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Philippines, (Llanos)-, (530 Cuming)-, (46 lib. Presl). Luzon, (871, 872 
Jagor) ■ (762 Loher) . 
Very common in southeastern Asia; common in all warm countries. 
Scirpus autumnalis Linn. Mant. 180, is a much more slender plant, the top 
of the stem not at all flattened, which is abundant in America. There occur, 
especially from Australia, forms or varieties of Fimbristylis complanata Link, 
which are difficult to separate from the American F. autumnalis Roem. et Sch. 
However, whether these are to be referred to F. autumnalis or not, I have received 
no similar forms from the Philippines; the Philippine Fimbristylis complanata 
is a robust plant with the stem conspicuously flattened 'at the top, often almost 
2-winged. 
Series B. Spikelets in clusters. 
20. Fimbristylis cymosa It. Br. Prodr. (1810) 228. 
Clusters few, sometimes only one head; nut chestnut black. 
Deeaisne in Nouv. Ann. Mus. Paris, 3 (1834) 361; Miq. FI. Nederl. Ind. 3: 
328; Ilemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 36 (1903) 232. F. multifolia Boeck. ! in 
Linnsea 38 (1874) 397. 
Philippines, “Toubonia” (1433 Cuming) in hb. Kew (a false number) . 
Common in Malaya, Oceania and Australia, not extending to India. 
There is some doubt about the example above cited, not however concerning 
the species. I do not know an island named “Toubonia,” but the ticket is written 
up distinctly by Bentham, and it is highly probable that the species in indigenous 
in the Philippines. 
21. Fimbristylis junciformis Kunth ! Enum. 2 (1837) 239. 
Clusters of spikelets very numerous ; nut straw-yellow. 
Miq. FI. Nederl. Ind. 3: 327; Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 6: 647. F. brevifolia 
Presl ! Rel. Haenk. 1 : 192, non R. Br. F. brachyphylla Presl ! Rel. Haenk. 
1 : 351, non Schultes. F. Haenkei Dietr. Sp. PL 2: 161. F. falcata Kunth, 
Enum. 2: 239; Miq. FI. Nederl. Ind. 3: 326. Scirpus junciformis Retz. Obs. 
6: 19. 
Philippines, (Presl). Luzon, Manila, (Gallery). 
In India, common. 
Two bundles of Haenke’s collection, which Presl supposed were collected in 
Monterey and adjacent localities in California, were collected in the Philippines. 
Sect. IV. Abildgaaedia. 
Lower glumes of the spikelet two-ranked, the uppermost spiral. Style 3-fid. 
22. Fimbristylis monostachya Hassfc PI. Jav. Rar. (1848) 61. 
Stem with one, rarely a second, spikelet; nut almost stalked, more or 
less tubercled. 
Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 6: 649; Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 36 (1903) 240. 
Cyperus monostaehyus Linn. ! Mant. 180 et hb. propr. Abildgaardia - mono- 
stachya Vahl, Enum. 2: 296; Moritzi, Verz. Zoll. Pfl. 95; Miq. FI. Nederl. Ind. 
3: 297. A. compressa Presl ! Rel. Haenk. 1: 179; Miq. FI. Nederl. Ind. 3: 297. 
Luzon, (Meyen) ■ (Eaenke) ; (1859 Wichura) ; (761 Loher)-, (114 Merrill). 
Mindanao, (145 DeVore and Hoover) ; (398 Copeland) . 
Common in all warm countries, very common in India in turf. 
