ICONES PLANTARUM. 33 
Piate 1346. 
ACTINOSCHCNUS FILIFORMIS, Benth. 
Cyperaces, Tribe RayNncHosPorEs. 
- A. filiformis, Benth. MS. Arthrostylis filiformis, Thwaites, Enum. 
Pl. Zeyl. 352 
Har. Ceylon, Thwaites, shen 
pariter filiformibus glabris Nuz ovoideo-globosa, obtuse sub-3- 
_— albida, obscure Satiiinaal, interdum styli basi diu coronata, 
atura tamen nuda. 
ua 
involucre, in the stamens 3 only inste: , and in the slender g 
brous style. The three species of porate oe ee each 
other, but come from such different countries y cans 1 
united as varieties without further evidence. = are: 1. A. Thouarsii, 
Benth, (Arthrostyles Thouarsti, Kunth, Enum. PI. ii. 284), from Mada- 
gasca A, filiformis, Benth., as above, from Ceylon; and 3. A. chi- 
nensis Artie besaoat Benth. Fl. Hongk. 398), from Hong- 
a . Ben 
g. 1. Spikelet. 2. ai 3. Pistil. 4. Nut with the base of the style not 
wee fe allen off, 
PLATE 1347. 
PTEROSCLERIA LONGIFOLIA, Griseb. 
Crpreracea, Tribe CrYpranGciEd. 
P. longifolia, Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 579. 
Has. Trinidad, Herb. Hook. North Brasil, in marshy ground, Igarapé 
Irura, near Santarem, Spruce, n. 648, 
