262 MERRILL. 



CYPERACEyE. 



KYLLINGA Knttl). 



Kyllinga intermedia \l. \'<r. I'lodr. (ISlO) 219: Cluikc in I'liili]). .Touni. Sci. 

 I'.dt. 2 (]!>()7) 7S. 



At l.r)00 111. alt. (No. 4404 Mcrritf) June, 190G. 



I'lcvioiisiy known in tlie lMiilii)pines onlj' from northern Luzon. 



Formosa, tlie I'liilippines, iiortli and east Australia aiwl (?) tlie Kiji Islands. 



CYPERUS l-iiiii. 



Cyperus diffusus \'alil. Kniim. 2 (ISOfj) ,"521; Clarke in Philip. Jouni. Sei. 

 15ot. 2 (1!)U7) 83. 



In an old clearin-.;- ahnig the Ahij^- Itivcr at 100 in. alt. (No. 5G92). 

 Previously known in the lMiilij)pines from Luzon and ^Miiuhmao. 

 India to Malaya and New Guinea. 



TORULINIUM Desv. 



Torulinium confertum Desv. in Ilamilt. I'lodr. Ind. Ooe. (1825) 15; ("larkc 

 in Philip. -Journ. .Sci. Bot. 2 (1907) 89. 

 With the preceding (No. 5G93). 

 Widely distrihuted in the Philippines. 

 C'o.smopolitan in the Tropics. 



MAPANIA Auhl. 



Mapania humilis (Hassk.) 1.<\-Vill. Nov. A])p. (1883) 309; Clarke in Philip. 

 Journ. 8ci. Bot. 2 (1907) 109. 



In forests along the Alag River at 200 m. alt. (No. (n30). 



Previously known in the J'hilippines from Luzon, Mindoro and Mindanao. 



Malayan peninsula and arcliipelago. 



CLADIUM i;. i'.i. 



Cladium latifolium Mcnill n. sp. 



IMaiita roljusta iiscjik' ad 1 ni. alta, eac's})it(isa. ,i;lal)i'a, foliis ri<;i(lis, 

 c:oriact'is, glabris, ecostatJs, basi e(|uitantil)iirt, inrci-ioiibiis st'iisim ivducti.s, 

 |)laiiis, liiicai'i-lanccolatis, 2.5 ad SO cm. loiiii-is. 1 ad l.(i em. latis. mari;ino 

 friahris. apicc sciisim aciiiniiint is ; iiaiiicniac oliloiiizac. cii'citcr Id cm. 

 longa(,', 4 em. latac, dciisillorac, spiculis iiiiinci'dsis. ;!-ll()i'is. ixirpiirasccn- 

 tihus, () ad 7 mm. loiigis. 



I)('nsely caespitosc, ])crciiiiial. the culiiis almiit 1 iii. hiuli. i^Iahriuis. 

 Leaves equitant at tlic base, the lower ones gi'adiially reduced and (lie 

 lowermost almost scale-like, all radical except one wliicb is l)orne below 

 Ibr middle of the cidiii. 'i.'> to SO cm. long. 1 to l.(i cm. widr. plane. 

 glabrous tlirougliout, I'igid, coriaceous, ecostate, the margins smooth, the 

 ape.x gradually acuiidnate or merely acute, the sheathing lower portions 

 often ])Ui'plisli, otherwise green, tlie one enlm-lear about I em. long. ( 'nhn 

 erect, tei'ete, striate, glabrous. ;! to I mm. in diameter. I'aniide oblong, 

 about 10 cm. long, 4 cm. in diameter, densely llowered. the branches in 

 alternate fascicles, each fascicle subtended by a broad. inllale(| (ifleii 

 ]iurplisli liraet 1 lo •.'..") eui. Iniig. the apex coud'aeled and pi'iMhiee(| as 



