684 CLXXII. CYPEEACEJ:. (C. B. Clarke.) 



24. SCXRPODENDRON, Kurz. 



Stem stout, with nodes upward, terminating in an oblong panicle. Basal 

 leaves very long, narrowed at both ends. Spikes clustered, ellipsoid, of 

 many spikelets. Spikelets of 8-11 glumes beside the bracteole, viz. 2 lowest 

 boat-shaped, opposite, monandrous ; 3 uppermost quasi- whorled, narrow- 

 oblong, thin, empty; 3-6 intermediate, monandrous, or sterile. Style 

 long linear, branches 3, base continuous with ovary. Nut large, osseous, 

 coarsely 6- (or more-) ribbed longitudinally, dusky-black, obtuse. 



S. costatum, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xxxviii., pt. ii. 85 ; basal 

 leaves 3-8 it. by 1 in., narrowed gradually at both ends aculeate on margins 

 Mud midrib beneath upwards. Benth. Fl. Austral, vii. 341 ; Goeliel in Ann. 

 Jant. Bot. Builenz, vd. 122, t. 14, fig. 1-11. S. sulcatum, Miq. III. Fl. 

 Afdi'ip. Ind. 65, t. 28. Hypolytrum costatum, Thw. Enum. 346. Pand. 

 costatum, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xxxviii., pt. ii. 85, in Obs. Scleria 

 macrocarpa, Walt. Gat. 3538. 



CEYLON, Koenig, Trimen. PENANG and SINGAPORE, Wallich. MALACCA, 

 Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 6134). DISTRIB. Java, Austral., Samoa. 



Rhizome woody. Stem 1-2 ft., at top ' in. in diaru. trigonous, smooth. Panicle 

 4-6 in. long; branches clustered, thick, short ; lower bracts leaf-like, upper very 

 hhort. Spikes ^ in. long; spikelets 55 in. ; braQteole (outermost glume) as long as 

 spikelet, ovate, obtuse, striate, chaffy, dirty stravy-colrd. Squamellce, two outer Hot 

 much shorter than bracteole, hairy on keel ; inTTer narrower, rather shorter. J$wt 

 -| in. long, in. in diam., woody, with succxaleut epicarp (eaten in Samoa by 

 natives). 



25. LEFIRONIA, L. C. Rich. 



Stem loner, simple, leafless except a few scales at base. Spi-Jce (ap- 

 parently) simple, lateral, oblong-ellipsoid, of many spikelets,. Spikelets 

 of 8-11 glumes beside the bracteole, viz. 2 lowest boat-shaped, opposite, 

 monandrous; 3 uppermost quasi- whorled, narrow-oblong, thin, empty; 

 3-6 intermediate, monandrous or sterile. Style rather short, linear, 

 branches 2, linear. Nut ellipsoid, much compressed, acutely keeled on 

 margins, smooth dry. 



Xj. mucronata, L. G. Rich, in Pers. Syn. i. 70; steml|-3-it,. terete, 

 lower bract as though a continuation of stem. Miq. III. Fl. Archip. Ind. 60s 

 t. 20; - Thw. Enum. 346 ; Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beny. xxxviii., pt. ii, 7Z ; 

 BoecJc. in Linnzea, xxxvii. 140 ; G-oebel in Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenz. vii. 126, 

 t. 14, fig. 12, 13. Scirpus coniferus, Poir. JEncyc. vi. 756, and SuppL v^ 90. 

 Eestio articulatus, Retz. Obs. iv. 14. Chondrachne articulata,. Br. Prodr. 

 220. Choricarpa aphylla, BoecJc. in Flora, xli. 20. 



MALACCA, Gaudichand, Griffith. SINGAPORE, Lobb. CEYLON, T'humites, &c. 

 DISTRIB. Madagascar, Malaya, Queensland, Viti (China cult, only, tide Hance). 



Rhizome horizontal, woody, clothed by ovate subacute striate ferruginous scales. 

 Stems approximate, in. in diam., when dry apparently transversely septate ; scales 

 often covering base of stem for 4-8 in.; uppermost produced on one side, lanceolate 

 not green. Spike usually |-1 in. long, occasionally much larger, brown or chestnut, 

 lowest bract often 1-2 in. Bracteoles (apparently flower-glumes), spirally imbri- 

 cated, JL in., ovate, obtuse, rigid, not striate, ultimately deciduous with nut. Two 

 outer squamellce scarcely shorter than glume, hairy on keel. Nut g- in , obscurely 

 longitudinally striate ; linear style-base persistent. 



