106 
CLARKE. 
** Sheaths of the leaves acutely triangular, scarcely winged. Leaves ( falsely ) 
temate or opposite. 
11. Scleria scrobiculata Nees in Wight Contrib. (1834) 117. 
Panicle dull grey-purple ; lobes of the disc short. 
Moritzi ! Verz. Zoll. Pfl. 98 partim; Miq. FI. Nederl. Ind. 3: 342; Hemsl. in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. 36 (1903) 266. Scleria Timorensis Nees ! in Linnsea 9 
(1834) 303. S. tessellata Decaisne ! in Nouv. Ann. Mus. Paris, 3 (1834) 362, 
non Willd. S. Neesiana Hook, et Arn. Bot. Beecliy Voy. 229 (nec S. Neesii 
Kunth). S. Waigionensis Steud. Cyp. 173; Miq. FI. Nederl. Ind. 3: 345. S. 
foveolata Llanos Fragm. PI. Filip. 103, non Cav. S. Keyensis K. Solium. ! in 
Engl. Jalirb. 13 (1891) 267. 
Philippines, (Llanos)-, (Moseley) - (King). Luzon, (809,810 Loher) -, (458 
Topping)-, (3313 Ahern’s collector) • (24 Foxworthy) ; (5538 Elmer) . Mindoro, 
(1253 Merrill). Mindanao, (591 Copeland). ' 
From the Andaman Islands to Liu Kiu and New Guinea; scattered, not very 
common. 
12. Scleria multifoliata Boeck. in Linnsea, 38 (1874) 510. 
Panicle red ; lobes -of the disc ^ to § the height of the nut. 
Hook, f . FI. Brit. Ind. 6 : 693. Scleria tessellata Brongn. in Duperry Yoy. 
Coquille, 2 (1829) 164. Carex Amboinica Rumpli. Herb. Amb. 6: 20. t. 8. f. 1. 
Luzon, Manila, (83 Gaudichaud) ; Bataan, (460 Topping) ; Benguet, (4834 
Merrill). 
Malayan Peninsula and Archipelago; frequent. 
Scleria pubescens Zoll. ! Verz. Ind. Archip. heft 2, 61, which is not S. pubescens 
Steud., I consider a variety only of S. multifoliata Boeck. 
13. Scleria Sumatrensis Retz. Obs. 5: 19. t. 2. 
Disc tall, encircling the nut up to § its height. 
Boeck. in Linnsea 38: 513; Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 6: 693. S. purpurascens 
Steud. Cyp. 169. 
Basilan (7 Be Yore & Hoover). 
Southern Bengal to Malaya. 
18. DIPLACRUM R. Brown. 
1. Diplacrum caricinum R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 241; Brongn. in Duperry. 
Voy. Coquille, 2 (1829) 160; Moritzi, Verz. Zoll. Pfl. 99; Steud. in Zoll. Verz. 
Ind. Archip. heft 2, 60; Miq. FI. Nederl. Ind. 3: 345 et SuppL 262; Hemsl. in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. 36 (1903) 267. Scleria caricina Benth. FI. Austral. 7: 426; 
Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 6 : 688. 
Luzon, (736 Loher) ■ (3626 Merrill) . 
Frequent in India, thence scattered to Hongkong, the Philippines and Queens- 
land. 
There is no possible line to be drawn between Diplacrum and Scleria. In 
Diplacrum the female flower — that is, spikelet — appears terminal; but so it 
does in Scleria flaccida very often. 
