460 CYPERACE. 
Sour Mexico, near Tnzamapa and Hacienda de Buenavista (Liebmann).—Generally 
dispersed in the Tropics, and extending into some ExtratropicaL Reaions. Hb. Kew. 
Liebmann’s specimens are the only ones we have seen from within our limits. 
8. Fimbristylis pentastachya, Boeck. in Flora, 1857, p. 36, et in Linnea, 
Xxxvil. p. 17. 
SoutH Mexico, Vera Cruz (Sartorius). 
We have seen no authenticated specimens of this species, but from the description 
Linden’s 265, from Mirador, is probably it. 
9. Fimbristylis polymorpha, Boeck. in Linnea, xxxvii. p. 14. 
Fimbristylis brizoides, Nees et Meyen, Cyper. Bras. p. 74; Liebm. Mexicos Halver. p. 50, cum 
var. pumila. 
Fimbristylis juncifolia, Presl, Relig. Henk. i. p. 190. 
Fimbristylis humboldtii, Presl, 1. c. 
Very widely diffused in TropicaL and TEMPERATE REGIONS, and common in MExico 
and Cenrrat America. Hb. Kew. 
[F. preslii, Kunth, Enum. Pl. ii. p. 228 (Abildgaardia pubescens, Presl, Reliq. Henk. 
i. p. 180), recorded from Mexico and Luzon, is unknown to us. | 
10. Fimbristylis spadicea, Vahl, Enum. Pl. ii. p. 294; Kunth, Enum. PI. ii. 
p. 237; Boeck. in Linnea, xxxvii. p. 19. 
Groraia to Texas.—Mexico and Costa Rica (ex Backeler)—CoLomBia to GUIANA 
and Brazit, and in the West INDIES. 
11. Fimbristylis sublateralis, Steud. Cyper. p. 114. 
GuatEeMALa (Duchassaingq). 
12. Fimbristylis vahlii, Link; Kunth, Enum. Pl. ii. p. 224; Liebm. Mexicos 
Halvgr. p. 51; Boeck. in Linnea, xxxvii. p. 8. 
Fuoripa to Texas._-Soutn Mexico, Antigua, Vera Cruz (Liebmann).—GuIana. 
13. Fimbristylis vestita, Hemsl. 
Scirpus vestitus, Reichb. in Weigelt. Pl. Surinam. ex Boeck. in Linnea, xxxvi. p. 754. 
Oncostylis hispida, Liebm. Mexicos Halvgr. p. 52. 
Isolepis vestita, Kunth, Enum. Pl. ii. p. 210. 
Isolepis hispida, Steud. Cyper. p. 104. 
Sourn Mexico, Mirador (Liebmann).—Gutana; Brazit. Hb. Kew. 
6. SCIRPUS. 
Scirpus, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 67; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. iii. p. 1049. 
This genus is generally dispersed and is numerous in species, upwards of 300 having 
been described, though many of them (a third according to Bentham and Hooker) 
should be reduced. 
1. Scirpus berlandieri, Steud. Cyper. p. 103. 
South Mexico, Tampico (Berlandier). 
