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(Lep turns repens R. Br. (Australia, Polynesia) is listed by Endlk iii:r 1. c. 

 (»teste Trin. »). TRINIUS must have based his statement on material collected 

 by CHAM1SSO, whose specimens probably belong to one of the Petersburg her- 

 baria. Nobody has seen the plant later and the statement cannot be verified ) 



Cyperaceae. 



Cyperus L. 



10. C. vegetus Willd. 



Moist places, edges of crater lakes, etc. — FUEN rES. Enclosure for 

 banana tree (Albatross no. 1 1 !) Mt. Vaintu Rova, humid cave; Rano Aroi, 

 vigorous plants in the crater; crater of Rano Kao (no. 1170); »scattered patches 

 about edge of marsh, also in wet places about the island , (Albatross no. 54 1 ); 

 west slope of Rano Kao; Rano Raraku (Albatross nos. 31! 32!). 



Area of distribution: Temp. S. Amer., Juan Fernandez, Easter I. 



*ll. C. polystachyus Rottb. 



Rano Aroi, in the crater, c. 400 m, one specimen seen (no. 686). 



Area of distribution: Subcosmop. trop.-subtrop. 



12. C. cyperoides (L.) Kukenth. — Syn. C. (Mariscus) Sieberianus Kth., 

 FUENTES 1. C 



X. slope of Rano Kao, scattered (no. 675); between Mataveii and the 

 lepra colon}", common in wet patches. 



Area of distribution: Widely dispersed trop.-subtrop. 



Kyllinga Rottb. 



13. K. brevifolia Rottb. 



Scattered over the island, more frequent on higher ground. — FUENTES. 

 Mt. Katiki, quite common, copious in the crater, 412 m; Hanga Ho Orno, in 

 crevices between lava boulders (no. 643); -common on plains » (Albatross no. 

 10!); Rano Aroi, frequent along the pond, c. 400 m; Rano Kao, common (also 

 Albatross no. 52! ^abundant throughout the island»); between Mataveri and 

 Rano Raraku; Rano Raraku (Albatross no. 34!). 



Area of distribution: Widely dispersed within the tropics. 



Scirpus L. 



14. S. riparius Presl var. paschalis Kukenth. 1. c. - - Plate 7. 

 »Culmus 3-4 metralis subteres ad 2 cm crassus, basi vaginis haud reti- 

 culatim fissis obtectus. Anthela decomposita ampla spiculis innumerosis ornata». 

 »S. esp. gigantesca»; >;en los crateres* (FUENTES!); Rano Aroi, smaller; 



