158. cYPERACEX. 241 
is difficult to separate from F. Eragrostis, Hance, affording one 
more instance of the uncertain foothold afforded by the phyllo- 
taxis of leaves or glumes as a character to stand upon 
24. Fimbristylis nutans, Vahl, Enum. ii. p. 285; Kunth, 
Enum. Pl. ii. p. 221; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 391; Boeck. in 
Linnea, xxxvii. (1871) p. 5; C. B. Clarke, in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. 
Ind. vi. p. 632. 
Scirpus nutans, Retz. Obs. iv. p. 12. 
Kwanetune: Canton (Sampson, 1161); Honexone (Har- 
land! C. Wright, 575, 576! Hance, 1259! Didrichsen, 3272 !). 
Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
Southern India, Malaya, Australia to New South Wales. 
25. Fimbristylis podocarpa, Hook. f. ex C. B. Clarke, in Hook. 
Jf. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. p. 6385; Nees, in Wight, Contrib. p. 98 
partim (char. emend.), e¢ in Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beechey's Voy. 
p. 225 partim, et in Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. xix. Suppl. i. (1843) 
p. 77, var. y et æ partim nec f. 
Fimbristylis communis (forma), Kunth, Enum. Pl. ii. p. 234. 
Fimbristylis polymorpha (forma), Boeck. in Linnea, xxxvii. (1871) 
p. 14. 
Honaxone (Hance, 1091! Forbes!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. 
Kew. 
Frequent in India, extending to Java and the Marianne 
Isles. 
The species, as here understood, is destitute of the 5-7 longi- 
tudinal furrows so prominent on each face of the nut in F. diphylla, 
Vahl (F. communis, Kunth, or F. polymorpha, Boeck.). 
In my old Chinese Det, this Hance 1091 is noted as in herb. 
Kew, but I do not now find it. Possibly it is on a mixed sheet 
somewhere. 
26. Fimbristylis polytrichoides, Vahl, Enum. ii. p. 248 (poly- 
thrichoides); R. Br. Prodr. p. 226; Hance, in Journ. Bot. xvi. 
(1878) p. 112; €. B. Clarke, in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. 
p. 632. 
Fimbristylis juncea, Boeck. in Linnea, xxxvii. (1871) p. 4, non Roem. 
et Schult. 
Scirpus polytrichoides, Retz. Obs. iv. p. 11. 
Abildgaardia javanica, Steud. in Zoll. Verz, Ind. Archip. ii. p. 63, et 
Cyp. p. 72. 
