144 J. R. Drummond — On a new Scirpus from BelucMstan, ^c. [No. 4, 



of Schrader. From the remark that the areas of S. litoralis (Mediter- 

 ranean region) and 8. plumosus R. Br. (Australian continent) are 

 distant, it appears that Bentham either had not seen Vahl's suhulatus 

 and Roxburgh's pectinatus or was not prepared to unite them summa- 

 rily with litoralis. 



In the Flora Orientalis 8, litoralis is the only Malacochsete dealt 

 with. 



It is noted as — 



= 8,fim'brisetuSf Del. 



= 8. triqueterj Gren. & Godr. and of Boeck. (I.e.) [not 



of Linn.] 

 = 8. pectinatus, Roxb. 

 = Malacochsete litoralis,^ o -^^ 

 and pectinatus J 



The distribution given is S. France, Italy, Greece, Corsica, Crete 

 Cyprus, Anatolia, Syria, — Alexandria, the Fayum and the Great Oasis 

 in Egypt, — N. Africa, Caspian region, and Afghanistan (Griffith.) 



A variety (oligostachys) is added as found in what is probably a 

 marsh (from the name) in Eastern Persia (Coll. Bunge). 



Trimen (Fl. of Ceylon V. 77) gives 8. pectinatus Roxb. as a syno- 

 nym of 8, litoralis, and notes that it inhabits tidal waters in Ceylon, 

 occurring rarely. 



In the Fl. Br. Ind. VII. 659 8» litoralis is noted as the only Indian 

 species with the bristles plumose, and the synonymy is — 



= 8, suhulatus, Yahl, also Miquel 



= 8.fimhrisetus, Del. 



= 8. pectinatus, Roxb. 



= 8. triqueter, Gren. and Godr. and of Boeck; (I.e.) 



not of Linn. 

 = Malacochsete litoralis, 1 ^ 

 = M. pectinatus j 



It is also observed that it is part of Wall. No. 3506 C. 

 The weakness of the rhizome is noted, and the anthers are des- 

 cribed as red-crested (Cf. Reichenbach's figure of 8, litoralis.) 



In the Genera Plantarum Malacochsete has not been accepted as a 

 separate genus or even as a sub-division of Scirpus. It would be 



