297 
K. ge gry Rottb.; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 
i. 588. Castle Peak, Hongkong New Territory ; on the 
bunk of the Han River, Swatow ; Canton; Macao. FI. 
A pril. 
K. MS Rottb. ; C. B. m l. e, 987. Victoria, Hong- 
ong ; Macao. Fl. Jul 
6.—ELEOCHARIS. 
Key to species. 
l. Stems thick hollow... ye ies 2. 
Stems slender .. kis dh 4, 
2. Stems conspicuously jointed ref : 
Stem not jointed l. variegata. 
3. A tuber-bearing cultivated plant 2. tuberosa. 
A wild I without tubers 3. plantaginea. 
4. Styles 2- 5. 
Styles 3-fid i 
5. Bristles white 4. atropurpurea. 
Bristles brown .. 5. capitata 
6. Plant 2-4 inches hi 6 
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w N 
Too id od 
A 
. acicularis. 
afftata. 
ig 
Plant 4-16 inches high 
i pains Kunth; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 
626 K 
; berdeen, Hongkong; Kuntong, and Tailam- 
Ko Hongkong New Territory. Fl. July. 
ng, 
. E. tuberosa, Schultes ; Scirpus tuberosus, Sag Fl l. Ind. i. 210. 
Whampoa ; cultivated in Kwangtun 
E. cune R. Br. ; C. B. Clarke in "ob FI. Brit. Ind. 
i. 625. Pokfulam, Hongkong ; near Sanwai, Hongko: 
New Territory ; stream near Chaochaufu. Fl. October. 
E. atropurpurea, Kunth ; C. B. Clarke l. c. 627. ac 
E. capitata, R. Br.; Scirpus capitatus, Linn. ; Benth. Fl. 
Hongk. 394. Hongkong without locality. Fl. ; 
E. acicularis, R. Br.; C. B. Clarke l. c. 628. Marsh near 
Yit-hai, PIS valley ; ; Canton. Fl. April. 
kong Without quine Cast le Peak, Hd New 
Territory ; fields near drea id Canton. Fl. April. 
7.—FIMBRISTYLIS. 
Key to species. 
1. Lower glumes distichous E P 2. 
Lower qe not distichous ... i 
2. Spikelet i M l. monostachya. 
Spikelets oon: 3. 
3. Leaves hardly any 2. Actinoschoenus. 
Leaves several i 4. 
4. Leaves short, flat, obtuse i 5 
Leaves long, narrow... - 3. cyperoides. 
5. Leaves glabrous iss 4. Eragrostis. 
Leaves pubescent ii. 5. fusca. 
