Scirpodendron!\ cLXii. Cyperace^, 175 
(i) S. costatum Kurz. Joitrn. As. Soc. Beng. xxxviii. 285; 
Clarke in Hook. fil. F.B.I. vi. 684; Ridl. Mat. iii. 106; Miq. III. 
FI. Arch. Ind. t. 28. Chionanthus Ghaeri Gaerln. Fruct. i. 119. 
Leaves 10 ft. long, i to 1*5 in. wide, tip filiform, scabrid 6 to 
10 in. long. Inflorescence lengthening in fruit to i ft, long. Spikes 
ovoid, yellowish white. Bracts, lower 4 ft. long or less, upper 
ones shorter, white. Nut -5 to -6 in. long. Hah. Common in tidal 
swamps and rivers forming dense masses. Singapore, Kranji. 
Johor, Kota Tinggi; Seinpang Kiri. Malacca (Griffith), Setul. 
Native name: Selingsing. 
22 . LEPIRONIA, L. C. Rich. 
A rush-like leafless plant with a creeping rhizome, culms tall, 
terete, with a sheath at base. Spike i, oblong-obtuse cylindric 
lateral, with a terete bract appearing like a continuation of the 
culm. Glumes brown. Squamellce 8 to ii, two outer ones boat¬ 
shaped, monandrous, inner ones male or empty. Style short 
bifid Nut ovoid, beak compressed. Species i, Madagascar, 
Ceylon, Malaya, Australia, Fiji. 
(i) L. mucronata Rich. Pcrs. Syn. 170; Miq. III. FI. Arch. 
Ind. 60, t. 20; Clarke in Hook. fit. F.B.I. vi. 684; Ridl. Mat. iii. 
107 - 
Rhizome scaly. Culms i to 3 ft. tall, transversely septate. 
Spike -5 in. long, -25 in. through. Bract i to 2 in. long. Glumes 
chestnut brown, blunt, spirally imbricating. Nut ovoid com¬ 
pressed, margins ciliate. Hab. Ponds and swamps, common in the 
south. Singapore, Jurong. Johor. Pahang, Sungei Chenei (Fox). 
Malacca (Griffith). Bindings, Tanjong hantu. Use: In mat¬ 
making. 
23 . SCLERIA, Berg. 
Rough herbs with leafy stems. Leaves linear acuminate 
scabrid, sheath triquetrous or winged. Panicle terminal com¬ 
pound. Spikelets unisexual, rarely bise.xual, with one female flower 
below and several male ones above. Glumes 2 to 4 basal empty, 
I or more above floriferous. Style bifid, not thickened at base. 
Nut small, bony, white or purple, smooth, reticulate or tubercled 
on a fleshy disc entire or lobed. Species 150, all tropical regions. 
§ I. Hypoporum. Most of the spikelets bisexual. 
Leaves very narrow; panicle very narrow 
Leav'es broad, 3-nerved, glabrous; stems winged. 
Panicle large, corymbs severaJ; nut ellipsoid 
Panicles small, corymbs few, small; nut ellipsoid. 
Leaves hairy; nut trigonous hairy 
§ 2. Euscleria. Spikelets unisexual. 
Nut smooth. 
Tall stout plant with dense panicle 
(1) S. lithosperraa 
(2) S. corymbosa 
(3) S. Ridleyi 
(4) S. gonocarpa 
(5) S. oryzoides 
