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334 ) MERRILL AND MERRITT. 
BULBOSTYLIS Kunth. 
1. B. capillaris (L.) Kunth Enum, 2 (1837) 212. 
Widely distributed in the pine region; ascending to an altitude of 2,200 m, 
C. M. Z. 16143, Merrill 6527. 
The Philippine form is referable to the var. trifida Clarke, which is widely 
distributed in the Tropics of the East; the species throughout the Tropics. 
SCHOENUS Linn. 
1. S. apogon R. & S. Syst. 2 (1817) 77. 
In the summit grass lands, altitude about 2,700 m, Merrill 6508. 
Known in the Philippines only from northern Luzon; Japan and the Riu Kiu 
Islands, northeastern Borneo, Australia, and New Zealand. 
2. S. axillaris (R. Br.) Poir. in Lam. Encyel. Suppl. 2 (1811) 251. 
Altitude and habitat not given, probably in the summit grass lands, C. M. Z. 
16141. 
Not previously reported from the Philippines; widely distributed in Australia 
and New Zealand. 
An interesting addition to our knowledge of the Australian element in the 
Philippine flora. The specimens agree with the descriptions, and with Australian 
material in our herbarium, so identified. 
GAHNIA Forst. 
1. G. javanica Moritzi Verz. Zoll. Pfl. (1845-6) 98. 
Summit grass lands, and along the upper border of the mossy forest, O. M. Z. 
16163, Merrill 6596. : 
Widely distributed in the Philippines on the higher mountains; southern 
China, the Malay Peninsula and Archipelago to New Guinea and the Fiji Islands. 
UNCINIA Pers.” 
1. U. rupestris Raoul var. capillacea Kiikenth. in Engl. Pflanzenreich, 38 
(1909) 64. 
In the mossy forest, altitude about 2,700 m, O. M. Z. 16140. 
A most interesting addition to the list of Philippine genera, Uncinia consisting 
of twenty-three species, of which about one-half are found in South America, one 
extending to Mexico, the remainder mostly in New Zealand, a few in Australia 
and Tasmania, and one, U. riparia R. Br., extending northward to New Guinea. 
The present species is the first one of the genus to be found north of the equator 
in the Eastern Hemisphere. The species in New Zealand and Tasmania, the 
variety previously known only from New Zealand. 
CAREX Linn. 
1. C. baccans Nees in Wight Contrib. (1834) 122; Kiikenth. in Engl. Pfian- 
zenreich 38 (1909) 206. 
Abundant in the mossy forest, above an altitude of 2,300 m, C. M. Z. 16139, 
McGregor 8889, Merrill 6548. 
Known in the Philippines only from high altitudes in the Benguet-Lepanto 
region; mountains of India and Ceylon to southern China, Sumatra, and Java. 
“For identifications of the following species of Uncinia and Carex I am in- 
debted to Rev. G. Kiikenthal, of Coburg, Germany. 
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