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Zoll. Verz. Ind. Archip. heft 2, 62; Miq. 1. c. 308. Fimbristylis capillacea Steud. 
! 1. e. 61 ; Miq. 1. c. 320. 
Luzon, {Loher), (4291, 4487, 4708 Merrill). 
Warm parts of the Old World; abundant. 
10. SCIRPUS Linn. 
1. Scirpus supinus Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2, 73, neque hb. propr. 
Stem with one head of few spikelets ; hypogynous bristles usually 0 ; 
style usually 3 -fid ; nut strongly transverse undulate. 
Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 6: 655; Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 3 6 (1903) 254. 
Isolepis supina It. Br. Prodr. 221 ; Miq. FI. Nederl. Ind. 3 : 309. I. jimcoides Miq. 
1. c. 312, e descript. 
Luzon, (1346 Loher) ; (3654 Merrill) . 
From France and South Africa to the Philippines and South Australia; very 
common. 
Var. /3 uninod is Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 6: 656. 
Head of spikelets loose, often with one or two short rays. 
Isolepis uninodis Delile FI. Egypt. 8. t. 6. f. 1; Miq. FI. Nederl. Ind. 3: 311, 
partim. I. ambigud Steud. ! in Zoll. Verz. Ind. Archip. heft 2, 62, nec. Steud. 
Cyp. 91. I. orysetorvm Steud. Cyp. 97. Eleocharis tristachyos Moritzi ! Verz. 
Zoll. Pfl. 97. 
Luzon, (796 Loher). 
From Senegambia to Queensland, frequent. 
2. Scirpus erectus Poir. in Lam. Eneycl. 6 (1804) 761. 
Hypogynous bristles 5 to 6 ; style 2-fid ; nut very obscurely transverse- 
undulate; otherwise as Scirpus supinus Linn. 
Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 6: 656; Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 36 (1903) 248. 
Scirpus debilis Pursh, FI. Amer. Sept. 1 (1814) 55. S. juncoides Roxb. Hort. 
Beng. 1814 (1813) 81; Steud. in Miq. FI. Nederl. Ind. 3: 303 et Suppl. 261. 
S. Lusonensis Presl ! Rel. Haenk. 1: 193; Deeaisne in Nouv. Ann. Mus. Paris 
3 (1834) 361; Miq. 1. e. 304. S. Timorensis Kunth ! Enum. 2: 162; Miq. 
1. c. 305. 
Luzon, (Meyen) ; (Haenke) ; (1348, 1349 Loher) ■ (6301 Elmer). 
Abundant in India, China, Japan; common in the eastern United States, also 
in Mascarenia, Asia Minor. 
The spikelets in this species are terete, and it is easily distinguishable from 
Scirpus supinus Linn., the spikelets of the latter being many-angled. 
3. Scirpus inundatus Poir. in Lam. Encycl. Suppl. 5 (1817) 303; Spreng. 
Syst. 1 (1825) 207; Benth. FI. Austral. 7 (1878) 329. Isolepis inundata R. Br. 
Prodr. (1810) 222. 
Mindanao, Mount Apo (298 DeVore & Hoover) ; (1046, 1435 Copeland) . 
Australia, New Zealand, Norfolk Island, and north Borneo. 
4. Scirpus articulatus Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2, 70 et hb. propr. 
Stem leafles, terete, with one dense lateral head of large spikelets. 
Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 6: 656. 
Philippines, {Moseley). Luzon, (3979 Vidal) ; (800, 801 Loher). 
Abundant in the warmer parts of the Old World. 
