262 MERUTTvU 
CYPERACE7R. 
KYLLINGA Rottb. 
Kyllinga intermedia R. Br. rrodr. (1810) 219; Clarke in Philip. Journ. Sci. 
Bot. 2 (1907) 78. 
At 1,500 m. alt. (No. 4404 Merritt) June, 1906. 
Previously known in the Pliilippines only from northern Luzon. 
Formosa, tlie Philippines, north and east Australia and (?) the Fiji Islands. 
CYPERUS Linn. 
Cyperus diffusus Vahl. Enum. 2 (1806) 321; Clarke in Philip. Journ. Sci. 
Bot. 2 (1907) 83. 
In an old clearing along the Alag Biver at 100 m. alt. (No. 5692). 
Previously known in the Philippines from Luzon aud Mindanao. 
India to ^lalaya and New Guinea. 
TORULINIUM DesA'. 
Torulinium confertum Desv. in Hamilt. Prodr. Ind. Occ. (1826) 15; Clarke 
in Philip. Journ. Sci. Bot. 2 (1907) 89. 
With the preceding (No. 5093). 
Widely distributed in the Philippines. 
Cosmopolitan in the Tropics. 
MAPANIA Auhl. 
Mapania humilis (Hassk.) F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 309; Clarke in Philip. 
Journ. Sci. Bot. 2 (1907) 109. 
In forests along the Alag River at 200 m. alt. (No. 0130). 
rre\iously known in the Philippines from Luzon, Mindoro and Mindanao. 
-Malayan peninsula and archipelago. 
CLADIUM R. Br. 
Cladium latifolium Merrill n. sp. 
rianta robusta usque ad 1 in. alta, cacspitosa, glabra, foliis rigidis, 
coriaceis, glabris, ccostatis, basi eqnitantibuSj inferioribus sensim reductis, 
planis, lineari-lanceolatis, 2.5 ad 80 em. iongis, 1 ad 1.0 cm. latis, margine 
glabris, apiee sensim acuminatis; paniculae oblongae, eirciter 10 cm. 
longae, 4 cm. latao^ densifloraOj spiculis numcrosis, 3-floris, purpnraseen- 
tibus, 6 ad 7 mm. langis. 
Densely caespitose, perennial, tbe culms about 1 m. Ingli, glabrous. 
Ta\ivcs eqiiitant at the base, the lower ones gradually reduced and the 
lowermost almost scale-like, all radical except one which is borne below 
the middle of the culm, 2.5 to 80 cm. long, 1 to l.O cm. wide, plane. 
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glabrous tliroughout, rigid, coriaceous, ecostate, the margins smooth, the 
apex gradually acuminate or merely acute, the sheathing lower portions 
oftiiu purplish, otherwise green, the one culm-leaf about 4 cm. long. Culm 
erect, terete, striate, glabrous, 3 to 4 mm. in diameter. Panicle oblong, 
aliout 10 cm. long, 4 cm. in diameter, deuRoly flowered, the branches in 
alternate fascicles, each fascicle subtended by a broad, inflated often 
purplish bract 1 to 2.5 cm. long, the apex contracted and produced .as 
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