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16. Fimbristylis miliacea Vahl, Enum. 2 (1806) 287. 
Lower sheaths without leaves, the upper with or without leaves ; spike- 
lets numerous, small, globose ; nut transversely lineolate. 
Miq. PI. Nederl. Irrd. 3: 321; Vidal, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. 284; Phaner. 
Cuming. Philip. 156; Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 6: 644; Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. 
Soe. 36 (1903) 239; Merrill in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 1: 30. 
Fimbristylis flaccidula Steud. ! in Zoll. Verz. Ind. Arehip. heft 2, 61. F. flac- 
cida Steud. ! Cyp. 113; Miq. FI. Nederl. Ind. 3: 321. Stir pus miliaceus Thunb. 
FI. Japori. 37, non Linn. lib. Isolepis miliacea Link. Hort. Berol. 2: 316; Presl, 
Pel. Haenlc. 1 : 188, var. /3 excl. 
Philippines, [Llanos). Luzon, (564 Cuming) ; (865 Jagor) ■ (759 Loher) ■, 
( Meyen ) ; (85 Gaudicliaud ) ; (130 Ghamisso) ; (1858 Wichura) ; (450 Topping) ; 
(3, 2316 Merrill). Panay, (99 Copeland). 
In southeastern Asia and Oceania very common. In tropical Africa and 
America scattered. 
17. Fimbristylis quinquangularis Kunth, Enum. 2 (1837) 229. 
Lower leaves longer than the upper, but stems sometimes leafless; 
spikelets oblong ; otherwise as F. miliacea. 
Miq. FI. Nederl. Ind. 3: 321; Hook. f. Brit. Ind. 6: 644; Hemsl. in Journ. 
Linn. Soe. 36 (1903) 242. Scirpus miliaceus Linn. ! hb. propr; an Sp- PI. 
75 partim ? 
Luzon, (1340 Loher) . Panay, (100 Copeland) . 
In India very common ; extending to the Liu Kiu and the Marianne Islands. 
This species is difficult to separate from Fimbristylis miliacea Vahl, the nut 
being very similar. The stems are sometimes marked 5-angular at the top. 
18. Fimbristylis globulosa Kunth, Enum. 2 (1837) 231. 
Uppermost sheath without a leaf ; spikelets cuboid-ellipsoid larger than 
those of F. miliacea ; otherwise much as that species. 
Miq. FI. Nederl. Ind. 3: 322; Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 6: 644; Hemsl. in Journ. 
Linn. Soe. 36 (1903) 237. Fimbristylis efoliata Steud. ! in Zoll. Verz. Ind. 
Arehip. lieft 2, 61; Miq. FI. Nederl. Ind. 3: 318 et Suppl. 261. Scirpus 
globulosus Betz. Obs. 6: 19. 
Philippines, [Loher). Luzon, (3652 Merrill) ; (5582, 5705 Elmer) . 
In India very common, extending through Malaya to the Marianne Islands. 
19. Fimbristylis complanata Link Hort. Berol. 1 (1827) 292. 
Bracts usually 2, shorter than the umbel, linear-ligulate with an abrupt 
triangular tip ; otherwise as F. quinquangularis Kunth. 
Miq. FI. Nederl. -Ind. 3: 320; Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 6: 646; Hemsl. in Journ. 
Linn. Soc. 36 (1903). 231, varr. incl. Fimbristylis autumalis Boeck. in Vidensk. 
Meddel. Kjob. (1868-69) 141 var. y; Vidal ! Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. 284; Phan. 
Cuming. Philip. 156, non Roem. et Sch. Fimbristylis anceps Steud. ! in Zoll. 
Verz. Ind. Arehip. heft 2, 61, cf. Boeck. in Flora 42 (1859) 68. F. amblyphylla 
Steud. ! Cyp. 116; Miq. FI. Nederl. Ind. 3: 324. Scirpus complanatus Retz. Obs. 
5: 14. Cyperus complanatus Willd. Sp. PI. 1 : 270. Isolepis Willdenowii Roem. et 
Sch. Syst. 2: 120; Mant. 69; Presl ! Rel. Haenlc. 1: 189. Isolepis complanata 
Roem. et Sch. Syst. 2: 119; Mant. 68, 533; Decaisne ! in Nouv, Ann. Mus. 
Paris, 3 (1834) 360, 
