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Kerr's specimens have alt single terminal spikelets. In no case 

 is there the slightest sign of a second spikelet, or even of a 

 prolongation of the stem. 



Fimbristylis sericea, R. Br. — F.B.T., vi. p. 641 ; Hosseus, i. p. 462. 



Klong Prao (ex Hosseus). 



Distr. India, China, Japan, Indo-China, Malaya, Australia. 



Fimbristylis straminea, Turrill, Kew Bull., 1911, p. 192. 

 Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, in eng jungle, 550-600 m., Kerr, 832. 

 Fimbristylis tetragona, R. Br. — F.B.I., vi. p. 631 ; C. B. Clarke, 

 111. Cyp., t. xl. 



Chiengmai, rice fields, 300 m., Kerr, 1594 b. 



Distr. India, China, Indo-China, Malaya, Australia. 



Fimbristylis tortispica, Turrill, Kew Bull., 1911, p. 348. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, growing singly, deciduous jungle, 

 330-540 m., Kerr, 1271. 



Fimbristylis yunnanensis, C. B. Clarke, Journ. Linn. Soc, xxxvi. 

 p. 247. 



Chiengmai, Doi .Sootep, in deciduous jungle, 450-600 m., Kerr, 

 1193. 



Distr. Yunnan, Indo-China. 



Bulbostylis barbata, Kunth — F.B.I., vi. p. 651 ; Hosseus, i. p. 462 

 et ii. p. 369. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 360 m., in deciduous jungle, Kerr, 1349 

 and in a clearing, 330 m., Kerr, 1920. 



Distr. Warm regions of both hemispheres. 



Scirpus grossus, Linn. fil. — F.B.I., vi. p. 659 ; C. B. Clarke, 111. 

 Cyp., t. xlix. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, in swamp, 330 m., Kerr, 1918. 

 Distr. India, Indo-China, Malaya. 



Scirpus mucronatus, Linn. — F.B.I., vi. p. 657. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, in marshy ground, 660 m., Kerr, 1143. 



Distr. Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia. 



Scirpus squarrosus, IJnn. — F.B.I., vi. p. 663 ; C. B. Clarke, 111. 

 Cyp., t. Hi. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, eng jungle, 360 m., Kerr, 2244. 

 Distr. India, China, Trop. Africa. 



Fuirena umbellata, Rottb.— F.B.I., vi. p. 666 ; C. B. Clarke, 111. 

 Cyp., t. lix. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, by stream in deciduous jungle, 390 m., 

 Kerr, 1179 and in swamp, 330 m., Kerr, 1924. 



Distr. Warm regions of both hemispheres. 



Lipocarpha argentea, Br. — F.B.I., vi. p. 667 ; C. B. Clarke, 111. 

 Cyp., t. lx. ; Hosseus, i. p. 457 et ii. p. 370. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, marshy ground, 660-700 m., Kerr, 1178, 

 Hosseus, 481. 



Distr. Tropics and sub-tropics of Old World. 



Ascolepis sp. n. Scirpus squarrosus, var. siamensis, C. B. Clarke 

 apud Hosseus, i. p. 460 ; Hosseus ii. p. 371. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, in marshy ground by stream, 540 m., 

 Kerr, 2261 ; Wang Djao, Hosseus, 101, 



