Mapania.] clxxii. cyperacb^. (C. B. Clarke.) 683 



scabrous, infl. ovoid partial spikes rarely containing more than one spikelet. 

 Pand. immersum, Thw. Enum. 433 ; Kwz in Jowrn. As. Soc. Seng, xxxviii., 

 pt. ii. 83. 



Ceylon, Thwaites (C.P. 3819). 



Leaves numerous, equitant, 2i ft. by f in., tip caudate. Upper scales of scape 

 up to 1-2^ in. long, linear-lanoeolate ; lower bracts similar to upper scales often 

 overtopping infl. ; upper bracts sborter, lanceolate, passing into bracteoles. Partial 

 (lateral) spikes, all (or nearly) of one spikelet. Nut nearly as in M. leylanica, but 

 more narrowed at base (shortly stalked). 



9. SK. tenuiscapa, O. B. Clarice; scapes 4-6 in. very slender with 

 scales only close to base, leaves narrow margins aculeate nearly through- 

 out, infl. in fruit ovoid more or less compound, i.e. basal partial spikes 

 containing more than one spikelet. Pand. Miquelianum, Kurz m Journ. 

 As. Soc. Bencf. xxxviii., pt. ii. 81 (partly). P. angustifolium (sp.), Kurz ms. 

 (correcting himself). 



Malacca, Qriffih {Kew Bistrih. 6299). Johorb, Sidley. — Distrib. Sumatra. 



Similar to M. zeylanica, but infl. and spikes smaller. Leaves numerous, 

 equitant, up to 2^ ft. by f in., long attenuate at both ends, aculeate on midrib 

 beneath. Inflorescence (in fruit) hardly i in. in diam. Sqiiamelloe 6, i in. long, 

 hardly shorter than bracteole. Nut as of M. neyloMica, or scarcely smaller. 



10. m. long'ai G. B. OlarJce ; scapes 10-25 in., naked except close to 

 base, leaves elongate, infl. of 1 (rarely 2) large ovoid head, partial spikes 

 rarely containing more than one spikelet. 



SiNGAPOBE, Sidley. — Distbib. Borneo. 



Leaves 3 ft. by f in., tip attenuate, margins aculeate nearly throughout, Keel 

 beneath smooth except towards tip. Infl. in fruit | by J in. ; bracts much shorter 

 than infl. Nut ^ in., obovoid, beak short. — Perhaps better referred to Sect. 

 Halostemma, 



** Leaves hroad, suddenly narrowed at hose into a quasi-petiole, at top 

 into a linear tail. 



11. m. liumiliS; Naves ^ Villar in Blanco Fl. Filip. Append. 309 ; 

 scapes 2-5 in. clothed by scales at base, leaves 1-lf in. broad, infl. of one 

 head |-1 in. M. Incida, N. F. Br. in Illustr. Sortie, xxxii. 77, t. 557. 

 Pand. humile, Sassk. in Tydsch. Nat. Vereen. Ned. Ind. x. 119 ; Kwrz in 

 Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xxxviii., pt. ii. 82. P. Zippeliannm, Kurz in Tydsch. 

 Nat. Vereen. xxvii. 126, & in Bat. Zeit. xxiii. 204. P. Wendlandi, Gard. 

 Ghron. xxi. [1884] 711. Lepironia ouspidata, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 

 603. L. humilis, Miq. III. Fl. Archip. Ind. 61, t. 23. 



Pekano, Curtis. Pebak, King. Malacca, Griffith (Kew Distrii. 6300), 

 Herveg. Singapore, iSidZev.— Distbib. Malaya. 



Rhizome short, woody, obliquely descending, passing upwards into a short stem 

 terminated by a crown of densely equitant leaves ; from the apex of rhizome lateral 

 ascending shoots break out. Leaiies 1^-3 ft., 3-nerved, aculeate on margins and on 

 keel beneath at least at top j quasi-petiole 2-12 in., dilated at base. Scapes axillary 

 in the lower leaves, rather stout, smooth trigonous upwards; basal scales ovate- 

 lanceolate, hard, striate, green with brown-scarious margins. Infl. young, oblong, 

 matiirc ovoid ; bracts shorter than head, similar to scales at base of scape. Lower 

 partial spi&es nearly always compound, i.e. containing a few spikeletS! bracteoles 

 i in., ovate, obtuse, striate. Squamellce 6, hardly shorter than bracteole, Imear, 

 brownish. Anthers linear-oblong, yellow, not crested. 8tt/le long; branches 3. 

 Nut i in., ellipsoid, sessile, dusky-black ; style-base (in pistil and in half-npe nut) 

 conical, beak-like, in ripe nut nearly completely absorbed. 



