86 
CLARKE. 
Decaisne in Nouv. Ann. Mus. Paris, 3 (1834) 360. 0. verticillatus Roxb. FI. 
Ind. 1 : 206 (ed. Wallich, p. 209) ; Miq. FI. Nederl. Ind. 3: 276. G. macrosciadion 
Steud. Cyp. 37 ; Miq. 1. e. 277. C. longifolius Decaisne ! in Nouv Ann. Mus. 
Paris, 3 (1834) 359. 
Philippines, (537 Cuming). Luzon, Manila, (Wichura) ; (38 Merrill)-, 
(727 Loher) • (4 Fenix) . 
In warm countries throughout the World; an abundant plant. 
19. Cyperus exaltatus Retz. Obs. 5 (1789) 11. 
Spikes cylindric, pedtincled, otherwise as C. radiatus Vahl. 
Miq. FI. Nederl. Ind. 3: 276; Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 6: 617; Hemsl. in Journ. 
Linn. Soc. 36 (1903) 212. Cyperus venustus R. Br. Prodr. 217; Miq. FI. Nederl. 
Ind. 3: 280. C. altus Nees in Linnaea 9 (1834) 285; Miq. 1. c. 276. C. elutus 
Hassk. in Flora 45 (1862) 191, non Linn. 
Philippines, (Llanos). 
Warm parts of the Old World; abundant. From America I have only two or 
three examples. 
This plant, much confused with C. elatus Linn., has the anthers ecristate. 
20. Cyperus digitatus Roxb. Hort. B'eng. 1814 (1813) 81. 
A large erect annual ; spikes cylindric; rhacheola of the spikelet with 
yellow, early soluble, lanceolate wings. 
Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 6: 618; Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 36 (1903) 211. 
Cyperus strigosus Llanos Fragm. PI. Filip. 16, non Linn. C. auricomus Vidal ms, 
non Sieber. 
Philippines, (Llanos)-, (3985 Vidal) ; (714 Loher) - (2317 Merrill). Minda- 
nao, (1997 Wichura). 
Warm parts of Asia, Polynesia and America; rare in Africa, where its place is 
taken by the closely allied representative, C. auricomus Sieber. * 
21. Cyperus elatus Linn. Amoen. Acad. 4: 301 ; Sp. PI. ed. 2, 67 et hb. propr. 
A tall erect annual; spikes cylindric; anthers narrowly oblong with a 
lanceolate crest one third their own length. 
Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 6: 618. Cyperus racemosus Miq. FI. Nederl. Ind. 3: 
270, 278 (syn. excl.) ? of Retz. C. bispicatus Steud. ! in Zoll. Verz. Ind. Archip. 
heft 2, 62; Miq. L c. 285. C. exaltatus hb. Vidal, ! non Retz. 
Philippines (3986 Vidal) ; (592 Jagor). 
Southeastern Asia, from Madras to Cochin-China and Timor; a rare plant. 
PHILIPPINE SPECIES OF CYPERUS, WITH THE STYLE 3-FID ( OR UNKNOWN) NOT 
IN THE KEW HERBARIUM. 
Cyperus caespitqsus Llanos Fragm. PI. Filip. 14, non Poiret. C. dehiscens, 
Naves Nov. App. 303, non Nees. 
Philippines, fide Llanos. 
Cyperus anabaptistus Steud. Cyp. 37. C. Cumingii Steud. olim in litteris, 
nee Cyp. 25. 
Luzon ; hb. Cuming fide Steudel. 
