158. CYPERACES. 243 
29. Fimbristylis schenoides, Vahl, Enum. ii. (1806) p. 286 ; 
Kunth, Enum. Pl. ii. p. 222; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 391; Boeck. 
in Linnea, xxxvii (1871) p. 5, var. B excl. ; C. B. Clarke, in 
Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. p. 684. 
Fimbristylis bispicata, Nees, in Wight, Contrib. p. 97, pro majore parte : 
Boeck. in Linnea, xxxvii. (1871) p. 6 partim. 
Fimbristylis polymorpha, var. depauperata, Boeck. in Flora, lviii. (1875) 
p. 111. 
Scirpus schoenoides, Retz. Obs. v. p. 14. 
Scirpus bispicatus, Roxb. Hort. Beng. p. 6, et FI. Ind. i. p. 220. 
Abildgaardia nervosa, Presl, Rel. Haenk. i. p. 180. 
Suantune: Chefoo (Forbes!); Formosa: Takow (A. Henry, 
1912!); Kwanerune: Canton (Sampson, 267!); Honexone 
(C. Wright, 578, 580! Hance, 7479! Lamont, 846 ). Mus. 
Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
Common throughout India; extending thence to the Philip- 
pines and to Queensland. 
30. Fimbristylis sericea, R. Br. Prodr. p. 228, char. emend. ; 
Kunth, Enum. Pl. ii. p. 244; Boeck. in Linnea, xxxvii. (1871) 
p. 22; €. B. Clarke, in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. p. 641. 
Fimbristylis decora, Nees, in Wight, Contrib. p. 101, in Hook. et Arn. 
Bot. Beechey’s Voy. p. 225, et in Nov. Act, Nat. Cur, xix. Suppl. i. (1843) 
p. 83; Kunth, Enum. Pl. ii. p. 240; Henriq. in Bol. Soc. Broter. ii. 
(1883) p. 167. 
Fimbristylis velutina, Franch. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xxvi. (1879) 
p. 88. 
Scirpus sericeus, Poir. Encycl. Suppl. v. p. 99. 
Curxa (Meyen! Millett! Parkes!) ; FokrEN : Amoy (Didrich- 
sen, 3044 !); Formosa: Takow (A. Henry, 1007, 1008): 
Kwanerune: Macao (da Silva! Hance, 10131! Tate !), Canton 
(Yvan!) Pakhoi (Playfair, 86!); Hatnan (A. Henry, 8195!). 
Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
On sandy sea-shores in South-east Asia and Tropical Australia, 
extending from Coromandel to Japan. 
31. Fimbristylis Sieboldii, Mig. Cat. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 
(1870) p. 118, name only; Franch. et Sav. Pl. Jap. ii. p. 118; 
Debeaux, Fl. Tchefou, p. 149; Franch. in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. 
Cherb. xxiv. (1884) p. 263. 
Fimbristylis leiocarpa, Mig. in Ann, Mus. Bot. Lugd.- Bat. ii. (1865-6) 
p. 144, non Mazim. 
SuawTUNG: Chefoo ( Debeauz !). 
Also in Japan. 
