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Batan Islands, Luzon (Cagayan to Sorsogon, in most provinces), Leyte, 

 Mindanao, Elmer 11607, 17692, 15522, 115 Jf, Merrill 7599, A795, B. S. 3801, 

 1270U Fenix, 27035 Ramos. Common on ridges in ajnd near the mossy 

 forest, altitude 1,000 to 2,000 m. Sumatra to the Moluccas. 



Local names: Chidak (Igr.) ; ikidsan (Klg.) ; talayid (Bag.); tamalang 

 (Bag.). 



Var. CONTINUA (C. B. Clarke) Kiikenth. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 6 (1911) 

 Bot. 60. 

 Carex continua C. B. Clarke in Hook, f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 6 (1894) 717, 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 36 (1903) 281, 37 (1904) 11, Philip. Journ. 

 Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 107; Merr. op. cit. 1 (1906) Suppl. 31; Kiikenth. 

 in Engl. Pflanzenreich 38 (1909) 281. 



Luzon (Ilocos Norte, Bontoc, Kalinga, Benguet, Nueva Vizcaya, Pam- 

 panga, Bataan, Laguna, Tayabas), Mindoro, Negros, Mindanao (Zam- 

 boanga), Merrill 3197, 6971, 8189, 8208, Phil. PI. 56Jf, Whitford 189, 1U5, 

 B. S. 20999 Santos, 33143, 8221, 13^95, 15U1 Ramos, lk2U6 McGregor, F. B. 

 43SJf Merritt. On ridges in and near the mossy forest, altitude 800 to 2,000 

 m. India to southern China and the Philippines. 



CAREX RAMOSM Kiikenth. in Fedde Repert. 8 (1910) 8, Philip. Journ. 

 Sci. 6 (1911) Bot. 63. 



Luzon (Kalinga, Pangasinan, Rizal), B. S. 1434, 20990, 40738, 40798 

 Ramos, 11859 Robinson & Ramos, 17866 Otanes, Merrill Phil. PL 536. In 

 forests at medium altitudes. Endertiic. 



CAREX RARA Boott in Proc. Linn. Soc. 1 (1845) 284, Trans. Linn. Soc. 

 20 (1846) 139 subsp. CAPILLACEA (Boott), Kiikenth. in Engl. 

 Pflanzenreich 38 (1909) 102, Philip. Journ. Sci. 6 (1911) Bot. 58; 

 Merr. op. cit. 5 (1910) Bot. 335. 

 Carex capillacea Boott Illustr. 1 (1858) 44, t. 110; C. B. Clarke in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 37 (1904) 7, Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) 

 Bot. 107. 



Luzon (Benguet), Mem7Z 7715, 6626, 6632, 6612, 4732, Phil. PI. 505, B. S. 

 31744 Santos, 8333 McGregor. In open wet borders of small streams, al- 

 titude 2,200 to 2,600 m. Japan and northeastern Asia to the Himalayan 

 region and New South Wales. 



CAREX RHIZOMATOSA Steud. in Zoll. Verz. Ind. Archip. (1854) 60, Syn. 

 PI. Glum. 2 (1855) 206; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1857) 384; C. B. 

 Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 37 (1904) 12, Philip. Journ. Sci. 

 2 (1907) Bot. 108; Kukenth. in Engl. Pflanzenreich 38 (1909) 289, 

 /. -4-4, Philip. Journ. Sci. 6 (1911) Bot. 61. 

 Carex cumingiana Steud. Syn. PI. Glum. 2 (1855) 206; Miq. Fl. Ind. 

 Bat. 3 (1857) 349; Boott Illustr. 3 (1862) 107, t. 324, 325; Boeck. 

 in Linnaea 40 (1876) 367; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 310; Vidal 

 Phan. Cum'ing. Philip. (1885) 156, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 286. 

 Carex oligostachya Nees in Hook. Journ. Bot. Kew Miscel. 6 (1854) 29. 



Luzon (Bontoc, Rizal), Mindanao (Davao, Lanao), B. S. 2700 Ramos, 

 Clew^ens 1096, Williams 2615, Vanoverbergh 323. On open slopes, alti- 

 tude 800 to 1,400 m. India to Indo-China, Java, and the Moluccas. 



