140 THE BOTANICAL MAGAZINE. [Voi. xxvi. No. 3c5. 



Kukentlial states about this forma : " spicula [spica ?] 

 dongata, cylindrica, subinterrupta." The present specimen is 

 certainlj^ of var. albata and prob'ably of forma laxiuscula. 



C. tristachya Thunb. ; Boott, Carex IV. 131, t. 424; Diels 

 in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 231 ; Clarke in Jourii. Linn. Soc. 

 XXXVI. 315 ; Kuk. 1. e. 471. B'>\'\ 



In this specimen the scales of the female spike are not mu- 

 cronate ; and those of the male not cup-shaped. It is cer- 

 tainly not of var. pocilliformis (Boott) Kiik. , as in this variety 

 male scales are cup-shaped. , 



Cyperus difiFormis L. ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 385 ; Kunth. 

 Enum. Pi. II. 38 ; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit Ind. VI. 599 ; et 

 1. c. 210. i^#i 



C. Iria L. ; Kunth. Enum. PI. II. 38 ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 

 386 ; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 606 ; Diels in Engl. 

 Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 227; Clarke in Journ Linn. Soc. XXXVI. 



213. M^m 



C. sp. 3^^llj 



A specimen of a tall Cyperus consisting of the upper portion 

 of the plant. ; flowers not fully developed. Quite indeterminable. 



Fimbristylis diphylla Vahl. ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 392 ; C. 

 B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 636 ; Diels in Engl. Bof 

 Jahrb. XXIX. 129 ; Clarke 1. c. 233. |^;.>H 



This species is variable ; and some authors distinguish several 

 varieties. 



E. miliacea Vahl. ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 393 ; Clarke in 

 Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 744 ; Diels 1 c. 229 ; Clarke in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. XXXVI. 239. ^#1 



Pycleus sanguinolentus Nees. ; C B. Clarke in Hook. f. 

 Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 599, et in Journ. Linn. Soc. 1. c. 206. ^j\\ 



Rhynchospora glauca Vahl. var. ;i chinensis C. B. Clarke 

 in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 672, et in Journ. Linn. Soc. 1. c. 

 259 ; =Rh. chinensis Boeck. in Linnaea XXXVII. 586 (non 

 Nees et Meyer). ^^Uj 



M\' specimen is not very good ; determination unsatisfactory. 

 Spikelets 74 in- l»"g» beak equaling nut in length, hypogynous 

 bristles reaching top of the beak. In the type of the species, 



