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The specimens collected by Whitford and Borden apparently represent the young 
form, although indicated by Mr. Clarke as a distinct unpublished species. 
2. H. latifolium L. C. Rich.; Clarke in Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 6 (1894) 578. 
(2089 Borden] November. Exposed ridges in the mossy forest at 1,150 m. 
Tropical Asia to Malaya, Australia, and Polynesia. 
2. CYPERUS Linn. 
1. C. bancanus Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 599. ( ?). 
(2581 Meyer) February; (291 Oox>e1and) January. In forests at about 200 m. 
2. C. diffusus Vahk; Clarke 1. e. 603. 
(403, 465 Topping)-, (6674 Elmer) November; (1921 Borden) September. 
Forests 100 to 300 m. Tropics generally. 
3. C. malaccensis Lam.; Clarke 1. c. 608. 
(Whitford) September. Brackish marshes along the seashore. Tropical Asia 
to Malaya, Australia, and Polynesia. T., Balongot. 
4. C. pilosus Vahl.; Clarke 1. c. 609. 
(Whitford) September. In open wet lands. Tropical Asia, Africa, Malaya, and 
Polynesia. 
5. C. sp. 
(Whitford) September. In open wet lands. 
3. MARISCUS Vahl. 
1. M. albescens Gaud.; Clarke 1. c. 623. 
(1305 Whitford) June. Brackish swamps near the seashore, widely distributed 
in the Pliiipppines. Tropical Asia, Africa, Malaya, Australia, and Polynesia. 
2. M. cyperinus Vahl.; Clarke 1. c. 621. 
(6675 Elmer) November; (450, 46i,Top)ping) (485 in part, Whitford) June, 
July. In thickets and open lands below 100 m. Tropical Asia to Malaya and 
Polynesia. 
3. M. microcephalus PresL; Clarke 1. c. 024. 
(Whitford) September. In wet lands below 100 m. Tropical Asia to Mauri- 
tius and Malaya. 
4. M. philippensis Steud. Syn. PI. Cyp. 66. 
(3277 Merrill) October. On bluffs along the seashore. Endemic. 
5. M. flabelliformis H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et. Sp. PI. 1 : 215. 
(405 Whitford) June. In open lands below 100 m. Tropics generally. 
4. KYLLINGIA Rottb. 
1. K. monocephala Rottb.; Clarke 1. c. 588. 
(457 Topping)-, (6026 Leiberg) July; (Whitford) April; (3100 Merrill)' Oe- 
tober. In thickets and open places below 100 ni. Tropical and warm regions of 
the old world. 
5. FIMBRISTYLIS Vahl. 
1. F. diphylla Vahl.; Clarke 1. c. 636. 
(6135 Leiberg) July. In forests at 250 m. Tropics generally. 
2. F. ferruginea (Linn.) Vahl.; Clarke 1. c. 638. 
(WQ-i Whitford) June. Tidal meadows. Tropics generally. 
3. F. miliacea Vahl.; Clarke 1. c. 644. 
(459 Topping). In open wet lands, widely distributed in the Philippines. 
Tropical and subtropical regions generallj'. 
