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umbels 3-5 up to 4-3 in. long; spikelets rather smaller, 
pale.— Cyperus erectus (sp.), Roxburgh MS. 
5. Coromandelia, Koenig, Roxburgh. 
Distrib. Formosa. 
8. Pycreus POLYSTACHYUS, Deauv.: Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. v1. 592. 
2. Sind, Pinwill. 
3. Malabar, Bélanger, 225. 
4. Ceylon. “ Very abundant." Thwaites, 800, Walker, 49. 
5. Madras, Griffith, 109. Madras Peninsula, Rottboell, 
Wight, 1811, Wallich, 3340 A, B, C, 3333, 3332 B part, 
3320 A part. Pondicherry, Perrottet; Palaveram, G. 
Thomson. 
6. Orissa, Poori, W. S. Atkinson. Lower Bengal, Wallich, 
3340 D; Soondreebun, frequent, C. B. Clarke. 
8. Sylhet, Hook. f. 4 T. Thoms. Cachar, Keenan. Chitta- 
gong, C. B. Clarke. 
10. Burma, Griffith, Kew n. 6192, 6205. Andamans and 
Nicobars, Kurz. 
11. Malacca, Griffith. Perak, Wray, 778. Singapore, Kurz, 
3018, Ridley, 80, 1784, 1861, Wichura, 698 a. 
Distrib. Mediterranea. Ethiopia. Indo-China. Florida. Neo- 
tropica. 
PYCREUS POLYSTACHYUS, Beauv. : 
Var. LAXIFLORA, Benth.; Hook. f.l. e. vi. 592. 
3. Anamallay Mts., Beddome. 
4. Ceylon, Walker, 23, 43, Wight, 2055. 
5. Madras Peninsula, Wallich, 3832 B (in hb. propr.), C (in 
hb. Kew), 3331. 
8. Chittagong, J. D. Hooker, 402. 
10. Mereui, Griffith, 70, 290, Kew n. 6184. Andamans, 
Kurz. 
11. Penang, Curtis, 1862. Malacca, Griffith, Kew n. 6205. 
Singapore, Lobb, Ridley, 1750. 
Distrib. Ethiopia. Malaya. N.W. Australia. Sandwich Isles. 
United States. Neotropica. | 
9. Pycreus FERRUGINEUS, C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. l e. vi. 593. 
5. Madras Peninsula, G. Thomson, 70. Mysore, Jtottler. 
Distrib. Ethiopia. Eastern North America. Central America. 
10. Pycreus sutcivux, C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. l. e. vi. 598. 
3. Anamallay Mts., alt. 3500 feet, Beddome. 
