CYPEKACE^ OF THE PHILIPPINES. 89 
Prodr. (1786) 89. C. pennatus Lam. HI. 1 (1791) 144j Decaisne in Xouv. Ann. 
Mus. Paris, 3 (1834) 359; Miq. Fl. Nedorl. Ind. 3: 281; Vidal, Uov. PI. Vase. 
Filip. 283; Pluuier. Cuming. Philip. 155. C. holciflorus Presl, Rul. Haenk. 1: 171; 
Miq. Fl. Nederl. Ind. 3: 282. C. firmus Presl, Pel. Haenk. 1: 171, fide Boeck. 
C. anomaJus Steud. Cyp. 37; Miq. 1. e. 279. G. imhricatua Llanos, Fragm. PI. 
Filip. 17, fide Naves. C. ovatus Llanos ! Fiagiu. PI. Filip. 15. C. nUidulus 
Vidal I Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. 283. 
Philippines, {Llanos); (436, 1636 CMmm<7) ; {Moseley) . Luzon, (780,787 
Loher); (4254 ITernV/) ; (592, 1305 UVu^/ord) . CuLiox, ( 587 -lA'TnTZ ) . 
Southeastern Asia and Polynesia; conunon. In tropical Afriea, rare. The one 
specimen seen by me, from Valparaiso, may have IxH'n nn herbarium mixture. 
, 8. Mariscus flabelliformis TL B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp, 1 (1815) 215; Dyer 
Fl. Trop. Afr. 8: .397; .Merrill, Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (lOUG) Suppl. 1: tiO. 
Luzon, (405 Whitford). Panay, (96 Copeland.) 
Common in tropical America. 1 have referred to this Kunfhian species various 
examples from tropical Africa, Java and Polynesia.- 
U. TORULINIUM Desv. 
Spikelets linear^ wlien mature breaking up into sovora> l-nutted pieces. 
1. Torulinium confertum Desv. in ITamilt. Prodr. Ind. Occid. (1825) 15. 
A large plant witli large compound umbels. 
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Ilenisl. in Journ. Linn. Soe. 36 (1003) 222. Toruli7iium ferox Kunth, Enum. 
2: 90, in citat. Cyperus odoratua Limi. Sp. PI. ed. 1, 4C, partim; Boeck. ! in 
Linnaea, 36 (1869-70) 407. C ferax L. C. Rich. ! in Act. See. Hist. Nat. Paris, 
r (1792) 106; Vidal, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. 283; Phaner. Cuming. Philip. 155. 
C. feroa Vahl. Enum. 2; 357 (saltem pro })arte) ; Decaisne in Nouv. Ann. !Mu8. 
Paris, 3 (1834) 359. C, Uaenkci Presl, Rel. Haenk. 1: 172. C. vephalophorua 
Presl. Rel. Haenk. 1: 170. C. calopferus Miq. Fl. Nederl. Id. 3: 282 et Suppl. 
260. G. IwlophyUus Miq. 1. c. 283. Mariscus fcrax Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Tnd. 6: 624. 
Philippines, (868 Jo(/or). Luzox, (536 Cwmuiy) ; (5532 P/j^kt). 
In all warm countries; very abundant in America. 
For this plant there are 79 puhlished names; hiit this numher does not include 
several suhspocies, often regarded as varieties. 
7. ELEOCHARIS R. Br. 
Culm with but one spikelet, leafless. Ilypogynous bristles present. 
Suh'^'iuis I. LiMNOCHT.OA. Stolonifprous, somewhat robust. Glumes rather 
rigid, not (or obscurely) keeled. 
1. Eleocharis equisetina Pr.sl, Rel. Haenk. 1 (1828) 195. 
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Dried steins apparently septate. 
Miq. Fl. Xcderl. Ind. 3: 302; Iluok. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 6: 626. Eleocharis escu- 
tenia Viellard ! in Ann. Sc. Nat. IV. 16 (1862) 37. Heleocharis estmlcnta F. 
Muell. Fragm. Phyt. Austral. 8: 239, in citat. //. equisetina Naves, Nov. App. 
306. H. plantaginca Vidal, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. 284 ; Phaner. Cuming. Philip. 156. 
Luzon, (1255 Guming). 
From Madagascar to the Philippines and New Caledonia; a rare species. 
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