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(Last Modified On 10/24/2012)
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(Last Modified On 10/24/2012)
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Species
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SCLERIA EGGERSIANA Boeckl.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Cyp. Nov. 2:41. 1890.
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Synonym
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Scleria Grisebachii C. B. Clarke, Symb. Ant. 2:150. 1900.
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Description
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Rhizome horizontal, thick, woody; culms coarse, 1-2 m. tall, triangular, erect, nearly smooth; leaves 30 cm. long or longer, 1-2.5 cm. wide, scabrous, especially oin the veins and margins, coriaceous, rigid, flat or somewhat plicate; sheaths 3- winged, scabrous on the angles, otherwise glabrous; inflorescence paniculate, nar- row, about 3 dm. long; hypogynium-margin densely brown-ciliate, cup-shaped, 3-lobed; achene 2.5-3 mm. long (with high hypogynium 4 mm. long), white, globose or subglobose, shining, smooth, terminated by the conic, pale, more or less deciduous style-base.
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Distribution
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West Indies, Central America, and northern South America.
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Specimen
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CANAL ZONE: Fort Randolph, Standley 28730; Barro Colorado Island, Kenoyer I44; between France Field and Catival, Standley 30281.
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