254 158. CYPERACER. 
S. Micheliani similes. Glume ovate, acuminate, apice obtuse. 
Sete hypogyne 0. Stylus trifidus. Mua parvula, obovoidea, 
acutius, subzqualiter trigona, cellulis extimis quadratis astrictis. 
Cuxxraxe (Staunton!). Mus. Brit. 
This may be a variety of S. Michelianus ; but it does not match 
it satisfactorily, and the nut is obovoid, instead of oblong with 
parallel sides and hyaline cells. 
16. Scirpus subcapitatus, Thwaites, Enum. Pl. Zeyl. [1864] 
p. 351; Boeck. in Linnea, xxxvi. (1869-70) p. 704; C. B. Clarke, 
in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. p. 661. 
Scirpus subaphyllus, Boeck. MS. 
Kranest: Kiukiang (Shearer! Faber, 1135! Maries!). Herb. 
Kew. 
Ceylon and mountains of South India. Also from Malaya, 
but Dr. Stapf considers the Bornean plant specifically distinct. 
17. Scirpus supinus, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 49, ed. 2, p. 73, 
neque herb. propr.; Boeck. in Linnea, xxxvi. (1869-70) p. 699, 
varr. 3, y excl.; C. B. Clarke, in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. 
p. 655; Bretschn. Early Research. p. 181. 
Isolepis supina, R. Br. Prodr. p. 221; Kunth, Enum, Pl, ii. p. 196 ; 
Benth, Fl. Hongk. p. 394. 
Honaxone (Wilford, 271! C. Wright, 590! Hance!). Mus. 
Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 
Extends from France to South Australia, in all the warmer 
parts of the Old World; abundant in India. Also a variety in 
North America. 
18. Scirpus sylvaticus, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 51, ed. 2, p. 75, 
et herb. propr. ; Boeck. in Linnea, xxxvi. (1869-70) p. 726; 
Maxim. Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 299; Regel, Fl. Ussur. p. 177, 
var. y excl. 
Scirpus microcarpus, Presl, Rel. Haenk. i. p. 195. 
Seidlia sylvatica, Opiz, Natur. Tausch. ix. p. 349. 
SHINGKING: Moukden (James !). 
Through the sub-arctic and cool north temperate zone, ex- 
tending in America southwards to California. 
19. Scirpus ternatensis, Reinw. ex Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 
p. 907, et in De Vriese, Pl. Reinw. p. 140; C. B. Clarke, in 
Journ. Linn. Soc., Bot. xxxiv. (1898) p. 83. 
