158. CYPERACER. 227 
4. Eleocharis capitata, R. Br. Prodr. p. 225; Kunth, Enum. 
Pl. ii. p. 150, syn. quibusdam excl.; C. B. Clarke, in Hook. f. 
Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. p. 627. 
Eleocharis setacea, R. Br. Prodr. p. 225, nec p. 224. 
Scirpus capitatus, Linn. Ab. propr., partim ; Benth, Fl. Hongk. p. 394. 
Eleogenus capitatus, Nees, in Wight, Contrib. p. 112. 
Heleocharis capitata, Boeck. in Linnea, xxxvi. (1869-70) p. 461. 
Formosa (A. Henry, 1042 ), Takow (Playfair, 134! A. 
Henry, 704!); Honexone (C. Wright, 593). Mus. Brit.; 
Herb. Kew. 
Throughout the world in tropieal and warm regions, more 
abundant in America; not yet seen from Europe. 
5. Eleocharis fistulosa, Link, Jahrb. iii. (1820) p. 78; Kunth, 
Enum. Pl. ii. p. 155; C. B. Clarke, in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. 
p. 626. 
Eleocharis acutangula et E. media, Schultes, in Roem. et Schult, Syst. 
ii. Mant. p. 91. 
Scirpus fistulosus, Poir. in Lam. Encycl. vi. p. 749. 
Limnochloa acutangula et L. media, Nees in Wight, Contrib. p. 114. 
Heleocharis fistulosa, Boeck. in Linnea, xxxvi. (1869-70) p. 472 (syn. 
et exemplis Amer. excl.?); Diels, in Engl. Jahrb, xxix. (1901) p. 228. 
Huveu: Ichang (4. Henry, 4102, 4102 A!). Mus. Brit.; 
Herb. Kew. 
In the tropic and subtropie regions of the Old World ; abun- 
dant in India. The representative common American species is 
E. mutata, R. Br., which is united with E. fistulosa by Boeckeler, 
not without reason. 
6. Eleocharis palustris, E. Br. Prodr. p. 224 in notà; Bunge, 
Enum. Pl. China Bor. p. 685 Kunth, Enum. Pl. ii. p. 147; Nees, 
in Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. xix. Suppl. i. (1843) p. 96; Regel, Fl. 
Ussur. p. 244; C. B. Clarke, in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. 
p. 628. 
Eleocharis uniglumis, Schultes, in Roem. et Schult. Syst. à. Mant. 
pp. 88, 539. 
Eleocharis pileata, A. Gray! in Mem. Amer. Acad. n. s. vi. (1858-9) 
p. 417 in nota. 
Scirpus palustris, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 47, ed. 2, p. 70 partim; Franch, 
in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherb. xxiv. (1884) p. 262, et Pl. David. i. p. 317. 
Scirpus uniglumis, Link, Jahrb. iii. p. 77; Franch. in. Mém. Soc, Se. 
Nat. Cherb. xxiv. (1884) p. 262, et PI. David. i. p. 318. 
