684 CLXxii. OYPEBACEJ;. (C. B. Clarke.) 



24. SCXRPODENDRON, Eurz. 



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

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

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

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

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

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

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



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

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

 H tid midrib beneath upwards. Benth. Fl. Austral, vii. 341 ; Ooebel in Ann. 

 Jard. Bot. Buiienz. vii. 122, t. 14, fig. 1-11. S. sulcatum, Miq. III. Fl. 

 ArcMp. Ind. 6.5, t. 28. Hypolytrum costatum, Thw. Enwm. 346. Pand. 

 costatum, Kwrz in Journ. As. Soe. Beng. xxxviii., pt. ii. 85, in Ohs. Soleria 

 macrocarpa. Wall. Gat. 3538. 



Ceylon, Kaenig, Trimen. Penang and Sinsapoee, Wallich. Malacca, 

 Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 6134-). — Distbib. Java, Austral., Samoa. 



Rhizome woody. Stem 1-2 ft., at top |^ in. in diam. trigonous, smooth. Panicle 

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

 short. Spikes f in. long ; spikelets i-i in. ; bracteole (outermost glume) as long as 

 spikelet, ovate, obtuse, striate, chaffy, dirty straw-colrd. Squamellee, two outer not 

 much shorter than bracteole, hairy on keel ; inner narrower, rather shorter. Nut 

 f in. long, i in. in diam., woody, with succulent epicarp (eaten in Samoa by 

 natives). 



25. XiEPXROSTIA, L. C. Rich. 



Stem loner, simple, leafless except a few scales at base. S^ike- (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 gq 

 margins, smooth dry. 



Xi. mucronata, L. G. Rich, in Pers. Syn. i. 70; stem 1^-3 ft., terete, 

 lower bract as though a continuation of stem. Miq. III. Fl. Arahvp^ Ind. 60, 

 t. 20 ; Thw. Fnum. 346 ; Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xxxviii., pt. ii.- 77 ; 

 BuecJc. in lAnnsea, xxxvii. 140 ; Qoebel in Ann. Jard. Bot. Bitifenz. vii. 126, 

 t. 14, fig. 12, 13. Soirpus coniferus, Poir. Enci/c. vi. 756, and SuppL v.. 90. 

 Eestio articulatus, Peiz. Obs. iv. 14. Ohondraohne articulata, Br. Prodr. 

 220. Ohoricarpa aphylla, Boeck. in Flora, xli. 20. 



Malacca, Gaudiehand, Griffith. Sikga;?ore, Lolh. Cetlok, Thwaites, &c, — 

 DiSTEiB, Madagascar, Malaya, Queensland, Viti (China cult, only, fide Hance), 



SMeome horizontal, woody, clothed by ovate subacute str.ate ferruginous seales. 

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

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

 not green. Spike usually J-l in. long, occasionally much larger, brown or chestnut, 

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

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

 outer squamellai scarcely shorter than glume, hairy on keel. Nut 4-| in , ohscarefy 

 lougitudiually striate ; linear style-base persistent. 



