— 81 — 



Malaya — Sumatra; Horsfield n. 965, Zollinger nn. 368, 465, Goering n. 148 7 

 Leschenault n. 621. Siam; Schomburgk n. 327. Cambodia; Lebæuf. Cochin- 

 china; Gaudichaud n. 72, Germain n. 106; Turong, O. Kuntze. Borneo: Motley 

 n. 93. 



Ins. Philippine; Cuming n. 1558. Manila; Wichura n. I860: &c. 

 Australia — Queensland; Dallachy. 

 Oceania — In omni Polynesia tropicali, vulgaris. 



Ins. Sandwich; Barclay. 



Pycreus Beau v. 

 2. I\ po lyst ach vus Beau v. 



Hook. f. FL Brit. Ind. v. 6, p. 592; C. B. Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 34 

 [1898], p. 16. 



Additional synonymy: 

 P. polystachyus, Nees in Nova Acta Nat. Cur. v. 19 [1843], Suppl. 1, p. 55. 

 Cyperus polystachyus, Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 385, et Fl. Austral, v. 7. p. 261: 

 Hassk. PI. Jav. Rar. p. 74; Munro in Seem. Voy. Herald p. 422; Miq. 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 

 •Gyperaceae in the globe; it is especially common near the sea. 



The above localities refer to the type form only. The Var. ß laxl- 

 flora Benth. is equally wide spread; and the doubtfully distinct Pycreus 

 ferrugineus G. 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 Fluni.: Vogel nn. 11. 

 35. Africa Centralis; 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, 

 Hoist n. 2029 &c. Caput Bonae spei; Drège nn. 4403, 4404, 4405 &c. 



Mascarenia — Mauritius; Sieber n. 10 — &c. &c. 



China — Hongkong; Hance n. 1230. Formosa; Henry nn. 1047, 1050 — &c. &c. 

 Japan — Wichura n. 723 — &c. 



Malaya — Tonkin; Balansa nn. 200, 2849. Cochinchina; Germain nn. 15,92. 



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. &c. 



Oceania — Amboyna; Barclay. New-Caledonia; Vieillard n. 1431. Isle 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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