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CAREX BREVICULMIS R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 242, subsp. ROYLEANA Nees 

 Var. KINGIANA (Lev. & Van.) Kukenth. in Engl. Pflanzenreich 38 

 (1909) 469, Philip. Journ Sci. 6 (1911) Bot. 62. 

 Carex kingiana Lev. & Van. in Bull. Acad. Internat. Geog. Bot. 1 

 (1901) 272. 



Luzon (Benguet),, Merrill 6609, 6628, Phil. PI. 561, B. S. 31771 Santos, 

 8853 McGregor. In open grassy meadows and on damp open slopes, alti- 

 tude 2,200 to 2,700 m. The species in Australia, the subspecies India to 

 Japan, the variety in Japan. 



CAREX BREVISCAPA C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. PI. Brit. Ind. 6 (1894) 736; 

 Kiikenth. in Engl. Pflanzenreich 38 (1909) 474. 



Luzon (Sorsogon), Palawan, Merrill 9521, Elmer 15353'. On forested 

 ridges, altitude about 800 m. Ceylon. 



CAREX BRUNNEA Thunb. Fl. Jap. (1784) 38; C. B. Clarke in Philip. 

 Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 107; Merr. op. cit. 1 (1906) Suppl. 31, 

 5 (1910) Bot. 335; Kiikenth. in Engl. Pflanzenreich 38 (1909) 599, 

 Philip. Journ. Sci. 6 (1911) Bot. 63. 



Luzon (Ilocos Norte, Abra, Bontoc, Benguet, Lepanto, Kalinga, Zamba- 

 les, Pampanga, Rizal, Laguna, Tayabas, Bataan) , Negros, Mindanao. In 

 the mossy forest, on forested ridges and slopes, altitude 800 to 2,400 m. 



Var. SUBTEIOGYNA Kiikenth. in Fedde Repert. 8 (1910) 8, Philip. Journ. 

 Sci. 6 (1911) Bot. 63. 



Luzon (Benguet), Merrill U731, 6505, B. S. 8866 McGregor. Borders of 

 the mossy forest, altitude about 2,200 m. The species Japan to southern 

 Asia, Malaya, Australia, and the Mascarene Islands, the variety endemic. 



Local names: Silak (Ig.) ; tayalid (Bag.). 



CAREX CRYPTOSTACHYS Brongn. in Bot. Duperr. Voy. (1828) 152, t. 25; 

 F.-Vill., Novis. App. (1882) 310; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 

 (1908) Bot. 220; Kiikenth. in Engl. Pflanzenreich 38 (1909) 471, 

 Philip. Journ. Sci. 6 (1911) Bot. 62. 



Luzon (Nueva Vizcaya, Rizal, Laguna, Tayabas, Sorsogon), Mindanao 

 (Zamboanga), Merrill 8218, Elmer 7306, 1U595, 16110, B. S. 1760 Ramos, 

 29334- Ramos & Edano. In forests at medium altitudes, ascending to 1,000 

 m. Formosa and southern China to the Malay Peninsula, Java, and 

 Waigiou. 



CAREX ELMERI Kiikenth. in Fedde Repert. 8 (1910) 326, Leafi. Philip. 

 Bot. 3 (1910) 853, Philip. Journ. Sci. 6 (1911) Bot. 64. 



Luzon (Bontoc, Benguet, Laguna), Mindoro, Negros, Vanoverbergh 868, 

 Merrill 6972, 80\25. In forests, altitude 1,500 to 2,200 m. Endemic. 



Doubtfully distinct from C. loheri C. B. Clarke. 



CAREX FILICINA Nees in Wight Contrib. (1834) 123, var. CEYLANICA 

 (Boeck.) Kukenth. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 6 (1911) Bot. 59; C. B. 

 Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 37 (1904) 11 (C. filicina) , Philip. 

 Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 107; Merr. op. cit. 2 (1907) Bot. 263, 5 

 (1910) Bot. 335; Kukenth. in Engl. Pflanzenreich 38 (1909) 274. 

 Carex ceylanica Boeck. in Linnaea 40 (1876) 341; Kukenth. in Engl. 

 Pflanzenreich 38 (1909) 279. 



