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CLARKE. 
( Fimbristylis nutans Valil, Enum. 2: 285, is a species closely allied to F. acu- 
minata Yahl, above, and is said to occur in the Philippines by Vidal. I expect 
that it does occur, but the two examples on which Vidal relies, viz, Nos. 1413 
Cuming and 1975 Vidal, are at Kew and are Fimbristylis schoenoides Yahl, 
below. I have seen no Fimbristylis nutans from the Philippines.) 
4. Fimbristylis polytrichoides Valil, Enum. 2 (1806) 248 {polythricoides) . 
Nut obovoid, brown-black, smooth, slightly scaly on the shoulders. 
Miq. FI. Nederl. Ind. 3: 315, syn. excl.; Hook. f. FL Brit. Ind. 6: 632; 
Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 36: (1903) 241. Fimbristylis albescens Steud. in 
Zoll. Verz. Ind. Archip. heft 2, 61; Miq. FI. Nederl. Ind. 3: 316. F. juncea 
Boeck. ! in Linnsea 37 (1871) 4, non Roem. et Sell. Scirpus polytrichoides 
Retz. Obs. 4: 11. Abildgaardia Javanica Steud. ! in Zoll. Verz. Ind. Archip. 
heft 2, 63; Miq. FI. Nederl. Ind. 3: 297, non Nees. 
Philippines, (129 Chamisso ). Luzon, (753, 754, 755 holier)-, (4249 Mer- 
rill), 
India to Japan and to north Australia, frequent. Rare in east tropical 
Africa. 
Sect. II. Dichelostylis Benth. 
Style 2-fid. Stem generally with more than one spikelet. Lower glumes 
spirally imbricated. 
Series A. Spikelets all solitary. 
5. Fimbristylis schoenoides Valil, Enum. 2 (1806) 286. 
Stem with 3-1 spikelets; nut obovoid, smooth, minutely reticulate. 
Miq. FI. Nederl. Ind. 3: 315; Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 6: 634; Hemsl. in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. 36 (1903) 243. Fimbristylis bispicata , Nees ! in Linnsea 
9 (1834) 290; Miq. FI. Nederl. Ind. 3: 317. F. nutans Vid.al ! Rev. PI. Vase. 
Filip. 284; Phaner. Cuming. Philip. 156, non Vahl. Scirpus schoenoides Retz. 
Obs. 5: 14. Abildgaardia nervosa Presl, Rel. Haenk. 1 : 180. 
Luzon, (1413 Cuming) ; (1975, 3980 Vidal) ; (750, 751, 752, 1975 Loher) . ■ 
In India very common, extending to the Philippines and Queensland. Re- 
corded by Britton in Florida, where occur several Old World plants. 
6. Fimbristylis subbispicata Nees in Nova Acta Nat. Cur. 19 (1843) 
Suppl. 1 : 75. 
Stem with 2-1 large cylindric spikelets; otherwise as F. schoenoides 
Yahl. 
Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 6: 634; Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 36 (1903) 245. 
From India to China and Japan ; frequent. 
Var. p caesia Miq. ! FI. Nederl. Ind. 3: 315. 
With many leaves ; spikelets one or two to a culm, hardly different from 
those of F. schoenoides. 
Philippines, (747 Loher). 
Java. 
This species should perhaps be reduced to Fimbristylis schoenoides Vahl, as 
several species of the genus occur in leafless and leafy forms. However this 
may be, No. 747 Loher appears to match exactly the authentic example of 
F. caesia Miq. 
