Vo1 - 1 CYPERACEAE 127 



FIMBRISTYLIS TETRAGONA R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 226; F.-Vill. Novis. 

 App. (1882) 307; C. B. Clarke in. Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 

 91; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 115. 

 Scirpus tetragonus Poir. in Lam. Encycl. Suppl. 5 (1804) 98. 

 Luzon (Pangasinan, Rizal), Merrill 7360, 9793, Loher 7U9, B. S. 4892 

 Ramos. In open rather wet places at low altitudes. India through Malaya 

 to Australia. 



FIMBRISTYLIS THOMSONII Boeck. in Linnaea 37 (1871) 37; C. B. 

 Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 6, (1893) 646. 



Palawan, Merrill 9350. On dry open slopes bordering thickets at low 

 altitudes. India to Lido-China* 



FIMBRISTYLIS THOUARSII (Kunth) comb. nov. 



Arthrostylis thouarsii Kunth Enum. 2 (1837) 284. 

 Arthrostylis chinensis Benth. Fl. Hongk. (1861) 397. 

 Actinoschoenus filiformis Benth. in Hook. Ic. Ill 4 (1881) 33, i. 1346. 

 Fimbristylis actinoschoenus C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 6 



(1893) 650, Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 98. 

 Actinoschoenus thouarsii Benth.\ in Hook. Ic. Ill 4 (1881) 33. 



Culion, Busuanga, Merrill 553, B. S. 41184 Ramos, back of the mangrove 

 swamp. Ceylon to Madagascar, Malay Peninsula, southern China, and the 

 Riu Kiu Islands. 



DOUBTFUL AND EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Fimbristylis obtusifolia Kunth ; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 308. 



Fimbristylis pauciflora R. Br.; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 307. 



Fimbristylis pilosa Vahl; Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 (1828) 191; Steud. Syn. PI. 

 Glum. 2 (1855) 117. 



"Hab. in insula Luzon ad portum Sorsogon." Vahl's species is from 

 Africa; the Luzon specimens referred here by Presl possibly represent a 

 form of F. annua R. & S. 



Fimbristylis preslii Kunth Enum. 2 (1837) 228; Steud. Syn. PI. Glum. 2 

 (1855) 108; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 308. 

 Abildgaardia pubescens Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 (1828) 180. 

 "Hab. in Mexico et in Luzon" Presl. Probably not Philippine. 



Fimbristylis cymosa R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 228; C. B. Clarke in Philip. 

 Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 97. 



"'Toubonia' (1433 Cuming) in hb. Kew." This was from Cuming's 

 earlier collections, probably from Polynesia. The printed label bears the 

 date 1831, so that it cannot possibly be from Cuming's Philippine collec- 

 tions. 



13. BULBOSTYLIS Kunth 



BULBOSTYLIS BARBATA (Rottb.) Kunth Enum. 2 (1837) 208; C. B. 

 Clarke in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 98; Merr. op. cit. 3 

 (1908) Bot. 398. 

 Scirpus barbatus Rottb. Descr. Ic. (1773) 52, t. 17, f. 4; Vidal Phan. 



Cuming. Philip. (1885) 156, Rev n PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 284. 

 Isolepis barbata R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 212; Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 (1828) 

 187. 



