67 



8. Scleria oryzoides Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 (1828) 201. 



British North Borneo, Topping 19201, Clemens 9691 ! 'India 

 to Malaya. 



9. Scleria purpureo-vaginata Boeck. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 

 5 (1884) 513; Gibbs in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 42 (1914) 182. 



British North Borneo, Gibbs 2665. Philippines. 



10. Scleria sumatrensis Retz. Obs. 5 (1789) 19, t. 2; Ridl. 

 in Journ. Str. Branch Roy. As. Soc. 46 (1906) -228; Winkler in 

 Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 44 (1910) 525. 



Sarawak, Miss Hose, Ridley, Native collector 12871, 16641, 

 20491 Bur. Sci.; Labuan, Ridley, Dutch Borneo, Winkler 2895; 

 British North Borneo, Villamil 142\, 3231, Clemens 97401, 

 Topping 14181, Yates 691 India to Java and the Philippines. 



11. Scleria zeylanica Poir. in Lam. Encycl. 7 (1808) 3; 

 Ridl. in Journ. Str. Branch Roy. As. Soc. 46 (1906) 227. 



Sarawak, Miss Hose. Ceylon to Tenasserim and the Malay 

 Peninsula. 



1. Diplacrum caricinum R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 241; Rendle 

 in Journ. Bot. 39 (1910) 179. Scleria caricina Benth.; Ridl. in 

 Journ. Str. Branch Roy. As. Soc. 46 (1906) 227. 



Sarawak, Hose 3481; British North Borneo, Clemens 111631, 

 111641 India to southern China southward to Australia. 



1. Carex cruciata Wahl. in Vet. Akad. Nya Handl. Stockh. 

 24 (1803) 419; Gibbs in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 42 (1914) 182. 



British North Borneo, Gibbs 4093. India to Madagascar, 

 southern China and the Philippines. 



2. Carex filicina Nees in Wight Contrib. Bot. Ind. (1834) 

 123. 



British North Borneo, Clemens 108891, 108851, 101781, Topping 

 15491 



Var. saturata (C. B. Clarke) Kukenth. in Engl. Pflanzen- 

 reich 38 (1909) 275. Carex filicina Stapf in Trans. Linn. Soc. 

 Bot. 4 (1894) 246; Gibbs in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 42 (1914) 182, 

 non Nees. Carex saturata C. B. Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 

 37 (1904) 12; Gibbs op. cit. 42 (1914) 182; Kew Bull. Add. 

 Series 8 (1908) 73; Ridl. in Journ. Str. Branch Roy. As. Soc. 46 

 (1906) 228. 



British North Borneo, Haviland 1402, Gibbs 4004, Clemens 

 107051, 105781 Sumatra, Java, Philippines, the species India to 

 China and Malaya. 



