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Arehip. heft 2, (1854) G2 et Cyp. 80; Miq. F], Neder], Iiid. 3: 300. E. pellucida 
Presl, Rel. Haeiik. 1 (1828) 190, e deseript. dubie hue allata. Heleocharis 
pellucida et U. afflata Naves in Blanco, FI. Filip. Nov. App. (1883) 307. 
Luzon, Benguet (740 Loher) ; (5751, 6299 Elmer); Lepanlo (4621 Menill). 
Abundant in southeastern Asia, from India to Japan. 
8. Eleocharis microcarpa Torrey in Ann. Lyceum New York, 3 (183(>) 312. 
Nut smooth, liypog}^nous bristles wantiug. 
Heleocharis Schweinfurthiana Boeck. ! in Flora, 62 (1879) 562. 
Luzon, {5lf)3 Lohcr). 
Abundant in warmer and tropical America; rare in tropical Africa. 
No. 5193 Loher may be taken to be a depauperated state of the common Eleo- 
charis afflata Steud. In Eleocharis, as in most large gojiora of Cijprracea\ the 
comparison of the Old World species against those of the New World has been 
done, as yet, imperfectly. . 
8. FrMBRISTYLIS Vahl. 
Glumes many, placed spirally, or in the section Ahildgaardia the lower 
ones subdistichous. Hypogynous bristles none. Style-base swollen, with 
a constriction or articulation betwoon it and the nut, deciduous^ leaving 
no button on the nut. 
Sect. I. Eleocharoides Benth. 
Culm with one spikelet (rarely one to three). 
1. Fimbristylis tetragona R, Br. Prodr. (1810) 226. 
Leaves hardly any; nut eylindric-oblong, straw colored. 
Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 6: 031; Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soe. 36 (1903) 246. 
Fimhristylis ahjicietis Steud. in ZoII. Verz. Arcliip. Ind. heft 2, 62 j Miq. Fl. 
^Tederl. Ind. 3: 316. Scirptis tetragonus Poiret in Lam. Encycl. Suppl. 5: 98, 
neque in Lam. Encycl. 6: 767. 
Luzon, Manila, (749 Loher). 
. From India to the Philippines and New South Wales; frequent. 
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2. Fimbristylis acuminata Vahl, Enum. 2 (1806) 285. 
Leaves hardly any; nut obovoid, transversely ridged. 
Miq. FL Nederl. Ind. 3: 314, var. > excl.; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 6: 631; 
Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 36 (1903) 230. 
Luzon, (748 Loher) ; (3390 Ahern's collector). 
From North India to the Philippines and to New South Wales; frequent. 
3. Fimbristylis setacea Benth. ! in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. 2 (1843) 239. 
Stem filiform, spikelet slenrler; nuts minute, leaves sometimes as long 
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as the stems. 
Fimhristylis acuminala ^ minor Miq. Fl. Nederi. Ind. 3: 314; Vidal, Rev. 
PI. Vase. Filip. 284. F. hursifolia Vidal, 1- e. et Phaner. Cuming. Philip. 156. 
Ahildgaardia hrevifoUa Steud. ! Cyp. 72, ef. Rolfe in Journ. Bot. 24 (1886) 
59, in nota. Isolepis cochleata Steud. ! . Cyp. 100. . • 
. Luzon, {&7.5-XJumingy:; Manila, {BartJie). . : ^ - . V 
From Burma to the Philippines and to Queensland; rare. 
