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ores t'oliis fere 1 — 3 peel, longis involucrantibus sustenti, reliqui sen- 

 sim minora et in bracteas abeuntia. Spiculae 2 — 5 nae, aggregatae, 

 oblongo-ovatae v. obovoideo-ellipticae, acutiusculae, majusculae, niten- 

 tes, in sicco stramineae. Squamae cartilagineo-rigidae, convexius- 

 culae, sursum deorsumque minores, elliptico-oblongae, obtusae ; in- 

 fimae 4 — 5 vacuae saepe acutiusculae ; sequentes spiculam 7-floram 

 androgynam inclndentes. Flosculi 3 exteriores masculi, monandri, 

 sequentes 2 neutri ad squamulas reducti ; flosc. intimus excentricus, 

 femineus, uni-squamulatus, squamulam septimam sterilem amplectens. 

 Squamulae laterales 2 compresso-naviculares, in carina ciliolatae, 

 reliquae depressae. Ovarium e basi constricta cornpresso-oblongum, 

 acuminatum ; stylus brevis, cum ovario continuus, trifidus, raniis 

 elongatis exsertis. Acbenium compresso-lenticulare, utrinque attenu- 

 atum, styli basi persistente acuminato-rostratum. 



Hab. — Sumatra, in the forests of the Lampong district, near Ipil, 

 Battang lekko : Teysmann (H. Bogor. No. 3932). 



Native names : Selingsieng (inc. Lampongensium). 



2. Th. Bancanum, Kurz, in Tydsch. Nat. Vereenig. Ned. Ind. 

 XXVII. 286; ejusd, in Hot. Ztg. 1865. 204. Folia elongato-line- 

 aria, spinuloso-serrulata ; culmi trigoni, aphylli ; corymbus involu- 

 cratus, contractus ; spicae breviores, ellipsoideae, obtusae, pauci spi- 

 culatae, in sicco griseae ; achaenia ellipsoideo-trigona, convexa, 

 apiculata. — Lepironia Bancana, Miq. Suppl. Fl. v. Sumatra, 604. 



" Caulis subnullus ; folia densa, trifarie equitantia, elongata, line- 

 aria, marginibus carinaque spinuloso-serrulata ; culmus trigonus, 

 aphyllus, angulis versus apicem scabris ; involucrum inaequaliter 2-4 — 

 phyllum ; corymbus contractus, ramis 6 — 10 — stachyis, pedicellis ad 

 angulos serrulato-scabris geminis ternis pluribusve confertis ; spiculae 

 ellipsoideae, obtusae, squamis infimis vacuis subacutis, reliquis ovali- 

 bus obtusis striulatis griseis cum levi rubore (sub anthesi) ; squamulae 

 interiores 6 (?), quarum exteriores naviculari-compressae, carina, 

 ciliatae ; achaenia in singula spicula circiter 4, reliquis suppressis, 

 ellipsoideo-trigona, faciebus convexis, sulco interjecto separatis, una 

 majore, 2 aequalibus minoribus, crasso-crustacea, styli basi apiculata, 

 (Miq. 1. c.) 



Hab. Banca, especially on river banks and in swampy places of 

 the forests; Singapore, near swamps: Wall. Gat. 3401. 



