— 8 — 
F. podocarpa, Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 391. 
F. communis, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. v. 3, p. 323. 
F. ciliolata, Zoll. Verz. Ind. Archip. heft 2, p. 61. 
F, ambigua, Steud. in Zoll. Verz. Ind. Archip. heft 2, p. 61; Mig. FI. Ind. Bat. 
v. 3, p. 324, 
F. Goeringiana, Steud. Cyp. p. 118. 
FF. circinnata, Steud. Cyp. p. 116; Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. vy. 3, p. 324. 
F. calocarpa, Steud. Cyp. p.117; Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. v. 3, p. 328. 
Taking Fimbristylis diphylla Vahl in the narrow sense (i. e. making 
it a narrower species than do Kunth and Boeckeler), it is perhaps the 
most widely-spread and the most abundant Cyperacea in the World — 
and has 150 names. 
Lem Dan, in dry clayey soil near the sea. 
Additional Geography: 
Europa — Valais; Schleicher. Meran; Thomas. Treviso, Reichenbach n. 2306; &c. 
Asia Occid. — Lazistan; Balansa n.970 &c., usque ad Turkestan et Cabul. 
Africa Trop; vulgatissima. 
Africa Australis — Frequens, Drége n. 4371, 4373 &c. 
Mascarenia; ubique vulgaris. 
China; vulgaris. 
Japonia; vulgaris. 
Malaya — Tonkin; Balansa nn. 214, 2775. Anam; Turong, O. Kuntze. Cochin- 
china; Germain nn. 16, 96, 100, 102, Java; Zollinger n. 181, Horsfield n. 1072, 
&e. &c. Banca; Teysmann. Sumatra; Martens. Borneo; Motley nn. 66, 69, 
87, &e. &e. Timor, Lumbok, &c. 
Ins. Philippine; Cuming n. 558, Wichura mn. 1854, 2001. 
Australia; vulgaris. 
Polynesia; vulgaris. 
Sandwich Ins.; vulgaris. 
America = United States; frequens. 
America Centralis cum West Indies; vulgatissima. 
America Australis Tropica; vulgatissima. 
Argentine et Monte Video; frequens. 
11. EK. sericea R. Br. : 
Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 6. p. 641; C.B. Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 34 
[1898], p. 63. 
Aditional synonymy: 
F. sericea, Knuth Enum. vy. 2, p.244; Benth Fl. Austral v. 7, p. 319; Ridley 
in Journ. Singapore Asiat. Soc. n.13 [1891], } 10. 
F. decora, Nees in Hook. et Arn. Beechey Voy. p. 225, in Nova Acta Nat, Gur. 
v. 19, Suppl. 1 [1843], p.83; Kunth Enum. v. 2, p. 240 
Scirpus sericeus, Poir. Encycl. Suppl. v. 5, p. 99. 
As yet received (by me) only from the sea-coasts. 
Klong Prao, on the sandy sea-shore. 
Additional Geography: 
Malay Peninsula — Singapore; Ridley n. 4. 
China — Amoy; Didrichsen n. 3044, Macao; Hance n. 10131. Hainan; A, 
