316 FLORA VITIENSIS. 
Prod. p. 220.—In swamps, Viti Levu (Seemann! n. 667). Also found in New Holland and the East 
Indies. 
Il. Scleria, Berg. Endl. Gen. n. 964. Spicule dicline, gf «-florea, ¢ 1-flore. Fl. ¢: Palex 
distiche v. co-fariam imbricate. Perigonium 0. Stamen 1, y, rarissime 5. Fl. 9: Glume oo, co- 
fariam imbricate, sensim majores. Pale 2, integre, subopposite. Perigonium 0. Discus varius, 
subeylindricns, lobatus y. annularis, persistens, Ovarium stylo continuo, 2—3-fido. Caryopsis ossea, 
subglobosa, lageniformis y. lenticularis, levis v. tessellata, paleis patentibus cmcta.—Herbe perennes, 
habitu vario. 
1, S. margaritifera, Willd. Spec. vol. iv. p. 321; Kunth, Bnum, vol. ii. p. 341; culmis 3- 
quetris, angulis scabris ; foliis linearibus, planis, sabmembranaceis, 3-nerviis, margine seabris ; vaginis 
3-quetris, vix alatis; ligula abbreviata, rotundata; paniculis axillaribus et terminalibus, ramosis, 
pedunculatis, pyramidalibus ; bracteis setiformibus; floribus masculis 3-andris ; spica ? floribus 3 g 
terminata ; achenio lapideo, subgloboso, fuscescenti, umbonato, levi, lacteo-albido, nitido ; disco 3-lobo, 
haud ciliato; lobis ovatis, obtusis.—Carew lithospermus, Forst. Prod. n. 839.—Ovalau (M‘Gillivray ! 
Seemann! n. 677). Also found in Tana (W. Anderson! Forster !), Aneitum (M‘Gillivray !), Isle of 
Pines, off New Caledonia (M'‘Gillivray !), and Samoa (Sir KE. Home!). 
2. S. lithosperma, Willd. Spec. vol. iv. p. 316; Kunth, Enum. vol. i. p. 349; glauca; 
culmis gracilibus, 3-quetris, glabris; foliis anguste linearibus, elongatis, margine scabris; vagiuis 3- 
quetris, faciebus pilosiuseulis, angulis glabris; ligula abbreviata, rotundata ; pedunculis axillaribus et 
terminalibus, simplicibus vel ramosis, oligostachyis; spicis geminis et ternis, quasi per spicam 
interruptam dispositis, masculis femineis intermixtis; floribus ¢ monandris?; achenio lapideo, 
ovato-clliptico, acutiusculo-umbonato, 3-gono, levi, lacteo-albo, nitido, ad basim margine angusto 
ferrngineo adnato cincto; disco obsolete 3-lobo, haud ciliato.—Scirpus lithospermus, Linn. Spee. 
ed. 1. p. 51 (Rheede, vol. xii. t. 48). 8. tenwis, Retz. Obs, vol. iv. p. 18; Willd. Spee. vol. iv. p. 316, 
S, glaucescens, Presl in Rel. Heenk, vol. iii. p. 202.—Taviuni (Seemann! n. 676). Also collected in 
Wallis Island (Sir E, Home !), and Tonga (Barclay !). 
III, Gahnia, Forst, Gen, n. 26, excl. sp.; Endl, Gen. n. 982. Spiculie 1-flore, flore 3 termi- 
nali. Palez oo-fariam imbricata, Perigonium 0. Stamina 3-6; filamentis demum elongatis. 
Ovarium stylo 3-fido ; stigmatibus indivisis v. 2-3-fidis. Caryopsis ossea, putamine sequabili, nucleo 
levi vy. transversim pluries constricto—lHerbe culmis foliosis; foliis elongatis, asperis, involutis, 
paniculis compositis, foliatis—Lampocarya, R. Brown, Prodr. p. 238. Morelotia, Gaud. ad Freye. 
p. 416, t. 28, 
There are several species of this genus in tropical Polynesia, besides the one represented in Viti. In 
the Society Islands we have the typical G. schenoides, Porst. (Schanus spilocarpus, Sol. Prim, F). Ins. Pacif. 
(ined.) p. 207), collected there by Banks and Solander, and subsequently by the Forsters; in Aneitum 
(M‘Gillivray !) a species closely allied to G. aspera, Spreng., but apparently new; in the Sandwich 
Islands G, Beecheyi, Horace Mann, collected by Barelay!; G. Gaudichaudii, Steud, (Morelotia gahnia- 
jolia, Guud. Freyve. t. 28), collected by David Nelson! and Macrae!; and G. globose, Horace Mann 
(Morelotia gahnieformis, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech, p.98, non I. gahniefolia, Gaud.), collected by Barclay! 
1. G.- aspera, Spreng. Syst. vol. ii. p. 114; tetrandra; spica composita, foliata; partialibus 
subindivisis; spiculis congestis ; squamis intimis obtusis leevibus.— Lampocarya aspera, K, Brown, 
Prodr. p. 238,—Vanua Levu (Seemann! n, 672). Also found in New Holland (R. Brown !). 
IV, Rhynchospora, Vahl, Enum. vol. ii. p. 229; Endl. Gen. n. 907. Spicule panciflore, 


