228 158. CYPERACES. 
Scirpus pileatus, Franch. et Sav. Enum. Pl. Jap. ii. p. 110. 
Scirpus kamtschaticus, C. A. Meyer, in Mém. Sav. Etr. Pétersb. i. 
(1831) p. 198, t. 1. 
Heleocharis palustris, Lindl, Syn. Brit. Fl. p. 280; Boeck. in Linnea, 
xxxvi. (1869-70) p. 466, exemplis 3-stigmatosis excl. 
Cunt: Jehol (David, 1910, 2712 !), Peking (Bretschneider, 
865 ); Suantune: Chefoo (Fauvel!); Huren: Patung (E. H. 
Wilson, 1645 !), 6700 feet (E. H. Wilson, 1645 a!); SzECHUEN : 
Tchenkeoutin, 4500 feet (Farges, 4185!) ; Yunnan: 5000 feet 
(J. Anderson !), Mengtze, 4500 feet (A. Henry, 10862 !), Kan- 
haytze, 9500 feet (Delavay, 2182 !), Tapintze (Delavay, 244, 416, 
912!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
Throughout the world, except South-east Asia and Australia. 
The Australian plants referred to Æ. palustris by Boeckeler have 
the style 3-fid; cf Benth. Fl. Austral. vii. pp. 294-296. The 
high-level Yunnan E palustris is a frontier of the species. 
7. Eleocharis plantaginea, R. Br. Prodr. p. 224 in nota; 
Bunge, Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 68; Kunth, Enum. Pl. ii. p. 153; 
C. B. Clarke, in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. p. 625. 
Scirpus plantaginoides, Rottb. Descr. et Ic. p. 45, t. 15. fig. 2. 
Scirpus plantagineus, Retz. Obs. v. p. 14; Hance, in Journ. Linn. Soc., 
Dot. xiii, (1873) p. 181. 
Limnochloa plantaginea et L. tumida, Nees, in Wight, Contrib. p. 114. 
Heleocharis plantaginea, Boeck. in Linnea, xxxvi. (1869-70) p. 474, 
descr. et exemplis Americanis exel.; Diels, in Engl. Jahrb, xxix. (1901) 
p. 228. 
Foxen: Amoy (Hance!); Formosa: Takow (A. Henry, 
734!); Huren: Ichang (A. Henry, 4247!) ; Yunnan: Mosoyn 
(Delavay, 4075!); Howakowa (Hance, 1391! Lamont, 860 !). 
Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
In the Old World, from Angola to Japan and Fiji; common 
in India. The representative species in America is Æ. inter- 
stincta, R. Br. 
8. Eleocharis tetraquetra, Nees, in Wight, Contrib. p. 113; 
C. B. Clarke, in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. p. 630; Palibin, FI. 
Korea, iii. p. 19. 
Eleocharis erythrochlamys, Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. p. 300. 
Scirpus Wichurai, Franch. et Sav. Pl. Jap. ii. p. 544, non Boeck. 
Scirpus hakonensis et S. Onaei, Franch. et Sav. Pl. Jap. ii. pp. 110, 
111, 544. 
