238 158. CYPERACEX. 
inflorescentiam superantes, foliis similes. Spicule 1 unc. longe, 
anguste oblonge, teretes, lucide albo-virides. Glume apice ad- 
modum acuminate, mucronate. Stylus persistens, basi bulbosus, 
nuce longior, glaber; rami 2, stylo multo breviores. Mux 
angustius obovoidea, levis, luteo-brunea; striæ longitudinales 
numeross&, pertenues, subobsolete. 
Huren: Ichang (4. Henry, 2774!) ; Norra CENTRAL HINA : 
Hansunfu, Mt. Leansan (Hugh!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 
This species resembles bright examples of F. dichotoma; the 
nut wants the 5-7 strong longitudinal furrows on each face of 
F. dichotoma. 
17. Fimbristylis insignis, Thwaites, Enum. Pl. Zeyl. p. 349; . 
Hance, in Journ. Linn. Koe., Bot. xiii. (1873) p. 182 (syn. Tri- 
chelostylis n. 20 herb. Hook. f. et T. Thoms. excl); C. B. 
Clarke, in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. p. 645. 
Fimbristylis Thwaitesii, Boeck. in Linnea, xxxvii. (1871) p. 34. 
Fimbristylis amblyphylla, Steud. Cyp. p. 116, quoad plantam in obs. 
descriptam. 
Kwanetune: Canton (Hance, 9858 !) Pakwan (Sampson, 
9858!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
Also in Ceylon, Madras, Tonkin, Borneo. 
18. Fimbristylis kwantungensis, C. B. Clarke, n. sp. 
Fere glabra. Culmi c. 8 uncias longi, graciles, dense cæspitosi. 
Folia plura, 7; unc. lata, cum 3 parte culmi subequilonga. 
Umbella semel composita, laxa, c. 12-stachya; radii 4-7: 
bractee 4-3 unc. longs, subsetacez. Spicule 1 unc. longs, 
anguste lanceolate, lete brunesm. Glume elliptico-lanceolate, 
caudato-acuminate. Stylus tenuis, glaber, basi pyramidalis ; 
rami 3. Nus parvula, cum 4 parte glume equilonga, oblongo- 
ellipsoidea, rotundo-trigona, lutea brunescens, levis, apicem 
versus plus minus tuberculosa, leviter striata et transversim 
lineata. 
Kwanatune (Ford, 193!). Herb. Kew. 
This species is allied to F. quinquangularis, and more closely 
to F. debilis, F. Mueller, from North Australia. 
19. Fimbristylis leptoclada, Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 393, nec 
Benth. Fl. Austral. vii. p. 314; C. B. Clarke, in Hook. f. FL 
Brit. Ind. vi. p. 647. 
