THE FLORA OF MOUxXT IIALCON. 263 



an oblong aijpendage aljout 1 cm. long. Spikelets i)urple, mostly sessile, 

 rather crowded, usually 3-flowered, the flowers perfect, G to 7 mm. 

 long; three lower glumes empty, ovate to oblong ovate, 3.5 to 4 mm. 

 long, short acuminate, the three succeeding glumes oblong-ovate, 4 mm. 

 long, short sharp acuminate, each with a jierfect flower, the seventh glume 

 usually empty. Nut i-ttimaturc. trigonous, witli a ti-igonous glal)rous 

 beak, the style 3-clef't. Stamens ;-! ; anthers lanceohite, 2.2 mm. long, 

 mucronate-acuminate. 



On an open heath at 2,400 m. alt. (No. .5502) (stcrih'). Tlic typi' of tlic 

 species is No. 2386 Foxivorthy from Mount Banajao, Province of Tayabas, Luzon, 

 March, 1907, alt. 2,250 m. The second species of the genus to be found in tlic 

 Philippines. 



Undoubtedly most clo.sely rehited to tlie Hongkong Cladium ciusicjcnim llancc, 

 but differing from that species in its smootli leaf-margins and nuich smaller 

 spikelets. An Australian type. 



SCHOENUS Linn. 



Schoenus melanostachys R. Br. Prodr. (ISIO) 2:51; Bentli. Fl. Austr. 7 

 (1878) 370; Stapf in Trans. Linn. Soc. Bot. II. 4 (1894) 24.5. 



In open heaths at 2.400 m. alt. (No. 6173). 



North Borneo and Australia. 



This species, new to the Philippines, is widely distributed in Australia, where 

 the genus is largely developed, and has also been found on Mount Kinabalu in 

 British North Borneo at an altitude of 1,700 m. It must therefore be considered 

 both an Australian and a Bornean representative in the Philippine flora. Schoe- 

 nus (tpogon R. & S., has been found in northern Luzon by Lohcr^" 



GAHNIA Fonst. 



Gahnia javanica Moritzi Yerz. Zoll. Pfl. (184.5-46) 98; Clarke in Philip. 

 Journ. 8ci. Bot. 2 (1907) 103. 



In rather ojien tnickets, exposed ridge at 2,250 m. alt. (No. 6162). 



Previously kno-\Aii in the Philippines from Mount Baiurjao, Luzon, and Mount 

 Apo, Mindanao. 



Yunnan and Penang to New Guinea and the Yiti Islands. 



SCLERIA Berg. 



Scleria chinensis Kunth Enum. 2 (1837) 357; Clarke in Philip. Journ. Sci. 

 Bot. 2 (1907) 105. 



At 1,700 m. alt. (No. 4439 Mcrritt) June, 1906. 



Previously known in the Philipi)ines from Luzon, Ncgros and Mindanao. 



Cliina to Singapore, ]Malaya and Queensland. 



CAREX Linn. 



Carex filicina Nccs iji Wight Contrib. (1834) 123; Clarke in Philip. Juurn. 

 Sci. Bot. 2 (1907) 107. 



In exposed ridge-thickets at 2,250 m. alt. (No. 6,200) ; also collected by 

 Merritt at 1,300 m. alt., in June, 1906 (No. 4384). 



Previously known in the Philippines only from the mountains of northern and 

 central Luzon. 



India to China. 



1° Clarke, This Journal, Sec. C (1907), 2, 102. 



