232 158. CYPERACE E. 
Var. microcarpa, C. B. Clarke, in Hook. Sf. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. 
p. 646. 
Fimbristylis microcarpa, F, Muell. Fragm. Phyt, Austral. i. p. 200. 
Fimbristylis tenera, Boeck. in Flora, lviii. (1875) p. 111, var. excl. ; 
non Roem. et Schult, 
Fimbristylis sp., a. F., autumnali vix distinguenda, F. Muell. Fragm. 
Phyt. Austral. ix. p. 11. 
Kwanatune: Canton (Sampson, 462 partim); Honexone 
(Hance, 7488!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
In South-east Asia and Tropical Australia. 
F. complanata, as here understood, is common nearly through- 
out the warmer regions of the World, not, however, extending to 
Kurope or the Mediterranean Region. The two varieties pass 
into the main species, so that no separate areas can be defined 
for them. In China, the series graduates from the stout form 
(A. Henry, 4311) down to the delicate Australian F. microcarpa, 
admitted as a species by Bentham, which, again, Boeckeler re- 
gards as inseparable from the F. autumnalis, Linn., abundant in 
America. 
5. Fimbristylis cymosa, R. Br. Prodr. p. 228; Kunth, Enum. 
/P]. n. p. 244; Nees, in Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beechey’s Voy. p. 98 ; 
Benth. Fl. Austral. vii. p. 318. 
Fimbristylis glomerata, Boeck. in Linnea, xxxvii. (1871) p. 47. 
‘partim, 
Fimbristylis multifolia, Boeck. in Linnea, xxxviii. (1874) p. 397. 
Scirpus cymosus, Lam. Il. i. p. 141. 
Lvcnuv ArcHIPELAGo (C. Wright, 358!). Herb. Kew. 
Common in Polynesia, extending from the Sandwich Isles to 
‘Tropical Australia and Java. 
Boeckeler first placed this plant as identical with the sub- 
capitate form of F. spathacea, Roth; and three years later, 
forgetting this, reconstituted it as a species under a new name. 
6. Fimbristylis cyperoides, R. Br. Prodr. p. 228; Kunth, 
Enum. Pl. i. p. 244; C. B. Clarke, in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 
‘vi. p. 650. 
Gussonea cyperoides, Presl, Hel. Haenk. i, p. 183, t. 33. 
In warm Australia and the Carolines. 
