— 86 — 



F. podocarpa, Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 391. 



F. communis, Miq. FL Ind. Bat. v. 3, p. 323. 



F. cüiolata, Zoll. Verz. Ind. Archip. heft 2, p. 61. 



F. ambigua, Steud. in Zoll. Verz. Ind. Archip. heft 2, p. 61 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 



v. 3, p. 324. 

 F. Goeringiana, Steud. Gyp. p. 118. 



F. circinnata, Steud. Gyp. p. 116; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. v. 3, p. 324. 

 F. calocarpa, Steud. Gyp. p. 117; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. v. 3, p. 325. 



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 Gyperacea in the World — 

 and has 150 names. 



Lem Ban, 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 &Cy usque ad Turkestan et Gabul. 

 Africa Trop; vulgatissima. 



Africa Austral is — Frequens, Drège n. 4371, 4373 &c. 

 Mas care nia: ubique vulgaris. 

 €hina; vulgaris. 

 Jap oni a; vulgaris. 



Malaya — Tonkin; Balansa nn. 214, 2775. Anam; Turong, 0. Kuntze. Cochin- 

 china; Germain nn. 16, 96, 100, 102. Java; Zollinger n. 181, Horsfield n. 1072, 

 «fcc. &c. Banca; Teysmann. Sumatra; Martens. Borneo; Motley nn. 66, 69, 

 87, &c. &c. Timor, Lumbok, &c. 



Ins. Philippine; Cuming n. 558, Wichura nn. 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. if. sericea R. Br. 



Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 6. p. 641 ; C. B. Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 34 

 [1898], p. 63. 



A d i t i o n a 1 synonymy: 

 F. sericea, Knuth Enum. v. 2, p. 244; Benth Fl. Austral v. 7, p. 319; Ridley 



in Journ. Singapore Asiat. Soc. n. 13 [1891], p 10. 

 F. decora, Nees in Hook, et Arn. Beechey Voy. p. 225, in Nova Acta Nat. Cur. 



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. 



