256 The Philippine Journal of Science 1916 
CYPERACEAE 
KYLLINGA Rottboell 
KYLLINGA BREVI FOLIA Rottb. Descr. et Ic. PI. (1773) 13, t. U, /• 3. 
Amboina, near the town of Amboina, Rel. Robins. 1897, July 25, 1913, 
in a meadow, associated with Kyllinga monocephala Rottb. 
All warm countries. 
PYCREUS Beauvois 
PYCREUS NITENS (Vahl) Nees in Linnaea 7 (1834) 283; Nov. Act. 
Acad. Nat. Cur. 19 (1843) Suppl. 1:53. 
Cyperus nitens Vahl Enum. 2 (1806) 331. 
Cyperus pumilus Linn. Cent. PI. 2 (1755) 6, Amoen. Acad. 4 (1759) 
302, non Pycreus pumilus Nees. 
Amboina, Koesoekoesoe sereh, Rel. Robins. 1891, August 12, 1913, along 
roadsides, altitude about 250 meters. 
Warmer parts of the Old World. 
CYPERUS Linnaeus 
CYPERUS COMPRESSUS Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 46. 
Amboina, near the town of Amboina along sandy beaches, Rel. Robins. 
1896, August 22, 1913. 
Tropics of both hemispheres. 
CYPERUS HASPAN Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 45. 
Amboina, in meadows, near the town of Amboina, Rel. Robins. 1898, 
August 20, 1913. 
Tropics of both hemispheres. 
CYPERUS ZOLLINGERI Steud. Syn. PI. Cyp. (1855) 17. 
Amboina, Soja road, Rel. Robins. 1888, August 1, 1913, altitude 50 
meters; along roadsides. 
Tropical Africa and Asia to Queensland. 
TORULINIUM Desvaux 
TORULINIUM FERAX (L. C. Rich.) Ham. Prodr. PI. Ind. Occ. (1825) 
15 ( ferox ). 
Cyperus ferax L. C. Rich, in Act. Soc/Hist. Nat. Paris 1 (1792) 106. 
Mariscus ferax C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 6 (1893) 624. 
Torulinium confertum Desv. in Ham. Prodr. PI. Ind. Occ. (1825) 15. 
Amboina, near the town of Amboina, in wet places, Rel. Robins. 1893, 
August 20, 1913. 
All warm countries. 
FI M BRISTYLIS Vahl 
FI M BRISTYLIS ANNUA (All.) R. & S. Syst. 2 (1817) 95. 
Scirpus annuus All. FI. Pedem. 2 (1785) 277. 
Fimbristylis diphylla Vahl Enum. 2 (1806) 289. 
Three forms of this polymorphous species occur in the collection from 
Amboina, Batoe merah, Rel. Robins. 1902; Soja road, Rel. Robins. 1901; 
and Koeda mati, Rel. Robins. 1900, all collected in August and September. 
All warm countries. 
