242 158. CYPERACER. 
Foxien: Amoy (Hance, 10153!); Formosa: Takow (A. 
Henry, 1100 !). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
Tropical Africa, South India, Philippines. 
Var. 6. halophila, C. B. Clarke, in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 
vi. p. 632. 
Fimbristylis Didrichseni, var. 8. minor, Boeck. in Engl. Jahrb. vi. 
(1884) p. 505. 
HUSAN ARCHIPELAGO (Didrichsen, 3569!). Herb. Kew. 
Caleutta ; Madras. 
27. Fimbristylis quinquangularis, Kunth, Enum. Pl. ii. (1837) 
p. 229; Boeck. in Linnea, xxxvii. (1871) p. 42 (syn. F. salbun- 
dia, Thwaites, excl.) ; C. B. Clarke, in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. 
p. 644. 
Fimbristylis salbundia, Boeck. in Linnea, xxxvii. (1871) p. 44. 
Scirpus quinquangularis, Vahl, Enum. ii. p. 279. 
Scirpus miliaceus, Linn. herb. propr. (an Sp. Pl. ed. ii. p. 75 ?). 
Cuekrane: Ningpo Mts. (Faber, 237!); Yunnan: Tapintze 
(Delavay, 1763!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
Abundant in rice-fields and on banks throughout India and 
Malaya, extending to the Philippines, Tropical Australia, and 
Mauritius. 
28. Fimbristylis rigidula, Nees, in Wight, Contrib. p. 99: 
C. B. Clarke, in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. p. 640; Hance, in 
Journ. Linn. Soc., Bot. xiii. (1873) p. 181, syn. et Thwaitesii 
exemplo excl.; Diels, in Engl. Jahrb. xxix. (1901) p. 229. 
Fimbristylis Hanceana, Boeck, in Linnea, xxxviii. (1874) p. 394. 
Fimbristylis communis, Kunth, Enum, Pl. ii. p. 235 partim. 
Krawasr: Kiukiang (Shearer!); Huren: Hankow (Faber, 
1133 ), Iehang (A. Henry, 545, 1234 partim !); Yunnan: 
Mengtze (A. Henry, 13728 !), Tapintze (Delavay, 404, 1755 !), 
Mosoyn (Delavay, 4464!); Honexonea (Hance, 1188!). Mus. 
Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
Common in North India, at 1000-5000 feet; also in the 
Philippines. 
The examples named “ rigidula, Nees,” which were in the 
hands of Kunth and of Boeckeler, were correctly referred by 
them to our F. diphylla, Vahl. The true F. rigidula, Nees, is 
well marked by the woody rhizome and by the many paired 
spikelets. 
