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2. Eleocharis variegata Presl ! in Oken Tsis 21 (1828) 269. 
Dried stems nearly terete, not transversely septate. 
Mauritius, Madagascar. 
Var. ^ laxiflora Hook. f. FI. Brit. Iiul. 6: 626; Hcmsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 36 
(1903) 229. Scirpus laxiflorus Thwaites, Enum. PI. Zeyl. 435. 
Luzon, (738, 739 Loher). 
India and Malaya, frequent; also in Polynesia and Central America. 
Subgenus 2. Eleogekus. Style 2-fid; annuals. 
3. Eleocharis ochreata Nees in Linnsea 9 (1834) 294. 
Leaf-sheatlis with a large scarious margin which easily rubs away. 
Luzon, (742 Loher.) 
Scattered in the warm parts of the Old World; abundant iu the Xew World. 
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4. Eleocharis atropurpurea Knnth, Enum. 2 (1837) 151. 
Margins of the leaf-sheaths herbaceous; hypogynous bristles white, 
shining. 
Hook. f. ri. Brit. Ind. 6: 627; Henial. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 36 (1903) 226. 
Luzon, Manila, {Barthe) (in herb. Paris). 
Tropical and warm countries throughout the World. 
5. Eleocharis capitata K. Br. Prodr. (1810) 225. 
Margins of the leaf-sheaths herbaceous; hypogynous bristles pale- 
reddish, or red-brown. 
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Presl, Bel. Haenk. 1 : 196; Decaisne in Nouv. Ann. Mug. Paris, 3 (1834) 361; 
Miq. Fl. Nederl. Ind. 3: 299 et Suppl. 261; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 6: 627; 
Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 36 (1903) 227. Eleocharis atropurpurea Presl, 
Rel. Haenk. 1 ; 106, non Kunth. 
Luzon, {Llanos)-, {5b Merrill). 
In tropical and warm countries; common in both the Old and New World. 
Subgenus 3. Eueleocharis. Style 3-fid; annuals. 
6. Eleocharis chaetaria Eoem. et Sch. Syst. 2 (1817) 154, Mant. 90, 540. 
Nut conspicuously cancellate. 
Moritzi Verz. Zoll. Pfl. 96; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 6: 629. Eleocharis setacea 
R, Br. Prodr. 224, in adn., neque E. setacea R. Br. Prodr. 225. Chaetocyperus 
seiaceus Nees in Linnaea 9 (1834) 289; Miq. Fl. Nederl. Ind. 3: 298 et Suppl. 
261. 
Luzon, Benguet, (741 Loher), 
In southeastern Asia and tropical America, abundant; rare in tropical Africa. 
The plant is usually a small annual; but sometimes has a slender rhizome 2.5 
to 5 cm. long, and is (at least) biennial. 
7. Eleocharis afflata Steud. ! in Zoll. Verz. Ind. Archip. heft 2, (1854) 62 
et Cyp. 76. 
Nut smooth, hypog}Tious bristles G, overlapping the nut. ^ 
\Miq. M; Nederl. Ind. 3: 279; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind! 6: 629; Hemsl. in Journ. 
\Soc. 36 (1003) 226. Eleocharis suhjyrolifera Steud. ! in Zoll. Verz. Ind. 
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