246 158. cxPERACE X. 
belongs Maingay n. 643.  Nees's original F. bispicata, founded 
in Wight, Contrib. 1834, p. 97, was, as Arnott saw, typical 
F. schenoides; his F. bispicata, in Hook. et Arn. Beechey’s Voy. 
p. 224 [published in 1836], was Vachell’s plant, F. subbispicata. 
It is preferred, in such confusion by the author himself, to 
follow Bentham in taking up the later name, F. subbispicata. 
37. Fimbristylis tetragona, R. Br. Prodr. p. 226; Kunth, 
Enum. Pl. ii. p. 242; C. B. Clarke, in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 
v1. p. 631. 
Fimbristylis cylindrocarpa, Kunth, Enum. Pl. ii. p. 222; Boeck. in 
Linnea, xxxvii. (1871) p. 7 ; Hance, in Journ. Linn. Soc. xii. (1873) 
p. 132. 
Fimbristylis abjiciens, Steud. im Zoll. Verz, Ind. Archip. ii. p. 62, et 
Cyp. p. 107. 
Fimbristylis Arnottii, Thwaites, Enum. Pl. Zeyl. p. 348. 
Scirpus tetragonus, Poir. Encycl. Suppl. v. p. 98, neque in Lam. 
Encycl. vi. p. 767. 
Mischospora efoliata, Boeck. in Flora, xliii. (1860) p. 113. 
Kwanerune: Canton (Sampson, 475 !), Wongneichung 
(Hance, 7484!); Honaxone (Lamont, 846, 854 A !), Lofaushan 
(Ford!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
Common throughout India, extending thence to New South 
Wales and South China. 
The example of tbis in herb. Hance is marked by Hance 
“ F. schamnoides, Vahl, to which it bears strong superficial 
resemblance. 
38. Fimbristylis Thomsonii, Boeck. in Linnea, xxxvii. (1871) 
p. 37; C. B. Clarke, in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. p. 646. 
Fimbristylis complanata, Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 303, vix Link. 
Trichelostylis complanata, Nees, in Hook, et Arn. Bot. Beechey's Voy. 
p. 226, non Nees, in Wight, Contrib. p. 103. 
Trichelostylis sp. n. 12, herb. Ind. Or. Hook. f. et T. Thoms. 
Cuina (Millett!); Yunnan: Mengtze, 5000 feet (A. Henry, 
13729!) ; Kwanerune: Macao (Vachell, 61! Lamont, 52!); 
Hoyexone (Harland! Seemann, 539! C. Wright, 583! Hance, 
1188! 1255! Furet, 377!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
Bengal and Assam, frequent; extending thence through 
‘Burma to China and Tonkin. 
This species is a split-off by Boeckeler from F. complanata, 
