244 158. CYPERACEE, 
32. Fimbristylis spathacea, Roth, Nov. Pl. Sp. p. 24; Kunth, 
Enum. Pl. ii. p. 246; C. B. Clarke, in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 
vi. p. 640. 
Fimbristylis Wightiana, Nees, in Wight, Contrib. p. 99 ; Kunth, Enum. 
Pl. ii. p. 241; Benth, Fl. Hongk. p. 392 
Fimbristylis glomerata, Nees, in Linnea, ix. (1834) p. 290, nomen ; 
Kunth, Enum. Pl. ii. p. 246; Boeck. in Linnea, xxxvii. (1871) p. 47 
partim, i. e. plantis 3- stigmatosis excl, 
Fimbristylis rigida, Kunth, Enum. Pl. ii. p. 246; Henriq. in Bol. Soc. 
Broter. ii, (1883) p. 167. 
Fimbristylis junciformis, Munro, in Seem. Bot. Voy. * Herald,’ p. 422, 
non Kunth. 
Fimbristylis biumbellata, Boeck. in Flora, xli. (1858) p. 603; cf. 
Boeck, in Flora, xliii. (1860) p. 34. 
Scirpus glomeratus, Retz. Obs. iv. p. 11. 
Isolepis rigescens, Presi, in Oken, Isis, xxi. (1828) p. 268. 
Isolepis Haenkei, Presl, Rel. Haenk. i. p. 187 saltem partim. 
Formosa: Takow (A. Henry. 1071, 1071 A, 1834, 1860! 
Playfair, 136); KwaxarvNe: Macao (da Silva!); Hoxakowa 
(Seemann, 542! Munro! C. Wright, 589! Lamont ! Hance!). 
Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
À common tropical plant near the sea, from Arabia and the 
Mascarene Isles to the Philippines; also in Trop. America. 
Some examples of this have the umbel contracted nearly into 
a head, and the species has thus been merged into F. cymosa, 
R. Br., by Boeckeler. In the fine specimens of A. Henry (1071, 
1834) the umbel is open, compound. 
33. Fimbristylis squarrosa, Vahl, Enum. ii. p. 289; Kunth, 
Enum. Pl. ii. p. 224; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 392; Boeck. in 
SNE xxxvii. (1871) p. 10; Debeaux, Fl. Tehefou, p. 150; 
. Clarke, in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. p. 635; Franch. in 
Ge Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherb. xxiv. (1884) p. 263. 
Scirpus squarrosus, Poir. Encyc. Suppl. v. p. 100, non Linn. 
Pogonostylis squarrosa, Bertol. FI. Ital. i. p. 312. 
SHANTUNG: Chefoo (Debeaux, 42! Fauvel!); Formosa: Tam- 
sui (Oldham, 5917); Yunnan: Tali (Delavay, 2629!); Hone- 
Kone (Harland! C. Wright, 581! Wilford, 267!); HAINAN 
(Swinhoe!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
A rice-field annual, extending from South Europe to the Cape 
of Good Hope, from Amurland to New Zealand, from Cuba to 
Buenos Ayres; but not known in North America. 
