240 158. CYPERACEA. 
kiang (Forbes, 193 !); FokrkN: Amoy (Hance, 1393 !); For- 
Mosa (Oldham !), South Cape (A. Henry, 249 !), Takow (A. Henry, 
786, 786 B, 1113!); Huren: Ichang (A. Henry, 4147, 4297, 
7785 !); Szecuurn (Faber, 1171), Teentosen, Mt. Uomisan 
(Hugh!); Yunnan: Tehenfongehan (Delavay, 5114!) ; Kwane- 
TUNG (Tate!), Cape Syngmun (Meyen !), Whampoa (Hance, 
1393 !), Canton (Sampson, 272! Hance, 1393 !), Pakhoi (Play- 
Jair, 122!); Hoxakoxa (Wilford, 368! C. Wright, 584! Hance, 
1398 !); Lvucnuv ArcHIPELAGO (Döderlein !). Mus. Brit. ; 
Herb. Kew. 
In rice-fields, in all warm parts of the world; abundant in 
India, Malaya, China. 
22. Fimbristylis monostachya, Hassk. Pl. Jav. Rar. p. 61; 
Hance, in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. xiii. (1873) p. 132; C. B. 
Clarke, in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. p. 649. 
Cyperus monostachyus, Linn. Mant. p. 180, et in herb. propr. ! 
Abildgaardia monostachya, Vahl, Enum. ii. p. 296 ; Kunth, Enum. PI. 
ii. p. 247; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 889; Boeck. in Linnea, xxxvii. (1871) 
p. 99; Henrig. in Bolet. Soc. Broter. ii. (1883) p. 166. 
Abildgaardia compressa, Presl, Rel. Haenk. i. p. 179; Nees, in Nov. 
Act. Nat, Cur, xix. Suppl. i. (1843) pp. 74, 75. 
Abildgaardia Rottboelliana, Nees, in Wight, Contrib. p. 95, et in Hook. 
et Arn. Bot. Beechey's Voy. p. 272. 
Formosa (Oldham, 593! Playfair, 41! A. Henry, 732, 759!), 
Takow (4. Henry, 1029!) ; Yunnan: Tapintze (Delavay, 403!) ; 
Kwanetune: Macao (da Silva! Calléry!) ; Lvcuu Anmcmr- 
PELAGO (Beechey ! Déderlein!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
Common through the tropical and warmer parts of the world. 
23. Fimbristylis nigro-brunnea, Thwaites, Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 
p. 434; C. B. Clarke, in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. p. 648. 
Fimbristylis subtetrastachya, Boeck. in Linnea, xxxvii. (1871) p. 50. 
Fimbristylis pyenostachya, Hance, in Journ. Bot. xv. (1877) p. 338. 
Abildgaardia Eragrostis, Boeck. in Linnea, xxxvii. (1871) p. 55, pro 
parte, vix Nees, 
Trichelostylis sp. n. 20, herb. Ind. Or. Hook. f. et T. Thoms. 
Yunnan: Tali (Delavay, 414 !). 
Originally described from Ceylon and South Madras, this 
species is abundant in North-east Bengal, extending to Muney- 
poor, Cambodia, Yunnan and the Nicobars. The Yunnan ex- 
ample is the Khasi form F. subtetrastachya, Boeck. This species 
