СҮРЕКАСЕД IN THE WELWITSCH HERBARIUM. 149 
This is a very widely distributed tropical plant. The specimens are small, and 
2-3-flowered. 
Н. PALUSTRIS, В. Вг. Prodr. Fl. N. Holl. p. 80. 
Huilla, in arenosis humidis ad rivum Lopollo, socialis cum multis aliis Scirpoideis, 
April. 1860, no. 6969. 
An almost cosmopolitan and very variable plant. The style was bifid in the few flowers 
І examined, but Dr. Welwitsch found it trifid. It is known to vary in the species. 
There were three linear setze, and the caryopsis was yellowish brown. 
H. PLANTAGINEA, R. Br. l. c. 
Ambaca, ad lacum Canguele-Canganga, non proeul а Rio Caringa, sat frequens, Jun. 
1855, no. 6842. 
Huilla, ad stagna sylvatica juxta flumen Cacolovar, prope lacum Ivantala, at nondum 
bene evoluta, ad finem Februarii 1860, no. 6968. 
Occurs also in India, Polynesia, China, Madagascar, and America. 
DicHROMENA CANDIDA. Рв осағуа candida, Nees, Сур. Bras. p. 117. Rhynchospora 
candida, Boeckeler, Cyp. Herb. Berol. p. 765. 
Huilla, in pratis sylvaticis humidiusculis de Monino et versus Catumba, socialis cum 
Scabiosa et variis Labiatis, Martio Maio, no. 6840. 
Has also occurred in Lagos, W. Africa, Madagascar, and in Brazil. It is remarkable 
as the only species in the genus occurring out of America. 
FIMBRISTYLIS MoNOsTACHYA. Abilgaardia monostachya, Vahl, Enum. ii. 296. 
Huilla, in pratis breviter herbidis arenoso-argillaceis inter Monino et Eme, unico loco 
frequens ; init. April. 1860, no. 6839. 
Common in the tropies of both hemispheres. 
Е. sqUARROSA, Vahl, Enum. ii. р. 283. 
Dande, unico loco visa ad ripas lacus majoris prope Bombo, ast hoc loco non frequens, 
cum floribus ad finem Sept. 1858. Tota planta in vivo lete viridis, ex siccitate demum 
canescens apparet, no. 6997. 
Common in the hotter regions of both hemispheres. 
F. FERRUGINEA, Vahl, 1. с. 291. 
Mossamedes, in lacunis exsiccatis ad ripas fluminis Caroca, at non frequens, Sep. 1859, 
no. 6970. 
Var. GRAMINEA. Culmis gracilibus elongatis; foliis perangustis longissimis gracilibus, 
spiculis paucis, 2-3, semiuncialibus, pedunculis longis ; involucralibus longis foliosis 
deflexis. 
Insula Sancti Jacobi, frequens, Jan. 1861, no. 7105. 
A very tall slender form, nearly 3 feet in height. The species occurs in all the hotter 
parts of the world. 
