158. cYPERACEF. 245 
34. Fimbristylis Stauntoni, Debeaux, Fl. Tehefou (1877), 
p. 151, t. 3. fig. 1, char. emend. ; Franch. in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. 
Cherb. xxiv. (1884) p. 263. 
SHANTUNG (Debeaux, 144!), Chefoo (Fauvel); KrANGSU: 
Shanghai (Maingay, 423 in hb. Kew !) ; CueKraNa (Staunton!) : 
HuPEH: lehang (4. Henry, 2774). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. 
Kew. 
This is a eritieal species, characterized by the very parallel- 
sided oblong nut. The style varies from 2-fid to 3-fid (a 
rare variation in the genus Fimbristylis); I noted at Calcutta 
that Maingay n. 423 contains F. Stauntoni and F. miliacea 
mixed. 
35. Fimbristylis stolonifera, C. B. Clarke, in Hook. f. Fi. 
Brit. Ind. vi. (1893) p. 637. 
Yunnan: Tapintze (Delavay, 1756, 1757, 1768 !). 
North-east India; plentiful in the hills. 
Stolons are very rare in the genus Fimbristylis. 
36. Fimbristylis subbispicata, Mees et Meyen, in Nov. Act. 
Nat. Cur. xix. Suppl. i. (1848) p. 75; Benth. FI. Hongk. p. 391 ; 
Hance, in Journ. Bot. xvii. (1879) p. 16; C. B. Clarke, in Hook. 
f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. p. 634. 
Fimbristylis japonica, Sieb. et Zucc. ex Steud. im Zoll. Verz. Ind. 
Archip. ii. p. 62, et Cyp. p. 107. 
Fimbristylis bispieata, Nees, in Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beechey’s Voy. 
p. 224, neque in Wight, Contrib. p. 97: Boeck. in Linnea, xxxvii. 
(1871) p. 6 partim. 
Cnn: Peking (Hance), Tachiaotze (AMóllendorff); Suixa- 
KING: Kinchow (Ross, 195); Saanruna (Debeaux!), Chefoo 
(forbes, 391, 392! Fauvel! Schottmueller, 344!); KrANGsU: 
Shanghai (Maingay, 641, 643, 691!) ; FokrEN : Amoy (Hance, 
998! Lamont, 845!); KwaweruNG: Macao (Gaudichaud! 
Vachell! Calléry, 380!); Honaxone (Harland, 681! C. Wright, 
577! Faurie, 15775!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
Common in Japan; as in China mainly by the sea-side, 
extending throughout Malaya and to Orissa. 
The limits of this species are not settled; Boeckeler places 
here the mountain form of F. schenoides. The smaller form 
with the head usually solitary and only 4-4 in. long is F. cesia, 
Miq. (Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. p. 315); and to this subspecies or var. 
