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- The warmer parts of the whole Worhl, very conuuun especially near the sea. 
This species is very generally named oorrectly in herbaria, for tlie reason 
that with a lens, and without dissecting the spikoletsj the charnotoristic gray 
pubescence of the shoulders of the gluiucs can be seen. 
Series B. ^pikelets many, solitary, some paired or diyHatc. 
13. Fimbristylis rigidula Nees in Wio[ht Contrib. (1834) !)!). 
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Ehizome sliort, creeping; spikelets, some solitary, peJicollcd, some 
paired. 
Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 6: 040; llmisl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 36 (1903) 242. 
Fimhristylis communis Kunth, Enuni. 2: 235 partim. F. fcrruginea Vidal ! 
Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. 284 partim, (i. e., No. 130fi parfim). 
Philippines, {1390 Cuming), in herb. Mus. Brit. 
India and Cliina, frequent. 
Out of 130 species of Fimbristylis, only two Imve a creeping rhi:^ome. 
14. Fimbristylis spathacea Koth. Nov. PI. Sp. (1821) 24. 
Leaves rigid, umbel compound, \isually close; spikolcts some solitary, 
pcdicelled, some digitate or clustered; style 2-fid. 
Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 6: 040; Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 36 (1903) 244. 
Fimbristylis glomerata Nees in Linnaa 9 (1S34) 290; Bueck. in Linuii'a 37 
(1871) 47, partim. F. rigidci Kunth ! Enum. 2: 240; Moritzi ! Verz. Zoll. Pfl. 
97; Steud. ! in ZoU. Verz. Ind. Archip. heft 2, fil ; Miq. Fl. Nederl. Ind. 3: 327. 
F, GiUolaia Steud. ! in Zoll. Verz. Ind. Archip. heft 2, CI; Mi(p 1. c. 317. F. lae- 
vissima Steud. ! Miq. 1. c. 324. ^drpus glomeraius Eetz. Ob.s. 4: 11. Isolepis 
Baenl-ci Presl, Rel. Haenk. 1: 187 partim. 
Luzox, {Martens); { IS57 hh Wichura) ; (1344 Lo/ier) ; {5GS3 FAmer), 
Tropical Asia, America and the Mascaiene Lshuids; a frequent pliiiit. 
Boecl-eJer regards this species as a 2-stigma form of F. ohtusifolia Kunth and 
F. cyniosa R. Br. 
Sect. III. Tbichelostylis. 
Style 3-fid. Stem generally with more than one spikelet. Lower glumes 
spirally imbricate. 
Series A. Spikclets all solitary. 
15. Fimbristylis tenera Roem. et Sch. Syst. Mant. 2 (1824) 57. 
Leaves many sliort; stems slender, with often 3 to 7 spikelets; glumes 
often minutely ciliate-pubescent; nut sub-tubercular. 
Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 6: 042, varr. inch;- Dyer Fl. Trop. Afr. 8: 412, 420. 
Fimhristylis occylcpis Steud. ! Cyp. 110. F. firmula Roeck. in Flora 42 (1859) 
09, partim, non Steud. 
Luzon, (760 Loher). 
In.tropical Africa rare; in India frequent; in :\:alaya rare. 
The Philippine example has minutely pubescent glumes, and i« altogether 
more like the typical African examples than it is to the Indian; the "varieties" 
can be maintained only as "forms." 
