Scleria benthamii
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Description
Perennial.
Leaves rather abruptly narrowed to the obtusish tip, glabrous to more or less villous by long white hairs, scabrid on the margins towards the apex, otherwise smooth, (2-)3-7 mm wide;
Inflorescence narrow, consisting of a terminal, lanceolate panicle and 1-2 distant fascicles of lateral panicles, the terminal panicle 1½-5 cm long, the lateral ones smaller, single or binate at the nodes, their peduncles short (or the lowest up to 10 cm exserted from the sheath), smooth;
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Philippines (Philippines present); Thailand (Thailand present), Australasia: Queensland (Queensland present), E. New Guinea present, Khasia present, Luzon present, Prov. of Benguet present, Reai present
Khasia, Thailand, Indo-China, Queensland; in Malesia: Philippines (Luzon, Prov. of Benguet), E. New Guinea (Reai, MANNER & STREET 390), twice collected.