CYPERACE^ OF THE PHILIPPINES. 99 
Zoll. Verz. Ind. Arcliip. lieft 2, G2; Miq. I. c. 308. Fimhristylis capiUacea Steud. ' 
! 1. c. Gl ; Miq. 1, c. 320. 
Llzo>% {Loher), (4291, 4487, 4708 Merrill). 
Warm parts of the Old World; abundant. 
10. SCIRPUS Linn. 
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1. Scirpus supinus Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2, 73, nequc lib. propr. 
Stem with one head of few sjiikelets; hypogynoiis bristles usually 0; 
style usually 3-fi(l; nut strongly transverse undulate. 
Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Tnrl. 6: (i55; Hemsl. in Jonrn. JJnn. Soo. 36 (1003) 2.54. 
IsoJepis supina R, Br. Prodr. 221; ]\liq. Fl. Noderl. Jnd. 3: 309. /. Juncoidis ^Miq. 
1. c. 312, e deBcript. 
Luzon, { 134G Loher) ; {3^4 Merrill). 
From France and South Africa to the Philippines and RouHi AiisfruHa; very 
common, 
Var. ^ uninodis Hook. f. FL Brit. Ind. 6: 056. 
Head of spikolets loose^ often with one or two short rays. 
Isolepis uninodis Delile Fl. Egypt. S. t. 6. f. 1; Miq. Fl. Nederl. Ind. 3: 31], 
partim, /. atnhigua Steud. ! in Zoll. Verz. Ind. Archip. heft 2, G2, nee Steud. 
Cyp. 91. /. oryzetorum Steud. Cyp. 97. Eleocharis tristacJiyos Moritzi ! Ygtz. 
ZoII. Pfl. 97. 
Luzon, (796 Loher). 
From Senegambia to Queensland, frequent. 
2. Scirpus erectus Poir. in Lam. Encycl. 6 (1804) 701. 
Hypogynous bristles 5 to 6; style 2-fid; nut very obscurely transverse- 
undulate; otherwise as Scirpus supinus Linn. 
Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 6: G5G; Hemiil. in Journ. Limi. Soc. 36 (1903) 248. 
Sdrpus dehilis Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. T (1814) .55. 8. juncoidcs Roxb. Hort. 
Beng. 1814 (1813) 81; Steud. in Miq. Fl. Nederl. Ind. 3: 303 et Suppl. 2G1. 
S. Luzonmsis Presl ! Rel. Haenk. 1: 193; Docjiisne in Nouv. Ann. Mus. Paris 
3 (1834) 301; Miq. 1. c. 304. S. Timoretisis Kuuth ! Enuni. 2: 1G2; Miq, 
1. c. 305. 
Luzon, {Mcycn) ; (Haenke) ; (1348, 1349 Loher) ; (6301 Elmer), 
Abundant in India, China, Japan; common in the eastern United States, also 
in Mascarenia, Asia Minor. 
The spikelets in this species are terete, and it is easily di«tin^niishable from 
Scirpus supiivus Linn., the spikelets of the latter being many-angled. 
3. Scirpus inundatus Poir. in Lam. Encycl. Suppl. 5 (1817) 303; Sprcng. 
Syst. 1 (1825) 207; Benth. Fl. Austral. 7 (1878) 329. Isolepis inundala R. Br. 
Prodr. (1810) 222. 
Mindanao, Mount Apo (298 DcVore & Hoover) ; (104G, 1435 Copeland). 
Australia, New Zealand, Norfolk Island, and north Borneo. 
4. Scirpus articulatus Linn. Sp. PL cd. 2, 70 et hb. propr. 
Stem leailes, terete, with one dense lateral head of large spikelets. 
Hook. f. FL Brit. Ind. 6: 656. 
PiiiLiPPlNE-S, {Moseley). Luzon, (3979 Vidal) ; (800, 801 Loher). 
Abundant in the warmer parts of the Old World. 
