29T 



2. K. brevifolia, Rottb. ; C. B. Clarke in Hook, f, Fl. Bi-it. Ind. 



vi. 588. Castle Peak, Hongkong New Territory ; on the 

 bank of the Han River, Swatow ; Canton ; Macao. Fl. 

 April. 



3. K. triceps, Rottb. ; C. B. Clarke 1. c. 587. Victoria, Hong- 



kong ; Macao. Fl. July. 



6.— ELEOOHARIS. 



Key to species. 



1. Stems thick hollow 

 Stems slender ... 



2. Stems conspicuously jointed ... 

 Stem not jointed 

 A tuber-bearing cultivated plant 

 A wild plant without tubers ... 



Styles 2-fid 



Styles 3-fid 



Bristles white ... 

 Bristles brown ... 

 Plant 2-4 inches high ... 



3. 



Plant 4- 



3. 



4. 



16 inches high 



2. 



4. 

 3. 



1. variegata. 



2. tuberosa. 



3. plantaginea. 



5. 

 6. 



4. atropurpurea. 



5. capitata. 



6. acicularis. 



7. at 



1. E. variegata, Kunth ; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 



vi. 626. Aberdeen, Hongkong ; Kuntong, and Tailam- 

 cheong, Hongkong New Territory. Fl. July. 



2. E. tuberosa, Schultes ; Scirpus tuherosus, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 210. 



Whampoa ; cultivated in Kwangtung. Fl. . 



3. E. plantaginea, R. Br. ; C. B. Clarke in "Hook t. Fl. Brit. Ind. 



vi. 625. Pokfulam, Hongkong ; near Sanwai, Hongkong 

 New Territory ; stream near Chaochaufu. Fl. October. 



4. E. atropurpurea, Kunth ; C. B. Clarke 1. c. 627. Macao. Fl. 



5. B. capitata, R. Br. ; Scirpus capitatus, Linn. ; Benth. Fl. 



Hongk. 394. Hongkong without locality. Fl. . 



6. E. acicularis, R. Br. ; C. B. Clarke 1. c. 628. Marsh near 



Yit-hai, Han valley ; Canton. Fl. April. 



7. E. afflata, Steud. ; Scirpus afflatus, Benth. 1. c. 394. Hong- 



kong without locality ; Castle Peak, Hongkong New 

 Territory ; fields near Chaochaufu ; Canton. Fl. April. 



7.— FIMBRISTYLIS. 



Key to species. 



1. Lower glumes distichous 

 Lower glumes not distichous 



2. Spikelet 1 



Spikelets several 

 Leaves hardly any 

 Leaves several ... 

 Leaves short, flat, obtuse 

 Leaves long, narrow ... 

 Leaves glabrous 

 Leaves pubescent 



2. 



6. 



1. monostachya. 



3. 



2. Actinoschoenus. 



4. 

 5. 



3. cyperoides. 



4. Eragrostis. 



5. fusca. 



