98 
CLARKE. 
23. Fimbristylis fusca Bentli. in Benth. et Hook. Gen. PI. 3 (1883) 1048. 
Stem with about 10 spikelets ; nut obovoid, verrucose. 
Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 6: 649; Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 36 (1903) 236. 
Fimbristylis Kamphoveneri Boeck. ! in Engl. Jahrb. 5 (1884) 505. Gussonea 
pauciflora Brongn. in Duperry Voy. Coquille, 2 (1829) 171. t. 3). B. Abildgaardia 
pauciflora Kunth, Enum. 2: 249; Miq. FI. Nederl. Ind. 3: 298. Rhynchospora ? 
anomala Steud. ! in Zoll. Yerz. Ind. Arcliip. lieft 2, 61; Miq. FI. Nederl. Ind. 
3: 337. Isolepis longispica Steud. ! Cyp. 104. 
Luzon, (1343 Lolier) ; (2785 Merrill) . 
From India to the Philippines and Bouru ; frequent. 
24. Fimbristylis Actinoschoenus Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 6 (1893) 650. 
Spikelets subcapitate, 3-1 -flowered ; glumes almost aristate ; nut obo- 
void, smooth. 
Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 36 (1903) 230. Arthrostylis Thouarsii Kunth, 
Enum. 2: 284; Miq.' FI. Nederl. Ind. 3: 335. A. Ghinensis Benth. FI. Hongk. 
397. Actinoschoenus filiformis Benth. in Hook. f. Ie. PI. 14: 33. t. 13Jf6. 
Culion, (553 Merrill). 
Madagascar; Ceylon; Malayan Peninsula to the Liu Kiu Islands. 
The three geographic forms of this, from Madagascar, Ceylon and Malaya, 
differ somewhat, and have been esteemed distinct species. 
9. BULBOSTYL IS Kunth. 
1. Bulbostylis barbata Kunth, Enum. 2 (1837) 208, 205. 
Stem with one head of spikelets. 
Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 6: 651; Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 36 (1903) 247; 
Merrill in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 1: 31. Scirpus barbatus Rottb. 
Descr. et Ic. 52. t. 17 f. 1/.; Vidal Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. 284; Phaner. Cuming. 
Philip. 156. (S', capillaris Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2, 73, partim. Isolepis barbata R. Br. 
Prodr. 222; Presl Rel. Haenk. 1: 187; Decaisne in Nouv. Ann. Mus. Paris, 3 
(1834) 360. I. involucellata Steud. ! in Zoll. Verz. Ind. Archip. heft 2, 62; 
Miq. FI. Nederl. Ind. 3: 311. I. Cumingii Steud. ! Cyp. 101; Miq. 1. c. 310. 
Fimbristylis barbata Benth. ! FI. Austral. 7 : 32. 
Philippines, (Llanos) ; (Haenlce, hb. Presl No. 56) ; (1508 Cuming). Luzon, 
Manila, (1857 Wichura) ; (204 Chamisso) ; (1337, 1338 Loher)- (6478 Elmer)- 
(410 Whitfprd) ; (321, 1121 Merrill). 
Warm parts of the Old World; abundant in India. There are also two 
collections from Florida and two from Georgia, North America. 
2. Bulbostylis capillaris Kunth, Enum. 2 (1837) 205, 212. 
Umbel simple or compound, rarely reduced to a single spikelet. 
In America, abundant. 
Var. £ trifida Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 6: 652. 
Uut smooth, not, or obscurely transversely undulate. 
Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 3 6 (1903) 248. Bulbostylis trifida Kunth, Enum. 
2: 213. Scirpus capillaris Linn. Mant. 321 et hb. propr. Isolepis capillaris 
Ledeb. FI. Ross. 4: 257; Miq. FI. Nederl. Ind. 3: 311. I. tricliolcolea Steud. ! in 
