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CYPERACEAE 



KYLLINGA Rottboell 



KYLLINGA BR EVI FOLIA Rottb. Descr. et Ic. PI. (1773) 13, t. 4, f. S. 



Amboina, near the town of Amboina, Rel. Robins. 1897, July 25, 1913, 

 in a meadow, associated with Kyllinga monocephala Rottb. 



All warm countries. 



PYCREUS Beauvois 



PYCREUS NITENS (Vahl) Nees in Linnaea 7 (1834) 283; Nov. Act. 

 Acad. Nat. Cur. 19 (1843) Suppl. 1:53. 

 Cyperus nitens Vahl Enum. 2 (1806) 331. 



Cyperus pumilus Linn. Cent. PI. 2 (1755) 6, Amoen. Acad. 4 (1759) 

 302, non Pycreus pumilus Nees. 

 Amboina, Koesoekoesoe sereh, Rel. Robins. 1891, August 12, 1913, along 

 roadsides, altitude about 250 meters. 

 Warmer parts of the Old World. 



CYPERUS Linnaeus 



CYPERUS COMPRESSUS Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 46. 



Amboina, near the town of Amboina along sandy beaches, Rel. Robins. 

 1896, August 22, 1913. 



Tropics of both hemispheres. 



CYPERUS HASPAN Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 45. 



Amboina, in meadows, near the town of Amboina, Rel. Robins. 1898, 

 August 20, 1913. 



Tropics of both hemispheres. 



CYPERUS ZOLLINGERI Steud. Syn. PI. Cyp. (1855) 17. 



Amboina, Soja road, Rel. Robins. 1888, August 1, 1913, altitude 50 

 meters; along roadsides. 



Tropical Africa and Asia to Queensland. 



TORULINIUM Desvaux 



TORULINIUM FERAX (L. C. Rich.) Ham. Prodr. PI. Ind. Occ. (1825) 

 15 (ferox). 



Cyperus ferax L. C. Rich, in Act. Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 1 (1792) 106. 

 Mariscus ferax C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 6 (1893) 624. 

 Torulinium confertum Desv. in Ham. Prodr. PI. Ind. Occ. (1825) 15. 

 Amboina, near the town of Amboina, in wet places, Rel. Robins. 1898, 

 August 20, 1913. 



All warm countries. 



FIMBRISTYLIS Vahl 



FIMBRISTYLIS ANNUA (All.) R. & S. Syst. 2 (1817) 95. 

 Scirpus annuus All. Fl. Pedem. 2 (1785) 277. 

 Fimbristylis diphylla Vahl Enum. 2 (1806) 289. 

 Three forms of this polymorphous species occur in the collection from 

 Amboina, Batoe merah, Rel Robins. 1902; Soja road, Rel. Robins. 1901; 

 and Koeda mati, Rel. Robins. 1900, all collected in August and September. 

 All warm countries. 



