands, N. Australia, 

 Fiji. 



L. MUCRONATA, Rich .Pers. Syn. 170. Rhizome woody covered 

 with scales, with long roots. Stems terete 1 to 3 feet long transversely 

 septate crowded. Spike \- inch long \ inch througli. Bracts 1-3 

 inches terete acuminate. Bracteoles chestnut brown, broad blunt not 

 ribbed, spirally imbricating. Nut ovoid compressed beaked winged 

 margins and beak ciliate. Miq. 111. Fl. Arch. Ind. 60. t. 30. Kurz. 

 Journ. As. Soc. Beng. XXXVIII. pt. II. 77. Boeck. Linnaea. 

 XXXVII. 140. Goebel. Ann. Jard. Buitenz. VII. 136. t. 14. f. 13, 

 13. Clarke I.e. 684. Scirpus cotiiferus, Poir. Encyc. VI. 756. 

 Suppl. V. 90. Restio articulatus, Retz. Obs. IV. 14. Chondrachyne 

 artkulata, Br. Prodr. 330. Choricarpa aphylla, Boeck. Flora XLI. 

 30. 



Singapore (Lobb), Teban, Jurong (Ridley); Johor; Pahang: 

 Sungei Chenei (Fox, Ridley 5009) ; Malacca ("Griffith 6307) ; Din- 

 dings: Tanjong Hantu (Ridley 7363). In ponds on open swamps. 



33. ScLERiA, Berg. 



Perennial or annual rough herbs. Stems leafy. Leaves narrow, 

 linear acuminate sometimes 3 nerved, scabrid, cutting, sheath trique- 

 trous or winged. Panicle elongate, compound broad or narroAV. 

 Flowers unisexual. Spikelets unisexual, more rarely bisexual, with 

 one female flower below, and several males above. Glumes 3-4 lower 

 ones empty, 1 or more above floriferous. Stamens 3 to 1, Style 

 trifid slender, not thickened at the base. Nut bony white or purple, 



