100 CLARKE. 
6. Scirpus mucronatus Liun. S]j. PI. ed. 1, 50; ed. 2, 73, pro majorc parte: 
Stem nearly leafless, triquetrous upward, "with one dense lateral head 
of large spikclets. ■ ' 
Decaisne in Xouv. Ann. Mus. Paris, 3 (1834) 3G1; Miq. Fl. Nederl. Ind. 3: 
304; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 6: 657; Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. See. 3 6 (1903) 252. 
Scirpus acufus Presl ! Rel. TTaonk. 1; 192. 8. PresUi Dietr. Sp. PI. 2: 175; Miq. 
Fl. Nederl. Ind. 3: 305. S. Javanus Nees in Wight Contrib. 112; Moritzi, Verz. 
Zoll. Pfl. 97; Steud. in Zoll. Verz. Ind. Arehip. heft 2, 62; Miq. Fl. Nederl. Ind. 3: 
305. S. Sntidoniis Miq. ]. c. 304. 
Luzon, (Merlcns) ; {3^78 Vidal) ; {199 Loher) ; {594S Elmer) ; (84,2261, 
4342 Merrill), 
Warmer parts of the Old World, abniidant in stnitlieastorn Asia; frequent in 
Oceania; rare in Africa. 
Britton reports this plant from Pennsylvania, and Coulter has sent examples 
from California, snppoRedly introduced. 
6. Scirpus triqueter Linn. Mant. (1767) 29. 
Leaves short; stem triquetrous; umbel lateral, thin; style 2-fid; hy- 
pogynous bristles 3 to 6, retrosely scabrous^ not plumose. 
Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 6: G58; Hemsl. in Journ. Liun. Soc. 36 (1903) 255, 
Europe, north Asia, Japan, common; also at the Cape of Good Hope. 
Var. ^ segregata Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 6: G5S. 
Spikelets mostly solitary; hypogenous bristles 3-2. 
8. sulnlatus Prain in Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng. 60= (1892) 335, nou Vahl. 
Luzon, (802 Loher). 
Coasts of the Bay of Bengal ; also in New Guinea. 
7. Scirpus grossus Linn. f. Suppl. (1781) 104, et Linn. hb. propr. 
Very large, the umbel large, compound; hypogynous bristles 6, sca- 
brous; style 3-fid. 
Miq. Fl. Nederl. Ind. 3: 307 et Suppl. 2G1; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 6: 059; 
Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 36 (1003) 250. Scirpus aemulans Steud. ! in Zoll. 
Verz. Ind. Arehip. heft 2, 02. 8. maritimns var. j8 aemulans Miq. Fl. Nederl. Ind. 
3: 30G (infauste). 
India, common. 
^ 
Var. /3 Kysoor Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 6: GGO. 
Tubers edible; hypogynous setas villous by reason of flaccid many-celled 
hairs. 
Scirpus Kysoor Roxb. Hort. Beng. 1814 (1813) G. 
Philippines, (Llanos). Luzon, (878 Loher) ; (02 Merrill). Mindanao 
(1336 Copeland). 
Frequently cultivated in India. Many examples have been received from the 
Malayan Peninsula and Archipelago. 
8. Scirpus Ternatensis Miq. Fl. Nederl. Ind. 3 (1855) 307. 
. Tall, with nodes and leaves in tlie upper half of the stem; umbel large, 
compound; st^de 2-fid. 
