201 158. CYPERACER. 
Cyperus vulgaris, Kunth, Enum. Pl. à. p. 4, syn. C. conglomerato 
aliisque exclusis ; Benth, Fl. Hongk. p. 385; Regel, Fl. Ussur. p. 175 ; 
Sieber, MS. ex Kunth. 
Cyperus complanatus, Presl, in Oken, Isis, xxi. (1882) p. 271; 
Franch. Pl, David. i. p. 316, et in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherb. xxiv. 
(1884) p. 261; cf. Maxim. in Bull Soc. Nat. Mose. liv. pars 1. 
(1879) p. 63. 
CurnLr: Peking (David!); SHanruna: Chefoo (Fauvel!); 
Formosa (Siebold!), Takow (A. Henry, 560 !); Huren (A. 
Henry, 7520 !) ; Kwanatuna: Macao (Vachel !); Lucuu 
ARCHIPELAGO (Doederlein). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
The North China and Japanese examples are nearly as 
the Mediterranean C. vulgaris, Kunth (which is widely spread 
in Africa and India), with rather broad spikelets, chestnut 
marked with green; the Southern Chinese examples have the 
spikelets slenderer and browner, and are the C. complanatus, 
Presl, which extends from the Masearene Islands to New South 
Wales and Japan. I ean draw no definite line between Pycreus 
globosus and Cyperus complanatus, nor between these and the 
three following varieties. 
Var. P. nilagirica, C. B. Clarke, in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. 
p. 992; spieulis angustioribus, magis duris, non inflatis, spe 
castaneis interdum nigris. 
Cyperus nilagirieus, Hochst. ev Steud. Syn. Pl. Cyp. p. 2: Boeck. in 
Linnea, xxxv. (1867-8) p. 457. 
Norra Cuna (Hance, 1387); SHANTUNG (Maingay, 152!); 
Kianasu: Shanghai (Maingay, 637!); OCnkKIANG: Ningpo 
Mts. (Faber, 223 !); Huren: Ichang (A. Henry, 2574!) ; 
Norru CENTRAL Cuina: Kausan, Kisaoshian (Hugh!) Mt. 
Ngosan, Laoysan (Hugh !), Mt. Thaepeisan (Hugh !); SHENSI : 
Mt. Kifongsan (Hugh !); SzEcHvEN: Tehenkeoutin (Farges !); 
Yunnan: Tapintze (Delavay, 415, 1753, 1754!), Hokin, 
5000 feet (Delavay, 1751 !), Mosoyn (Delavay, 1766 !), Mengtze, 
— 4500 feet (A. Henry, 9119!), Red River, 6000 feet (A. Henry, 
— 9640 !); Kwanerune : Canton (Sampson, 1387 !). Mus. Brit. ; 
Herb. Kew. 
This var. extends from South and Equatorial Africa to 
Amurland, Malaya, Australia ; it is especially a mountain 
form. 
