1869.] On Pandanopliyllum and allied genera. 77 



III. Lepironia, L. C. Rich. 



Spicae solitariae, infra culmi apice laterales, teretes, multi-spiculatae. 

 Squamae spiraliter arete imbricatae, deciduae, inferiorum nonnullae 

 vacuae, sequentiuru paucae passim squamulas steriles plurimas cum 

 floscnlo femineo includentes, reliquae multiflorae, androgynae. Flosculi 

 masculi monandri 1 — 6, vario modo interpositi, uni-squamulati, 

 reliqui ad squamulas reducti ; flosculus femineus centralis, nudus. 

 Squamulae carinato-naviculares. Antherae spurie 4-loculares, mu- 

 cronatae. Ovarium sublagenaeforme ; stylus bifidus. Achaenium 

 lenticulare, compressum, obovatum, styli basi persistente rostratum, 

 osseum. — Herba perennis aphyllct Jiabitu Juncorum, rhizomate vage 

 repente squamato, culmis teretibus basi vaginalis, spicis indole Scirporum 

 quorundam. 



1. L. mucronata, L. G. Rich, in Vers. Syn. I. 170 ; A. Rich, 

 in Dietr. Glass. 297 ; Kth., JEnum. II. 366 ; Miq., Fh Ind. Bat. III. 

 346; Steud. } Glum. I. 181. — Scirpus coniferus, Poir., Encycl. 756; 

 Suppl. V. 90 ; Restio articulatus, Retz., Obs. TV. 15 ; Chondrachne 

 articulata, R. Br., Prod. 220. 



Hab. : Indian Archipelago, Sumatra in Lampongs : Teysm. Hb. 

 Bog. 4249 ; isl. Banca ; Borneo, Banjermassing : Motley, Hb. 1267, 

 Singapore. 



Distrib. New Holland ; Madagascar. 



Native names : Tikooh in Lamp. ; Pooron in Banca. 



Planta elegans, 2 — 3 ped. alta et altior, vegetatione Juncis acce- 

 dens. Bhizoma vage repens, hypogaeum, radices crassas perplurimas 

 emittens, squamis chartaceis testaceis v. brunnescentibus striatis 

 obtectum. Culmi pennae scriptoriae crassitudinis v. crassiores, atrovi- 

 rides, striati, intus transverse septati, in sicco ad septa nodosi, 

 aphylli, basi p'auci-vaginati. Vaginae striatae, marginibus membra- 

 naceis, mucronatae, culmo magis minusve concolores, basin versus 

 fusco-purpurascentes, infimae 1 — 2 ovatae v. ovato-lanceolatae e 

 rhizomate orientes ; sequentes magis elongatae amplectentes ; suprema 

 usque semipedalis, caeteras longitudine nmlto excedens. Spica soli- 

 taria, lateralis, elliptico-ovalis v. oblonga, obtusiuscula v. acutiuscula, 

 multiflora, basi culmi processu dilatato versus apicem terete spurie 

 bracteata. Rhachis elongato-conica, confertissime et spiraliter cicatri- 

 sata, sublignea, intus medullosa. Squamae spiraliter dispositac, con- 



