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Cyperus dehiscens Naves Novis. App. (1882) 303, non Kunth. 

 Cyperus flavidus C. B. Clarke in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 

 82, non Retz. 



In open wet places throughout the Philippines; a common and charac- 

 teristic rice-paddy weed. Pantropic. 



I fail to see how Philippine specimens referred to C. flavidus Retz. can 

 be distinguished from C. haspan Linn. 



Local names: Balabalangutan (Tag.); barsanga (Ilk.); bungot-bungot 

 (P. Bis.); manik-manikan (Tag.); misai-kalabau (Tag.); zaingal (Sub.). 



CYPERUS IRIA Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 45; Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 (1828) 174; 

 Nees in Nov. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. 19 (1843) Suppl. 1: 70, Hook. 

 Journ. Bot. Kew Miscel. 6 (1854) 28; Naves Novis. App. (1882) 

 303; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 155, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. 

 (1886) 283; C. B. Clarke in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 83 

 (incl. var. paniciformis C. B. Clarke) ; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 

 111, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 79. 

 Cyperus nuttallii Llanos Frag. PI. Filip. (1851) 14; F.-Vill. & Naves 



in Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 3, 4^ (1880) 9, non Torr. 

 Chlorocyperus iria Rikli in Jahrb. Wissensch. Bot. 27 (1895) 564; 

 Palla in Allgem. Bot. Zeitschr. 17 (1911) Beil. 6; Kneucker Cyp. 

 Exsic. No. 237. 

 In open wet places throughout the Philippines; a common and charac- 

 teristic rice-paddy weed. Old World Tropics generally. 



Local names: Alinang (Bik) ; okokiang (Bon.); paiung-paiung (Bik.) ; 

 sud-sud (Bik.); taga-taga (Bik.). 



CYPERUS LEUCOCEPHALUS Retz. Obs. 5 (1789) 11; Nees in Hook. 

 Journ. Bot. Kew Miscel. 6 (1854) 28; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. 

 (1885) 155, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 283; C. B. Clarke in Philip. 

 Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 82. 

 Sorostachys kyllingioides Steud. in Flora 33 (1850) 229, nomen 

 nudum, Syn. PI. Glum. 2 (1855) 71; Miq. FL Ind. Bat. 3 (1856) 296. 

 Cyperus sorostachys Boeck. in Linnaea 35 (1868) 588; Scheff. in 



Nat. Tijdschr. Nederl. Ind. 34 (1874) 48. 

 Cyperus pulchellu^ R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 213; Naves Novis. App. 

 (1882) 301. 

 Mindanao (Misamis), Cnming 1617. This does not seem to have been 

 found in the Philippines since Cuming collected it, between 1836 and 1840. 

 Pantropic. 



CYPERUS MALACCENSIS Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 1 (1791) 146; Usteri Beitr. 

 Ken. Philip. Veg. (1905) 131; Merr. in Philip. Journ. ,Sci. 1 (1906) 

 SuppL 30, Fl. Manila (1912) 111; C. B. Clarke in Philip. Journ. 

 Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 84. 

 Chlorocyperus malaccensis Palla in Allgem. Bot. Zeitschr. 17 (1911) 

 Beil. 6, Kneucker Cyp. Exsic. No. 238. 

 Central Luzon to Palawan and Mindanao, on the muddy margins of tidal 

 streams within the influence of salt or brackish water. Tropical Asia 

 through Malaya to Australia and Polynesia. 



Local names: Baga-as (P. Bis.); balangot (Tag., Bik., Bis., Pamp.) ; 

 balongat (Pamp.); barangot (Bik.); talaid (Bag.); tikog (Mbo.). 



