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CLXII. CYPERACE^. 
[Scleria. 
Slender weak plants. 
Nut ovoid ....... 
Nut globose, top flattened .... 
Robust plant; panicle large hairy; nut ovoid 
Annual dwarf plant; leaves herbaceous; flowers 
and fruit minute in axillary tufts . 
Nut reticulate velvety or pubescent. 
Panicles dense, terminal; secondary bracts long 
setaceous ....... 
Panicles lax; sheaths not winged; leaves 
whorled. 
Disc short, 3-lobed ..... 
Disc long, cylindric, bright red 
Panicle slender lax; leaves not whorled; sheaths 
winged ....... 
Nut tessellate; tall stout plants. 
Ligule ovate hairy ..... 
Ligule scarious brown ..... 
Nut tessellate; small, weak plant 
Dwarf plant, hairy; spikes large, in 2 or 3 heads 
in panicle shorter than leaves. 
Nut •! in. long, pustular ..... 
(6) S. zeylanica 
(7) S. levis 
( 8 ) S. radula 
{9) S. caricina 
(10) S. bancana 
(11) S. multifoliata 
(12) S. sumatrensis 
{13) S. hebecarpa 
(14) S. elata 
(15) S. chinensis 
(16) S. biflora 
{17) S. carphiformis 
(1) S. lithosperma Sw. Prod. 183; FL Ind. Occ. 92; Clarke 
in Hook. fil. F.B.I. vi. 685; Ridl. Mat. iii. 108, 
Rhizome short, woody. Culms 18 to 24 in. tall, slender, tufted. 
Leaves narrow, 8 in. long, *06 in. wide; sheaths only pubescent. 
Panicle narrow, i to 3 in. long, with distant spikelets or clusters 
of spikelets, many bisexual. Glumes acuminate, dark brown. 
Nut -I in. long, ovoid smooth, white. Hub. Dry woods, Pahang, 
Rumpin River; Kwala Pahang. Malacca (Griffith); Nyalas 
(Goodenough); Alor Gajah. Negri Sembilan, Tampin Hill (Good- 
enough); Linggi River. Bindings, Lumut. Penang (Wallich); 
Waterfall (Curtis). Pulau Adang, Rawei island. Setul. 
var. Roxbiirghii Clarke in Hook. fil. F.B.I. vi. 686. A rather 
smaller plant. Glumes mucronate. Nut oblong trigonous apiculate 
tubercled. Hab. Rare. Johor, Batu Pahat. Bindings, Lumut. 
Distrib. All tropical regions except Africa. 
(2) S. corymbosa AVr6. FI. Ind. iii. 574; Clarke in Hook. fil. 
F.B.I. vi. 686; Ridl. Mat. iii. 109. 
A stout robust plant nearly glabrous, culms 2 to 8 ft. tall. 
Leaves 12 to 20 in. long, -5 to i in. wide; sheaths angled or strongly 
winged. Panicle 18 to 24 in, long, of 6 or 7 compound corymbose 
axillary panicles 3 in. long. Bracts setaceous. Spikelets -25 in. 
long, nearly all bisexual. Glumes greenish, pale. Nut ellipsoid, 
acute at both ends, smooth, white, -12 in. long. Disc small, brown, 
obscurely 3-lobed. Hab. Damp spots by paths in forests from sea- 
level to 4000 ft. altitude. Singapore, Bukit Timah. Johor, 
Gunong Pantai. Muar, Bukit Muar (Feilding). Malacca (Griffith); 
Ayer Keroh; Batang Malacca (Derry). Negri Sembilan, Tampin 
Hill (Ridley). Bindings, Telok Sera. Selangor, Bukit Hitam, 
4000 ft. altitude (Kelsall). Perak, Goping (Kunstler). Penang 
(Curtis). Kelantan, Chaning (Ridley). Distrib. India and Ceylon. 
