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The specaiiu'u.s collected by Wliitford and Borden apparently represent tiic youiifj 

 form, altliou^di indicated by Mr. Clarke as a distinct unpublished species. 



•2. H. latifolium L. C. Rich.: Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 6 (1894) STS. 



(20.SI) Burden) November. Exjioscd ridj^es in the mossy forest at l.loO m. 

 Tropical Asia to Malaya, Australia, and Polynesia. 



2. CYPERUS Linn. 



1. C. bancanus Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 599. (?). 



(2581 Mcijcr) February; (291 Gopeland) January. In forests at about 200 m. 



2. C. diffusus Vahl.; Clarke 1. c. G03. 



(4G3, 405 Toppimj) ; (6(574 Elmer) November; (1921 Itonlm) September. 

 Forests 100 to 300 m. Tropics generally. 



3. C. malaccensis Lam.; Clarke 1. c. 008. 



(Whit ford) .September. Brackish marshes along the seashore. Tropiciil Asia 

 to Malaya, Australia, and Polynesia. T., Baloiigof. 



4. C. pilosus Vahl.; Clarke 1. e, 609. 



(Whitford) September. In open wet lands. Tropical Asia, Africa, Malaya, and 

 Polynesia. 



5. C. sp. 



{Whitford) September. In open wet lands. 



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3. MARISCUS Vahl. 



1. M. albescens Gaud.; Clarke 1. c. 023. 



(1305 Whitford) June. Brackish swamps near the seashore, widely distributed 

 in the Phiipppines. Tropical Asia, Africa, Malaya, Australia, and Polynesia. 



2. M. cyperinus Vahl.; Clarke 1. c. 621. 



(6675 Elmer) November; (456, 464 Topping) ; (485 in [):irt, Whitford] June, 

 July. In thickets and open lands below 100 m. Tropical Asia to Malaya and 

 Polynesia. 



3. M. microcephalus Presl.; Clarke 1. c. 024. 



(Whitford) Septend)er. In wet lands below 100 m. Tropical Asia to Mauri- 

 tius and Malaya. 



4. M. philippensis Stcud. Syn. PI. Cyp. 00. 



(3277 Merrill) October. On bluffs along the seashore. Endemic. 



5. M. flabelliformis H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et. Sp. PI. 1 : 215. 



(405 Whitford) June. In o])en lands below lOO m. Tropics generally. 



4. KYLLINGIA \UA\h. 



1. K. monocephala Kottb.; Clarke I. c. 5S8. 



(457 Topping); (V,()2G Lcibcrg) July; (Whitford) April; CMGO Merrill) Oc- 

 tober. In thickets and open ])]aces below 100 m. Tropical aiul warm regions of 

 the old world. 



5. FIMBRISTYLIS \ aid. 



1. F. diphylla \ahl.; Clarke 1. c. 030. 



(6135 Lcibcrg) Jidy. In forests at 250 m. Tropics generally. 



2. F. ferruginea (Linn.) Vahl.; Clarke 1. c. 638. 



(^W'i Whitford) June. Tidal nieiKJnws. Tropics generally. 



3. F. miliacea Vahl.; Clarke 1. c OIL 



(459 Tojijiiiig ) . In <)|ieii wet hiiuls. widely (list rii)u(i'(l in the I'hiiippines. 

 Tro|)ical ami smIiI ropii al regions generally. 



