398 MERRILL. 



CYPERUS Linn. 

 C. haspan Linn. 

 Camiguin, 3953 Fenix. 

 Common in the Philippines; all warm countries. 



C. compressus Linn. 



Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3634 Fenix. N. v., CajUos. 



Common in the Philippines; warmer parts of both hemispheres. 



C. distans Linn. f. 



Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3676 Fenix. 



Common in the Philippines; in most warm countries. 



C. radiatus Vahl. , 



Camiguin, 3939 Fenix. 



Rather common in the Philippines; all Avarm countries. 



MARISCUS Vahl. 



M. cyperinus (Retz. ) Vahl. 



Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3675 Fenix. Camiguin, 39J/3 Fenix. N. v., 

 Jand. 



Widely distributed in the Philippines; Ceylon to Polynesia. 



M. stuppeus (Forst. f.) comb. nov. 



Cyperus stuppeus Forst. f. Prodr. (1786) 89. 



Mariscus albescens Gaudich. in Freycinet. Voy. (1826) 415. 



Cyperus pennatus Lam. 111. 1 (1791) 144. 



Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3175 Finix. 



Along the seashore throughout the Philippines ; tropical Asia to Polynesia. 



ELEOCHARIS R. Br. 



E. afflata .Stoud. 



Camiguin, summit of the volcano, J/ 130 Fenix. 

 High altitudes in northern Luzon; India to Japan. 



FIMBRISTYLIS Vahl. 



F. diphylla (Retz.) Vahl. 

 Sabtan, 373^ F6nix. 



Common in the Philippines; all warm and tropical countries. 



F. miliacea \'ahl. 

 Camiguin, 3961 Fenix. 



Common in the Philippines; common from tropical Asia to Polynesia, in 

 tropical Africa and America scattered. 



F. spathacea Roth. 



Batan, Santo Domingo do Basco, 3575 F6nix ; 3171, 3172, 3173 Mearn-f. 

 Camiguin, JiOJ/2 Fenix. Bahuyan, 3926 Fenix. 



Not common in the Pliilippines; tropical Asia, America, and the Mascarene 

 Islands. 



BULBOSTYLIS Kunth. 



B. barbata (Rottb.) Kuntli. 



Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 37/i Finix. N. v., Jumot. 



Widely distributed in the Philippines; warmer parts of the Old World. 



