Vo1 - 1 CYPERACEAE 141 



Batan Islands, Luzon (Cagayan to Sorsogon, in most provinces), Leyte, 

 Mindanao, Elmer 11607, 17692, 15522, 1154, Merrill 7599, 4795, B. S. 3801 K 

 12704 Fenix, 27035 Ramos. Common on ridges in aind near the mossy 

 forest, altitude 1,000 to 2,000 m. Sumatra to the Moluccas. 



Local names: Chidak (Ig.) ; ikidsan (Klg.) ; talayid (Bag.); tamalang 

 (Bag.). 



Var. CONTINUA (C. B. Clarke) Kukenth. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 6 (1911) 

 Bot. 60. 

 Carex continua C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 6 (1894) 717, 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 36 (1903) 281, 37 (1904) 11, Philip. Journ. 

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

 in Engl. Pflanzenreich 38 (1909) 281. 



Luzon (Ilocos Norte, Bontoc, Kalinga, Benguet, Nueva Vizcaya, Pam- 

 panga, Bataan, Laguna, Tayabas), Mindoro, Negros, Mindanao (Zam- 

 boanga), Merrill 3197, 6971, 8189, 8208, Phil. PL 564, Whitford 189, 1145, 

 B. S. 20999 Santos, 33143, 8221, 13495, 15141 Ramos, 14246 McGregor, F. B. 

 4384 Merritt. On ridges in and near the mossy forest, altitude 800 to 2,000 

 m. India to southern China and the Philippines. 



CAREX RAMOSII Kukenth. in Fedde Repert. 8 (1910) 8, Philip. Journ. 

 Sci. 6 (1911) Bot. 63. 



Luzon (Kalinga, Pangasinan, Rizal), B. S. 1434, 20990, 40738, 40798 

 Ramos, 11859 Robinson & Ramos, 17S66 Otanes, Merrill Phil. PL 536. In 

 forests at medium altitudes. Endemic. 



CAREX RARA Boott in Proc. Linn. Soc. 1 (1845) 284, Trans. Linn. Soc. 

 20 (1846) 139 subsp. CAPILLACEA (Boott), Kukenth. in Engl. 

 Pflanzenreich 38 (1909) 102, Philip. Journ. Sci. 6 (1911) Bot. 58; 

 Merr. op. cit. 5 (1910) Bot. 335. 

 Carex capillacea Boott Illustr. 1 (1858) 44, t. 110; C. B. Clarke in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 37 (1904) 7, Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) 

 Bot. 107. 



Luzon (Benguet), Merrill 7715, 6626, 6632, 6612, 4732, Phil. PL 505, B. S. 

 31744 Santos, 8333 McGregor. In open wet borders of small streams, al- 

 titude 2,200 to 2,600 m. Japan and northeastern Asia to the Himalayan 

 region and New South Wales. 



CAREX RHI20MAT0SA Steud. in Zoll. Verz. Ind. Archip. (1854) 60, Syn. 



PL Glum. 2 (1855) 206; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1857) 384; C. B. 



Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 37 (1904) 12, Philip. Journ. Sci. 



2 (1907) Bot. 108; Kukenth. in Engl. Pflanzenreich 38 (1909) 289, 



/. U, Philip. Journ. Sci. 6 (1911) Bot. 61. 

 Co.rex cumingiana Steud. Syn. PL Glum. 2 (1855) 206; Miq. FL Ind. 



Bat. 3 (1857) 349; Boott Illustr. 3 (1862) 107, t. 324, 325; Boeck. 



in Linnaea 40 (1876) 367; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 310; Vidal 



Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 156, Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 286. 

 Carex oligostachya Nees in Hook. Journ. Bot. Kew Miscel. 6 (1854) 29. 



Luzon (Bontoc, Rizal), Mindanao (Davao, Lanao), B. S. 2700 Ramos, 

 Clemens 1096, Williams 2615, Vanoverbergh 323. On open slopes, alti- 

 tude 800 to 1,400 m. India to Indo-China, Java, and the Moluccas. 



