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Philippines, (1817 Cuming). Luzon, (603 Whitford) ; (3176 Merrill)-, (6144 
Leiberg) . 
Warm regions of the World; very common in Asia, Oceania and America; rare 
in Africa. 
Var. p Roxburghii Thwaites ! Enum. PI. Zeyl. 354. 
Rather stouter, nut with transverse wrinkles, at least when young. 
Hook. f. FI; Brit. Ind. 6: 685. 
Luzon, (805, 80 Q Loher) . 
South India. 
2. Scleria corymbosa Roxb. Hort. Beng. 1814 (1813) 103. 
One to three meters high, panicle large, compound, dense. 
Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 6: 686. Scleria androgyna Nees in Linnsea 9 (1834) 
303. 
Culion, (656 Merrill). 
India, frequent. 
3. Scleria Motleyi C. B. Clarke in hb. Kew, ms. in Motley nn. 72, 74, 152. 
Minutely loosely floccose all over; nut ellipsoid, with triangular top, 
white, with rusty hairs. 
Borneo, frequently received. 
Var. p densi-spicata. 
Spikes compound, dense, of many spikelets; bracts linear, caudate, 
standing out from the spike. 
Luzon, Pampanga, Mount Arayat, (803 Loher) . 
Series B. Spikelets all 1-sexual. 
(a) Plants medium, sized or small; annual or with scarcely any rhizome. 
4. Scleria tessellata Willd. ! Sp. PI. 4 (1805) 315, tab. R/umph. citat. excl. 
Nut tessellated, often minutely hairy. 
Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 6: 686; Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 3 6 (1903) 267. 
Scleria propinqua Steud. ! Cyp. 169; Miq. FI. Nederl. Ind. 3: 343. 
Philippines, {Loher). Luzon, Benguet, (4370 Merrill). 
From India to Japan and Queensland; common in India. 
5. Scleria annularis Kunth, Enum. 2 (1837) 359. 
Nut smooth, sometimes obscurely fenestrate; margin of the disc 
truncate. 
Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 6: 687; Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 3 6 (1903) 263. 
Hypopyrum annulare Nees in Linnsea 9 (1834) 303. 
Luzon, (807 Loher) . 
India and China ( Ichang ) , rare. 
6. Scleria Zeylanica Poiret in Lam. Encyel. 7 (1806) 3, exemplo Madagas- 
carensi excluso. 
Nut smooth; margin of the disc subentire, glandular, colored. 
