— 8f — 
Malaya — Sumatra; Horsfield n. 965, Zollinger nn. 368, 465, Goering n. 148, 
Leschenault n. 621. Siam; Schomburgk n.327. Cambodia; Lebeeuf. Cochin- 
china; Gaudichaud n.72, Germain n. 106; Turong, O. Kuntze. Borneo; Motley 
n. 93. 
Ins. Philippine; Cuming n. 1558. Manila; Wichura n. 1860; &c. 
Australia — Queensland; Dallachy. 
Oceania — In omni Polynesia tropicali, vulgaris. 
Ins. Sandwich; Barclay. 
Pycreus Beauv. 
2. P. polystachyus Beauv. 
Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 6, p.592; C. B. Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. y, 34 
{1898], p. 16. 
Additional synonymy: 
P. polystachyus, Nees in Nova Acta Nat. Gur. v.19 [1843], Suppl. 1, p. 55. 
Cyperus polystachyus, Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 385, et Fl. Austral. v. 7. p. 261; 
Hassk. PL. Jav. Rar. p.74; Munro in Seem. Voy. Herald p. 422; Mig. Fl. Ind. 
Bat. v.3, p. 258, Suppl. p. 260; Ridley in Journ. Singapore Asiat. Soc. n. 23 
[1891], p.4; Drake Fl. Ins. Pacif. p. 330. 
C. caespitosus, Hook. et Arn. Beechey Voy. p.99, non Poiret. 
C. brunneus, Hook. et Arn. Beechey Voy. p. 99, non Swartz. 
Pycreus polystachyus is one of the most wide-spread and abundant 
Cyperaceae in the globe; it is especially common near the sea. 
The above localities refer to the type form only. The Var. @ laxi- 
flora Benth. is equally wide spread; and the doubtfully distinct Pyereus 
ferrugineus C. B. Clarke is still commoner in North America. It is impos- 
sible to give the synonymy or the geography completely; for no one knows 
where the species ends. 
Throughout the island, in rice-fields. 
Additional Geography: 
Africa Borealis — Algeria; Lefranc n. 487, Kralik nn. 92, 147, Billot n. 3924. 
Ischia; Tenore. 
Africa Tropica — Senegambia; Hendelot n. 444. Niger Flum.: Vogel nn. 11, 
35. Africa Gentralis; Gazelle Flum., Schweinfurth n. 1152. Libya; Ascherson 
nn. 534, 2303. Ins. S. Helena; Burchell nn.8, 9, J. D. Hooker n. 42. Angola; 
Welwitsch nn. 7041, 6890, 6891, &c. Zanzibar; Hildebrandt n. 1069. Usambara, 
Holst n. 2029 &c. Caput Bonae spei; Drége nn. 4403, 4404, 4405 &e. 
Mascarenia — Mauritius; Sieber n.10 ~— &c. &c. 
China — Hongkong; Hance n. 1230. Formosa; Henry nn. 1047, 1080 — &c. Kc. 
Japan — Wichura n. 723 — &c. 
Malaya — Tonkin; Balansa nn. 200, 2849. Cochinchina; Germain nn. 14, 92. 
Java; Zollinger n. 456, Kurz n. 1854. Borneo; Motley n, 67, Beccari n. 3685. 
Manila; Chamisso n. 196, Wichura n. 1870. 
Australia — R. Brown n. 5908 &c. &e. 
Oceania — Amboyna; Barclay. New-Caledonia; Vieillard n. 1431. I{sle of 
Pines; Milne n. 169. Ins. Sandwich, Hillebrand n. 564; &c. 
America — Florida; Rugel nn. 109, 114. Nicaragua; Tate n.503, Lévy n, 258. 
West Indies; ubique vulgaris (Martinique, Sieber nn. 13, 360). 
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