158. CYPERACER. 237 
Var. cantoniensis, n. var., C. B. Clarke; folis culmo fere 
zequilongis ; bracteis 2, inferiore inflorescentiá equilonga, plana, 
suberectá, apice subito angustata. 
Fimbristylis fulvescens, Hance, in Journ. Bot. xvi. (1878) p. 112, non 
Thwaites. 
Kwanetunea: Canton, Pakwan (Sampson in hb. Hance, 13111!). 
Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
The bracts in this plant of Sampson’s are very like those 
of F. fulvescens, Thwaites, and I can find no similar ones in 
F. fusca, which has very short setaceous bracts. 
14. Fimbristylis globulosa, Kunth, Enum. Pl. n. p. 281; 
Boeck. in Linnea, xxxvii. (1871) p. 45; C. B. Clarke, in Hook. 
f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. p. 644. 
Scirpus globulosus, Retz. Obs. vi. p. 19. 
Trichelostylis globulosa, Nees, in Wight, Contrib. p. 105, 
KraNesv: Shanghai (Maingay, 692! in hb. Kew, 693! in hb. 
Calcutta); Krawasr: Kiukiang (SAearer!); SzECHUEN: Mt. 
Omei, alt. 3000 feet (Faber, 1134!). Herb. Kew. 
Common in India and Malaya. 
Var. 6. Torresiana, C. B. Clarke, in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 
vi. p. 645. 
Fimbristylis Torresiana, Gaudich. in Freycinet, Voy. p. 413; Kunth, 
Enum. Pl ii. p. 231. 
LucHv ARCHIPELAGO (Maximowiez!). Herb. Kew. 
This variety is also known from Bengal, Japan, Marianne 
Isles. 
15. Fimbristylis gracilenta, Hance, in Journ. Bot. vi. (1868) 
p. 89. 
Kwanatune: Whampoa (Hance, 13227 !), Canton (Sampson, 
919). Mus. Brit. 
Also from ‘Tonkin (Balansa, 2786 !). 
The stem often carries 10-12 spikelets in a loose compound 
umbel; the spikelets are very slender and the nut smooth; in 
all these points differing from F. Fordiz. 
16. Fimbristylis Henryi, C. B. Clarke, n. sp. 
Fere glabra. Culmi annui, dense esspitosi, 6 uncias longi. 
Folia plura culmos cum inflorescentia superantia, du unc. lata. 
Umbelle bis ter composite, c. 20-stachys, rigide ; bractex 
