VoL x CYPERACEAE 105 



CYPERUS DIGITATUS Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) 81, nomen nudum, Fl. 

 Ind. 1 (1820) 209; C. B. Clarke in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) 

 Bot. 86. 

 Cyperus auricomus Naves Novis. App. (1882) 305; Ceron Cat. PI. 

 Herb. Manila (1892) 177, non Sieber. 



Babuyan Islands, Luzon (Cagayan, Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya, Rizal, Pam- 

 panga, Laguna), Leyte, Mindanao, B. S. 1U50, 8075, 8151, 18516 Ramos, 

 Weber 1083, Merrill 2317. In open wet places at low and medium altitudes; 

 widely scattered. Pantropic. 



CYPERUS DISTANS Linn. f. Suppl. (1781) 103; Nees in Hook. Journ. 

 Bot. Kew Miscel. 6 (1854) 27; Naves Novis. App. (1882)' 303; 

 Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 155, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. 

 (1886) 283; C. B. Clarke in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 84; 

 Merr. op. cit. 3 (1908) Bot. 398, 5 (1910) Bot. 333, Fl. Manila 

 (1912) 111. 

 Cyperus kurrii Steud. Syn. PI. Glum. 2 (1855) 38; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 

 3 (1856) 279; Naves Novis. App. (1882.) 305. 

 Throughout the Philippines. Common in open rather wet places at low 

 and medium altitudes. Pantropic. 



Local names: Amusan (Tag.) ; bakabakahan (Tag.) ; barisahga (Ilk.) ; 

 burabongdai (S. L. Bis.) ; gagauan (Bon.) ; hanganga (If.) ; langalang 

 (Bik.) ; muthang-kalabau (Tag.); pulukgalo (Buk.) ; talubak (Buk.). 



CYPERUS ELATUS Linn. Amoen. Acad. 4 (1759) 301; Naves Novis. App. 

 (1882) 304; C. B. Clarke in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907): Bot. 86. 

 Cyperus bispicatus Steud. in Zoll. Verzeich. Ind. Archipel. (1854) 

 62; Naves Novis. App. (1882) 303. 



Luzon (Laguna), Biliran, Leyte, Wenzel 1279, B. S. M955 Ramos, 231U0, 

 18897 McGregor, distributed as C. radiatus Vahl, and not certainly distinct 

 from VahFs species. In swamps and open wet places at low altitudes. 

 India to Malaya. 



Local name: Kobong-kobong (Bis.). 



CYPERUS ELEUSINOIDES Kunth Enum. 2 (1837) 39; Naves Novis. App. 

 (1882) 303; C. B. Clarke in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 84. 



Luzon (Cagayan, Bontoc, Benguet, Nueva Vizcaya), Mindanao (Bukid- 

 non), Merrill 226, B. S. 2U950 Fenix, 22728 Castillo, 87 U7, 1U261,. McGregor. 

 In open wet places at low and medium, altitudes, not common. Tropical 

 Asia and Africa through Malaya to tropical Australia. 



Local names: Gauang (Bon.); salinganga (Bon.). 



CYPERUS FLABELLIFORMIS Rottb. Descr. Nov. PI. (1773) 42; Merr. 

 Fl. Manila (1912) 110. 

 Cultivated for ornamental purposes, occasional in waste places in Manila 

 but scarcely established. A native of Africa and southwestern Asia. 



CYPERUS HASPAN Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 45; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1856) 

 267; Naves Novis. App. (1882) 302; C. B. Clarke in Philip. Journ. 

 Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 82; Merr. op. cit. 3 (1908) Bot. 398, Fl. Manila 

 (1912) 110, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 79. 

 Cyperus caespitosus Llanos Frag. PI. Filip. (1851) 14 (caespitorus) ; 

 F.-Vill. & Naves in Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 3, 4 1 (1880) 8; C. B. 

 Clarke in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 86, non Poir. 



