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FIMBRISTYLIS PUBERULA (Michx.) Vahl Enum. 2 (1806) 289; Safford 
277. 
Scirpus puberulus Michx. FI. Bor. Am. 1 (1803) 31. 
Collected in Guam by Gaudichaud, but I suspect that the identification 
may be wrong, although the species is credited to the warmer pai’ts of 
both hemispheres. 
FUI RENA Rottboell 
FUIRENA UMBELLATA Rottb. Descr. & Ic. PI. (1773) 70, t. 19, f. S; 
Safford 278. 
McGregor 399, October, 1911, hills southeast of Piti. 
Warmer parts of both hemispheres. 
KYLLINGA Rottboell 
KYLLINGA BREVIFOLIA Rottb. Descr. & Ic. PI. (1773) 13, t. 4, f. 8. 
McGregor 399, G. E. S. 232. 
Tropics of both hemispheres. 
KYLLINGA MONQCEPHALA Rottb. 1. c. t. If, f. 4; Safford 303. 
McGregor 440, Mrs. Clemens s. n., Thompson 1, local name chaguan 
lemae. 
Warmer parts of both hemispheres. 
M ARISCUS Gaertner 
MARISCUS STUPPEUS (Forst. f.) Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) 
Bot. 398. 
Cyperus stuppeus Forst. f. Prodr. (1786) 89. 
Mariscus albescens Gaudich. Bot. Freyc. Voy. (1826) 416. 
Cyperus pennatus Lam. 111. 1 (1791) 144; Safford 254. 
Mrs. Clemens s. n., McGregor lfl8, along the seashore. 
Tropical shores from India to Polynesia. 
MARISCUS CYPERINUS (Retz.) Vahl Enum. 2 (1806) 377. 
Kyllinga cyperina Retz. Obs. 6 (1891) 21. 
McGregor 418, near Agana. 
Tropical Asia to Polynesia. 
RYNCHOSPORA Vahl 
RYNCHGSPORA CORYMBOSA (Linn.) Britton in Trans. N. Y. Acad. 
Sci. 11 (1892) 84; Safford 366. 
Scirpus corymbosus Linn. Cent. PI. 2 (1766) 7. 
Rynchospora aurea Vahl Enum. 2 (1806) 229. 
McGregor 461, in open wet places. 
Widely distributed in the tropics of both hemispheres. 
RYNCHOSPORA RUBRA (Lour.) Makino in Bot. Mag. Tokyo 17 (1903) 
180. 
Schoenus ruber Lour. FI. Cochinch. (1790) 52. 
Rynchospora wallichiana Kunth Enum. 2 (1837) 289. 
McGregor 412. 
Tropical Africa and Asia to Japan south to Australia and Polynesia. 
