CYPERACEA, 447 
26. Cyperus firmus, Presl, Reliq. Henk. i. p. 171; Kunth, Enum. Pl. ii. 
p. 105; Steud. Cyper. p. 54. 
MEXICO. 
Beeckeler (Linnea, xxxvi. p. 340) suggests that this, from the description, may be 
the same as C. canescens, Vahl, a species having a wide range in the Tropics of the Old 
Weorld. 
27. Cyperus flavescens, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 46; Clarke in Joum. Linu. 
Soc. xxi. p. 36; S. Wats. in Proc. Am. Acad. xviii. p. 169; Boeck. in Linnea, xxxv. 
p. 438. 
Kentucky to Frorma and Lovistanaw—NortH Mexico, San Luis Potosi (Schaffner) ; 
Costa Rica (ex Beckeler). —Southward to BRAZIL; also in Europe, Western Asia, and 
in AFRICA. 
28. Cyperus flavicomus, Michx. Fl. Bor.-Am. i. p. 27; Boeck. in Linnea, xxxv, 
p. 470; S. Wats. in Proc. Am. Acad. xviii. p. 169. 
Viratnta southward.-—Soutn Mexico, Barranca of Santa Fé (Bourgeau, 528), Vera 
Cruz to Orizaba (Miller, 1989), Guanajuato (Dugés). Hb. Kew. 
29. Cyperus flavus, Boeck. in Linnea, xxxvi. p. 384; S. Wats. in Proc. Am. 
Acad. xviii. p. 170. 
Mariscus flavus, Vahl, Enum. PI. ii. p. 374; H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp.i. p. 218; Kunth, Enum. 
Pl. ii. p. 118; Liebm. Mexicos Halvgr. p. 40. 
- Cyperus flavamariscus, Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. p. 567. 
Norra Mexico, San Miguelito, San Luis Potosi (Schaffner, 565; Parry & Palmer, 
909); Sour Mexico, Real del Monte (Coulter, 1614), Chinantla 7000 feet (Liebmann), 
near the city of Mexico (Bourgeau, 428, 432, 661); GuarEMana, Duenas (Salvin) ; 
Nicaragua, Greytown (Tate); Panama, Empire station (S. Hayes, 428).—Southward to 
Brazit and in the West Inpies. Hb. Kew. 
30. Cyperus fossarum, Liebm. Mexicos Halvgr. p. 37; Steud. Cyper. p. 57. 
Sourn Mexico, near Tehuantepec, Oaxaca (Liebmann). Hb. Kew. 
31. Cyperus fragilis, Liebm. Mexicos Halvgr. p. 38. 
‘Sour Mextco, coast region neat Paso de Dofia Juana, Vera Cruz (Liebmann). 
Hb. Kew. 
32. Cyperus fulvescens, Liebm. Mexicos Halvgr. p. 22; Steud. Cyper. p. 55. 
South Mexico, in the neighbourhood of Trapiche de la Concepcion (Liebmann). 
33. Cyperus giganteus, Vahl, Enum. Pl. ii. p. 364; Boeck. in Linnea, xxxvi. 
p. 305. 
Soura Muxtco, Antigua, Vera Cruz (Linden, 70; Galeotti, 5787, 5788), Real del 
Monte, 5000 feet (Galeotti, 5841); Brrrise Honpuras (Zemple);° Nicaragua, near 
