226 158. cYPERACEX. 
Throughout Europe and North Asia, extending southward only 
in China. Extends in America throughout the continent. 
2. Eleocharis afflata, Steud. in Zoll. Verz. Ind. Archip. ii. 
(1854) p. 62, et Cyp. p. 76; C. B. Clarke, in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. 
Ind. vi. p. 629. 
Eleocharis pellucida, Presl, Rel. Haenk, i. p. 196; Kunth, Enum. PI. 
li. p. 152, e descript. 
Eleocharis subprolifera, Steud. in Zoll. Verz. Ind. Archip. ii. p. 62, et 
Cyp. p. 80. 
Scirpus afflatus, Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 394. 
Scirpus attenuatus, Franch. et Savat. Pl. Jap. ii. pp. 110, 543. 
Heleocharis ochrostachys, Boeck, in Linnea, xxxvi. (1869-70) p. 452, 
non Eleocharis ochrostachys, Steud. 
Heleocharis chlorocarpa, Boeck. in Flora, lxi. (1878) p. 34. 
Heleocharis Kuntzei, Boeck. in Cyp. Nove, i. (1888) p. 14. 
Heleocharis afllata, Naves, in Blanco, Fl. Philipp. Append. 1880, p. 307 ; 
Diels, in Engl. Jahrb. xxix. (1901) p. 228. 
Heleocharis acicularis, var. japonica, Diels, in Engl. Jahrb. xxix. (1901) 
p. 228? 
CukKrANG: Ningpo Mountains (Faber, 1518!); SzECHUEN : 
Teentosen, Mt. Uomisan (Hugh!); Hurren: Ichang (A. Henry, 
3644! 4295! 7786 ) ; Yunnan: Tehenfongehang (Delavay!), 
Ontohay (Delavay, 408!); Kwanetune: Canton (Sampson!) ; 
Hosakowa (Wilford, 273! Harland, 543! C. Wright, 594! 
O. Kuntze, 3561!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
Abundant in East Bengal and in Japan. The specific name 
“ pellucida" is older, but less certain, than aflata. 
3. Eleocharis atropurpurea, Kunth, Enum. Pl. ii. p.151; C. B. 
Clarke, in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. p. 627. ` 
Scirpus atropurpureus, Retz. Obs. v. p. 14. 
Isolepis atropurpurea, Roem. et Schult. Syst. ii. p. 106, et Mant. p. 61: 
Kunth, Enum. Pl. ii. p. 190. 
Eleogenus atropurpureus, Nees, in Wight, Contrib. p. 113. 
Heleocharis atropurpurea, Koch, Syn. Fl. Germ. ed, 11. p. 853; Boeck, 
in Linnea, xxxvi. (1869-70) p. 458, var. y excl. 
SZECHUEN : Teentosen, Mt. Uomisan (Hugh!) ; Kwaxaruxa: 
Macao (Lay!). Mus. Brit. 
Throughout the world, in tropical and warm temperate 
climates. 
