CYPEUACI'Ll-: OF THE PHH.IPriXES. " 97 
Philippines, {Llavos) ; (530 Cumiiig) ; (40 hb. Frcsl) . Luzon, (871, 872 
Jagor) ; (7G2 holier). 
Very common in southeasteni Asia; common in all warm countries. 
Scirpus autumnqlis Linn. Mant. 180, is a much more slender plant, the top 
of the stem not at all flattened, -which is abundant in America. There occur, 
ospocially. from Australia, forms or varieties of Fimlrhtylis coynplanata Link, 
Tvhich are difRcuIt to separate from tJie American F. autumnaHn Koem. et Sch. 
However, whether these are to be referred to F. auttimnaiifi or not, 1 have received 
no similar forms from the Philippines; the Pliilippinc^ Fimhrisfijlin comphuiata 
is a robust plant with the stem conspicuously flattened at the top, often almost 
2- winged. 
Series B. Spikvlcts in clusters, 
20. Fimbristylis cymosa R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 228. 
Clusters few^ sometimes only one head; nnt chestnut black. 
Decaisne in'Nouv. Ann. Mns. Paris, 3 (1834) 3G1 ; Miq. FU Nederl. Ind. 3: 
328; Ilemsl. in Jouni. Linn. Soc. 36 (1903) 232. F. multifolia Boeck. ! in 
Linnaea 38 (1874) 397. 
Philippines, "Toubonia" (1433 Cuming) in hb. Kew (a false number). 
Common in Malaya, Oceania and Australia, not extending to India. 
There ia some doubt about the example above cited, not however concerning 
the species. I do not know an island named "Toubonia," but the ticket is written 
up distinctly by Benihom, and it is highly probable that the species in indigenous 
in the Pliilippines. 
21. Fimbristylis junciformis Kunth ! Enum. 2 (1837) 230. 
Clusters of spikelets very nnmerons; nnt straw-^'ellow. 
■ iVIiq. Fl. Nederl. Lid. 3: 327; ITook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 6: G47. F. hrcvifoHa 
Presl ! Rel. Haenk. 1 : 192, non li. Br. /•'. hrachi/phi/Ua Presl ! Rel. Ilaenk. 
1: 351, non Sehultes, F. Haenkei Dietr. Sp. PI. 2: 161. F. falcata Kunth, 
Enum. 2: 239; Miq. Fl. Noderl. Ind. 3: 326. Scirpus junciformis Retz. Obs. 
6: 19. 
Philippines, (Presl). Luzon, Manila, {Callcry). 
In India, common. 
Two bundles of Uacnl-c's collection, M'hicb Presl supposed were collected in 
Monterey and adjacent localities in Califoj-nia, were collected in the Philippines. 
Sect. IV. AUILUGAAKUIA. 
Lower glumes of the spikelet two-rankodj the uppermost spiral. Style 3-fid. 
22. Fimbristylis monostachya llassk. PI. Jav. liar. (1848) 6L 
Stem Avith one, rarely a second, si)ikelet; nut almost stalked, more or 
less tubercled. 
Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 6: 649; Hemsl. in Joum. Linn. Soc. 36 (1903) 240. 
Cypcrus monostachyus Liim. ! ^fant. 180 et hb. propr. Ahihlgaardia mono- 
stachya Vahl, Enum. 2: 290; Moritzi, Verx. Zoll. Pfl. 95; Miq. Fl. Nederl. Ind. 
3: 297. A. comprcssa Presl ! Rel. Haenk! 1: 179; Miij. Fl. Xederl. Ind. 3: 297. 
Luzon, [Meyen) -, [Tfaciike] ; {IH50 Wickura) ; {'&! Lohcr) ; {lU Merrill). 
Mindanao, (145 DeVorc and Hoover) ; (398 Copeland). 
Common in all warm countries, very common in India in turf. 
