84 ' CLARKE. 
10. Cyperus compressus Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 1, 46, ed. 2, 68. 
A green annual, -umbel simple ; spikelets ninth flattened ; ghnnes acntely 
boat-shaped, mucronate. 
iliq. Fl. Nedeii. Ind. 3: 263 et Suppl. 2G0, 500; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 6: 
605; Vidal, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. 282; Phauer. Cuming. Pliilip. 155; Hemsl. 
Joum. Linn. See. 36 (1003) 210. Cyperus hnmilis Llanos Fragm. PI. Filip. 
13, fide Naves. 
Philippines, {546 Cuming)-, {I960 Vidal) . Luzon, (870 Jugor) ; {715 
Loher)) (199 Cftamisso) ; (183Mei/en); { 1130 Merri») • 
Very common in tlie warmer parts of botli hemispheres. 
11. Cyperus distans Linn. f. Snppl. (1781) 103. 
P 
Umbel open, compound; spikelets spieate, linear; glumes small, very 
remote. 
Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 6: 607; Vidal Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. 283; Plianer. 
Cuming. Philip. 155; Hemsl. in Joum. Linn. Soc, 36 (1903) 211. Cyperus 
elatiis Presl. ! in Oken Isis 21 (1828) 271; Steud. in Zoll. Verz. Ind. Archip. heft 
2, 63; Miq. Fl. Nederl. Ind. 3: 284; Boeek. ! in Flora 62 (1879) 551, non Linn. 
Philippines, {Llanos) ; (444 Cuming) ; (Moseley). Luzon, (733, 734 
Loher) ; {G302 Elmer) ; { I U3 Merrill). 
In warm countries almost throughout the World. An abundant species. 
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12. Cyperus eleusinoides Kunth ! Emim. 2 (1837) 39. 
Umbel compound, rays long, unequal ; spikelets densely spieate; glumes 
scarious at the tips, hardly distant. 
Miq. Fl. Nederl. Ind. 3: 270; Benth. Fl. Austral. 7: 277; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. 
Ind. 6: G08; Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 36 (1903) 212. Cyperus xanthopus 
Steud. in Flora 25 (1842) 595; Cyp. 36 (pi. Japon excl.) 
Luzon, (728, 729 Loher). 
Abyssinia and the Dead Sea to Queensland. 
13. Cyperus Malaccensis Lam. 111. 1 (1791) 146. 
Stem stout, almost 3-\vinged at the top; leaves few, short; umbel 
compound^ rather dense; spikelets spieate, linear; glumes obtuse, concave 
with incurved margins. 
Miq. Fl. Nederl. Ind. 3: 279; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 6: 608; Hemsl. in Joum. 
Linn. Soc. 36 (1903) 214; Merrill, Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 1: 30. 
Cyperus odoratus Linn. ! Sp. PI. ed. 1, 46; ed. 2, 48; et hb. propr. pro parte. 
C. scoparius Bccaiane in Nouv. Ann. Mus. Paris, 3 (1834) 359; Miq. Fl. Nederl. 
Ind. 3: 279. G. spanipliyUus Steud. ! in Zoll. Verz. Ind. Archip. heft 2, 62; 
Miq. 1. c. 267. C. difformis Blanco ! Fl. Filip. 32, non Linn. 
Philippines, {Llanos). Luzon, {Loher); (376, 4247 Merrill). Mindanao, 
(1337 Copeland). 
From the Persian Gulf to the Philippines and north Australia. 
14. Cyperus pilosus Vahl Enum. 2 (1806) 354. 
Spikes 1 to 2 in. long, the rhachis minutely hairy; umbel simple or 
compound; spikes often subdigitate. 
