398 MERRILL. 
CYPERUS Linn. 
C. haspan Linn. 
Camiguin, 3953 F6nix. 
Common in the Philippines; all warm countries. 
C. compressus Linn. , 
Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 363Jt Fenisc. N. v., Captos. 
Common in the Philippines; warmer parts of hoth liemispheres. 
C. distans Linn. f. 
Batax, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3676 Fcnioo. 
Common in the Philippines; in most warm countries. 
C. radiatus Vahl. 
Camiguin, 3939 Fenix. 
Rather common in the Philippines; all warm countries, 
MARISCUS Vahl. 
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M. cyperinus (Retz.) Vahl. 
Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3615 Fentx. Camiguin, 3943 Fenix. N. v., 
Jand. 
Widely distributed in the Philippines; Ceylon to Polynesia. ^ 
M. stuppeus {Forst. f.) comb. nov. 
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Gyperus stuppeus Forst. f. Prodr. (1786) 89. 
Marisc'us aJhescens Gaudich. in Vrejcinet. Yoj. (1826) 415. 
Cypcrus pennatus Lam. 111. 1 (1791) 144. 
Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3175 Finix. 
Along the seashore throughout the Philippines; tropical Asia to Polynesia. 
ELEOCHARIS R. Br. 
E. afflata Steud. 
Camiguin, summit of the volcano, .'fl30 Fenix. 
High altitudes in northern Luzon; India to Japan. 
FIMBRISTYLIS Vahl. 
F. diphylla (Retz.) Vahl. 
Sabtan, 373/f F^nix. 
Common in the Philippines; all warm and tropical countries. 
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F. miliacea Vahl. 
Camiguin, 3961 F^nix. 
Common in the Philippines; common from tropical Asia to Polynesia, in 
tropical Africa and America scattered. 
F. spathacea Both. 
Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3575 Fenix; 3171, 3172, 3173 Mearns. 
Camiguin, 40/f2 F6nix. Babuyan, '3926 F^nix. 
Not common in the Philippines; tropical Asia, America, and the Mascarene 
Islands. 
BULBOSTYLIS Kunth. 
B. barbata (Rottb.) Kunth. 
Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3711 F6nix. K". v., Jumot. 
Widely distributed in the Philippines; warmer parts of the Old World. 
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