1869.] On Pandanophyllum and allied genera. 81 



plant in the Herbarium of the Botanic gardens at Buitonzorg, but 

 unfortunately I have here no specimen to examine. I strongly suspect 

 that Dr. Thwaites, when describing the plant, has had before him 

 young spikelets only. 



4. P. Miquelianum, Kurz. Folia elongato-linearia, acu- 

 minatissima, trinervia, margine costaque spinuloso-serrulata, flaccida, 

 utrinque nitentia, saturate v. flavescente viridia; culmi elongati, 

 l£ — 3 pedales, nudi, trigoni, nitentes ; spicae solitariae, squamis laete 

 viridibus anguste albide (in sicco fuscescente) marginatis ; achenia 

 oblonga, utrinque attenuata, acuminata, vix carinata. — Lepironia 

 enodts, Miq., Suppl. Fl. v. Sumatra, 603 ; Lepir. foliosa, Miq 1. c. 

 (spicis adhuc virgineis.) 



Hab. Sumatra, in the jungles of Danoh-tjaloh, Moesi, Palembang : 

 Teysm. Hb. Bog. 3686 et 4051. 

 Native name : Rumput selingsieng in Palemb. 

 Rhizoma crassum, obliquum v. subverticale, lignescens, radices 

 plurimas crassas demittens. Folia trifarie-equitantia, lato-, v. anguste- 

 linearia, acuminatissima, infra medio paullo angustata, complicata, 

 basi vix dilatata, 4 — 5 ped. longa, i— 1 poll, lata, margine versus 

 ^asin et apicem, v. tota longitudine, remotiuscule spinuloso-serrulata, 

 costa apicem versus spinulosa, trinervia, marginibus rectangulariter 

 deviis. Culmi e rhizomate stolonibus abbreviatis squamatis orientes, 1^- 

 — 3^ ped. long., sursum sensim incrassti, obtuse trigoni, striulati, 

 nitentes. Spicae terminales, solitariae, conico-ellipticae v. clavato- 

 oblongae, obtusae, dein acuminatae. Squamae undique arete irnbri- 

 catae, emarcescente persistentes, sursum sensim minores, oblongo- 

 lanceolatae v. lato-oblongae, acutatae ; superiores obtusiusculae, virides, 

 margine anguste membranaceo albidae (in sicco autem fuscescentes), 

 sub-trinerviae, nervis tenerioribus parallelis percursae ; inferiores 9 — 10 

 vacuae, sequentes 5— florae. Flosculi omnes unisexuales, exteriores 

 3 masculi, monandri, intimus femineus squamulam sterilem aniplec- 

 tens. Squamulae flosculorum exteriorum coinpresso-naviculares, carina 

 erose-ciliolatae, medianae depresso-bicarinatae, in angulis ciliolatae. 

 Filamenta dein elongata paullo supra squamulam exserta ; anthcrae 

 , lineares filamento dimidio breviores, biloculares, longitudinaliter 

 1 dehiscentes, flavescente-albidae, apice minute apiculatae. Flosculi 

 teminei execntrici, squamula depressa, linearis, marginibus inrlexi> 



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