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the S. sylvatico-radicans, Baenitz, assumed a hybrid, whieh it is 
not. There exist many paper hybrids, made out of analytical 
tables. 
12. Scirpus Rosthornii, Diels, in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xxix. 
(1901) p. 228. 
Huren: Nan Chuan (Rosthorn). 
Not seen. One of the Sylvatici (Siedlia, Opiz), and on 
account of the 2-fid style placed by Diels next S. ternatensis, 
Miq. (S. chinensis, Monro). The general description of Diels, 
and the habitat, might do for S. fuerenoides, Maxim.; but in 
this the style is always 3-fid. 
13. Scirpus setaceus, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 2, p. 73 partim, neque 
herb. propr.; Sm. in Sowerby, Engl. Bot. t. 1693; Boeck. in 
Linnea, xxxvi. (1869-70) p. 500, varr. 8, y excl.; C. B. Clarke, 
in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. p. 654. 
Isolepis setacea, R. Br. Prodr. p. 222. 
Nort CENTRAL CHINA: Thaepeisan (Hugh!). Mus. Brit. 
Throughout Europe and West Asia; extends to the Cape, 
India, and Australia. - 
14. Scirpus squarrosus, Linn. Mant. p. 181, et herb. propr.; 
Boeck. in Linnea, xxxvi. (1869-70) p. 734; Franch. in Mém. 
Soc. Se. Nat. Cherb. xxiv. (1884) p. 263; C. B. Clarke, in Hook. f. 
Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. p. 663. 
Scirpus chinensis, Osbeck, Voy. ed. Forster, i. p. 354; non Munro; cf. 
Bretschn. Early Research. p. 111 [S. sinensis]. 
Scirpus sp. n. 65, Rottb. Descr. et Ic. p. 49, t. 17. fig. 5. 
Ascolepis tenuior, Steud. Cyp. p. 105. 
Lipocarpha microcephala, Hance, in Ann. Sc. Nat. sér. 5, v. (1866) 
p. 249, non R. Br. 
Cuextane (Staunton!); KwawerUNG: Whampoa (Hance, 
10152!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
In the tropical and warm regions of Africa and Asia; widely 
spread, common in India. 
15. Scirpus Stauntoni, C. B. Clarke, n. sp. 
Annua, cespitosa. Culmi 3-4 unc. longi, monocephali. Folia 
eum culmo fere æquilonga, fere setacea, omnia fere ad basin 
culmi sita. Caput 4 lin. in diam., globosum, polystachyum ; 
bractee 7, setaceæ, usque ad 21 unc. longs. Spicule iis 
