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The warmer parts of the whole World, very common especially near the sea. 
This species is very generally named correctly in herbaria, for the reason 
that with a lens, . and without dissecting the spikelets, the characteristic gray 
pubescence of the shoulders of the glumes can be seen. 
Series B. Spikelets many, solitary, -some paired or digitate. 
13. Fimbristylis rigidula Nees in Wight Contrib. (1834) 99. 
Rhizome short, creeping; spikelets, some solitary, peclicellecl, some 
paired. 
Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 6: 640; Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soe. 36 (1903) 242. 
Fimbristylis communis Kuntli, Enum. 2: 235 partim. F. ferruginea Vidal ! 
Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. 284 partim, (i. e., No. 1396 partim). 
Philippines, (1396 Cuming), in herb. Mus. Brit. 
India and China, frequent. 
Out of 130 species of Fimbristylis, only two have a creeping rhizome. 
14. Fimbristylis spathacea Roth. Nov. PI. Sp. (1821) 24. 
Leaves rigid, umbel compound, usually close;, spikelets some solitary, 
pedicelled, some digitate or clustered; style 2-fid. 
Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 6: 640; Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 36 (1903) 244. 
Fimbristylis glomerata Nees in Linn tea 9 (1834) 290; Boeck. in Linnsea 37 
(1871) 47, partim. F. rigida Kuntli ! Enum. 2: 246; Moritzi ! Verz. Zoll. Pfl. 
97; Steud. ! in Zoll. Verz. Ind. Archip. heft 2, 61; Miq. FI. Nederl. Ind. 3: 327. 
F. ciliolata Steud. ! in Zoll. Verz. Ind. Archip. heft 2, 61; Miq. 1. c. 317. F. lae- 
vissima Steud. ! Miq. 1. c. 324. Scirpus glomeratus Retz. Obs. 4: 11. Isolepis 
Baenlcei Presl, Rel. Haeiik. 1 : 187 partim. 
Luzon, (Martens)-, (1857 bis Wichura) ; (1344 Loher)-, (5683 Elmer). 
Tropical Asia, America and the Mascarene Islands; a frequent plant. 
Boeckeler regards this species as a 2-stigma form of F. obtusifolia Kunth and 
F. cymosa R. Br. 
Sect. III. Trichelostylis. 
Style 3-fid. Stem generally with more than one spikelet. Lower glumes 
spirally imbricate. 
Series A. Spikelets all solitary. 
15. Fimbristylis tenera Roem. et Sch. Syst. Mant. 2 (1824) 57. 
Leaves many short; stems slender, with often 3 to 7 spikelets; glumes 
often minutely eiliate-pubescent ; nut sub-tubercular. 
Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 6: 642, varr. inch; Dyer FI. Trop. Afr. 8: 412, 420. 
Fimbristylis oxylepis Steud. ! Cyp. 110. F. firniula Boeck. in Flora 42 (1859) 
69, partim, non Steud. 
Luzon, (760 Loher). 
In tropical Africa rare; in India frequent; in Malaya rare. 
The Philippine example has minutely pubescent glumes, and is altogether 
more like the typical African examples than it is to the Indian; the “varieties” 
can be maintained only as “forms.” 
