Contributions to the botany of India / By Robert Wight.

  • Robert Wight
Date:
1834
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Credit: Contributions to the botany of India / By Robert Wight. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Trib. V. SCLERIEiE. XXXI. SCLERIA. Berg. Spiculae diclines, moncecae; foeminea uniflora: rarius spiculae androgynae. Squamae distichae aut tristicliae, in fcemineis paucae, inferiores vacuae. StamF na tria. Stylus trifidus. Hypogynium floris masculi monophyllum, charta¬ ceum aut trifidum, lobis aut integerrimis aut denticulatis lacinulatisve. Nux globosa aut ovata, papillula persistente aut decidua, styli basi residua coro¬ nata, basi hypogynio persistente appresso patulove cincta.—Inflorescentia: Spiculae vel solitariae, et tum vero in eadem inflorescentia segregatae, inferiores foemineae aut vice versa, vel geminae, altera foeminea altera mascula, quando¬ que et plures glomeratae bracteola communi propriisque suffultae, pallidae aut fuscidulae : glomeruli dispositi in paniculas saepe corymbosas, aut in spi¬ cas interruptas simplices aut compositas, axillares, versus culmi apicem ma¬ gis approximatas foliisque suis decrescentibus denique in inflorescentiam ter¬ minalem, plerumque magis compositam, quandoque et simplicem atque gra¬ cilem coalescentes. Culmus saepe altus, trigonus aut triqueter, articulatus; vaginis totis herbaceis triquetris, angulis quandoque alatis, oris margine op- positifolio, lobulo obtuso praedito. Folia angusta aut latiuscula acuminata carinata, pleraque margine serrulato-scabra. Species orientales omnes squamis spicularam carina exalatis gaudent. Sectionis secundae subdivisionis, 44 Styli basi mucroniformi atra serius decidua” insignitae, nullae adsunt species. § 1. Spicula mascula et foeminea in diversa parte inflorescentia posita, soli¬ taria. 1. S. oryzoides (Presl.:) culmo vaginisque acute triquetris glabris ore tri- lobo, panicula terminali corymbosa, spiculis solitariis ramorum ramiflorum- que infimis fcemineis superioribus masculis, nuce globosa laevissima, hypogy¬ nio profunde trilobo appresso.—Presl. rei. Hank. 3. p. 201.—Scleria, Wall, cat. n. 3413 (ex.parte).-In Luzonia; Hanlce. In Ceylona ; Macrae. Pe¬ ninsula Ind. or.: Wight. 2. S. macrophylla (Presl.:) culmo triquetro, foliis latis lanceolatis margine scabris, panicula terminali erecta, bracteis setaceis ramulo scabro longioribus, spiculis sessilibus inferioribus fcemineis, glumis scabriusculis masculis ovatis acutis femineis ovato-subrotundis mucronatis, caryopsi globosa laevissima apiculata.--In insula Luzon ; Hanke. § 2. Spicula geminata, altera mascula, altera foeminea. a. Styli basis concolor brevis persistens mucronuliformis. 4- Hypogynium magnum membranaceo-chartaceum integrum aut repando-trilo- bum, nec profunde divisum. 3. S. Sumatrensis (Retz.:) culmo triquetro, viginis triquetris foliisque gla¬ bris, superioribus verticillato-ternis ore truncatis ciliolatis, paniculis axillari¬ bus in terminalem ad speciem proliferam densam approximatis, ramulis di¬ varicatis, spiculis geminis altera mascula, nucibus globosis reticulatis cinereo- nigris, hypogynio lato obsolete trilobo lobis patulis undatis crenatisque.— Retz. obs. 5. p. 19. t. 2 ; Willd. sp. pl. 4. p. 315 ; Wight. cat. n. 1905.—Scleria, Wall. cat. n. 3413 (ex parte).1-In Ceylona; Macrae. Peninsula Indiae orientalis ; Wight.
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