158. CYPERACEX. 247 
Link. Munro had Seemann n. 539, but did not name it; nor 
do I know how he catalogued it in Bot. Voy. * Herald.’ 
39. Fimbristylis yunnanensis, C. B. Clarke, n. sp. 
Undique sparsim tenuiter pilosa. Culmi 8-15 unc. longi, 
graciles, preter basin nudi, monocephali, tenuiter pilosi. Folia 
cum 4-3 parte culmi equilonga, yẹ unc. lata. Caput globosum, 
4 unc. in diam., stellatim 7-12-stachyum ; bractee c. 3, usque 
ad 4-1 une. longe, subsetacee. Spicule 1 unc. longi, brunee, 
minute pilose, 7-10-glum:e, 2-4-nucifers. Glume subdistiche, 
naviculares, mucronate. Stylus linearis, glaber, basi pyrami- 
dalis, persistens, rami 3. Mux parva, cum 1-4 parte glume 
sequilonga, obovoidea, rotundo-trigona, obscure reticulata, alba. 
Yunnan: Mengtze, 5000 feet (A. Henry, 11150!). Herb. 
Kew. 
This species is very closely allied to F. Actinoschænus, the 
structure of the spikelet being identical. 
1. Bulbostylis barbata, Kunth, ex C. B. Clarke, in Hook. f. 
Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. p. 651; Palibin, Fl. Koree, iii. (1901) p. 18. 
Scirpus barbatus, Rott), Descr. et Ic. p. 52, t. 17. fig. 4; Hance, in 
Journ. Linn. Soc., Bot. xii. (1873) p. 131; Boeck. in Linnea, xxxvi. 
(1869-70) p. 751, var. B excl.; Franch. in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherb. 
xxiv. (1884) p. 263. 
Scirpus capillaris, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2, p. 73 partim, nec Linn. Mant.; 
cf. R. Br. Prodr. p. 122, in Obs. 
Isolepis barbata, R. Br. Prodr. p. 222; Nees, in Hook, et Arn. Bot. 
Beechey’s Voy. p. 226; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 393; Henriq. in Bolet. Soc. 
Broter, ii. (1883) p. 67. 
Isolepis capillaris, Debeaux, Fl. Tchefou, p. 148, fide Franchet, non 
Rem, et Schult. 
Fimbristylis barbata, Benth. Fl. Austral. vii. p. 321. 
SuawrUNG (Maingay, 142, 149!), Chefoo (Fauvel! Debeauz! 
Schottmueller, 300!), Chefoo Mts. (Faber, 72!) ; KraNasr: Kiu- 
kiang (Shearer!); Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 590!); Yunnan : 
Mosoyn (Delavay, 3971!); Kwanerune: Macao (Fachell !), 
Whampoa (Hance, 996!), Canton (Sampson, 644!), Pakhoi 
(Playfair, 210!); Honexone (Harland! C. Wright, 591!); 
Hainan (A. Henry, 8241!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
In tropical and warm regions of the Old World, very com- 
mon. In South U.S. rare, perhaps only introduced. 
