— 93 — 



In tliis case as in many others, there are half-a-dozen species admitted, 

 which are so closely allied to Hypol. latifolium that they might be sunk 

 in it (some have been so sunk by some authors) ; to do this would of 

 course widen considerably the geographic range of the species. 



Klong Munsé and Klong Majum. riverbanks in the jungle. 

 Additional Geography: 

 China — Canton; Hance n. 1368. Hongkong; Harland n. 1031, C.Wright 



n. 569; &c. Formosa; Oldham n. 562. 

 Malaya — Sumatra; Marsden, Beccari n. 945. Java; Zollinger nn. 313, 380. 

 686; &c. Sunda Strait; Macartney. Tonkin: Balansa nn. 2759, 2760. Cochin- 

 china; Germain n. 4. 

 Australia Boreal. -Orient. ; Fitzalan, Dallachy. 



Polynesia — Amboina; Forster. Ins. Admiralty: Mosely. Ins. Yiti : Graeffe 

 n. 1232, Wilkes. 



Scleria Berg. 



22. S. multifoliata Boeck. 



Hook. f. Fl. Brit.' Inch v. 6, p. 693: C.B.Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 34 

 [1898], p. 102. 



Additional synonymy: 

 S. multifoliata, Bidley in Journ. Singapore Asiat. Soc. n. 23 [1891], p. 18. 

 S. tessellata, Brongn. in Duperrey Voy. Coquille pars 2 [1829], p. 164. 

 S. scrobiculata, Zollinger ms. (partim). 



Carex Ambonica, Rumph. Herb. Amb. v. 6, p. 20, t. S, hg. 1. 



This appears a maritime species — i. e. so far as known. 



Klong Munsé, riverbanks in the jungle. 



Additional G e o g r a p h y : 

 Malaya — Java; Zollinger n. 470 partim, King. Borneo Borealis; Burbidge. 

 Manila; Gaudichaud n. 83. Timor Laut; Riedel. 



23. S. levis Retz. 



Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 6, p. 694; C. B. Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 34 

 [1898], p. 103. 



Additional s y n o n y m y : 

 S. laevis, Moritzi Verz. Zoll. Pfï. p. 98; Steud. in Zoll. Verz. Ind. Archip. heft 2. 

 p. 61; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 400; Hance in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 4, v. 18 [1862], 

 p. 232; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. v. 3, p. 341; Ridley in Journ. Singapore Asiat. Soc. 

 n. 23 [1891], p. 18. 



This species is largely maritime; but, like Hypolytrnm latifolium 

 {& others), is reappears at the base of the Mountains, 250 miles from 

 the sea. 



Scleria levis Retz belongs to the group of Scleria which has (Hook, 

 f. Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 6, p. 692) „Leaves (that is those next below the bracts) 

 imperfectly opposite or ternate". In the Koh Chang plants the uppermost 

 leaves below the bracts are not imperfectly ternate. This leaf-character I 

 consider as of small importance — except for a first sorting of Scleria. As 

 to these plants, I have the same form from Borneo (Haviland n. 1917). 



