OF MT. KINABALU AND BRITISH NORTH BORNEO. 173 
CYPERACEAE (O. Srarr & W. B. TURRILL.) 
*CypPERUS HASPAN, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 2, 66 (in part); C. B. Clarke in 
Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. 600. 
Melalap, 800', sandbanks up the Pengallan river. Fl. Jan. 2757. Tenom, 
700’, in ditches along the bridle-path. Fl. 2679. Kinabalu, Kiau, 3000", 
abundant in paddy fields. Fl. Feb. 3967. 
Distrib. Borneo (B. N. B. N.E. Coast, Creagh; Labuan, Motley, 194 ; 
Dutch South-East Borneo, Danau Salac, near Martapura, Motley, 98). All 
warm countries. 
CYPERUS PUBISQUAMUS, Steud. in Zoll. Verz. Ind. Archip. ii. 62, and in Syn. 
Cyp. 20. 
Tenom, 900’, in sec. jungle. Fl. Jan. 2696. 
Distrib. Borneo (Labuan, Motley, 327). From the Malay Archipelago to 
Assam and Ceylon. 
Cyperus IRIA, Linn. Spec. Pl. ed. 2, 67. 
Melalap, 900', sandbanks up the Pengallan river. Fl. Jan. 2748. 
Distrib. Borneo (Labuan, Motley, 52; Dutch S.E. Borneo, at Martapura, 
Motley, 620). Warm parts of the Old World. 
CYPERUS DISTANS, Linn. f. Suppl. 103. 
Tenom, 700', in a ditch along the bridle-path, common. Fl. Jan. 2674. 
Distrib. Borneo (Brunei, Motley, 305; Dutch S.E. Borneo, Martapura, 
Motley, 91). All warm countries. 
CYPERUS ZOLLINGERI, Steud. in Zoll. Verz. Ind. Archip. ii. 62, and Syn. 
Cyp. 17. 
Tenom, 800’, in open clearings near the “ Residency." Fl. Jan. 2784. 
Distrib. Borneo (Brunei, Motley, 305; Dutch S.E. Borneo, Martapura, 
Motley, 90). Throughout the tropics of the Old World. 
Cyperus ELATUS, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 2, 67. 
Tenom, 700', stagnant water in sec. jungle, growing in tufts. Fl. 
Jan. 2654. 
Distrib. Borneo (Dutch S.E. Borneo, Rancha Serang, near Martapura, 
Motley, 981). Malayan Region, Indo-China, and Deccan Peninsula. 
MARISCUS SIEBERIANUS, Nees in Linnea, ix. (1834) 286. M. umbellatus var. 
Sieberianus, E. G. Camus in Lecomte, FI. Indo-Chin. vii. 78. 
Melalap, 800’, sandbanks up the Pengallan river. Fl. Jan. 2746. 
Distrib. Borneo (Labuan, Motley, 75; Dutch S.E. Borneo, Martapura, 
Motley, 17). Throughout the tropics. 
