100 
CLARKE. 
5. Scirpus mucrcmatus Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 1, 50; ed. 2, 73, pro majore parte. 
Stem nearly leafless, triquetrous upward, with one dense lateral head 
of large spilcelets. 
Decaisne in Nouv. Ann. Mus. Paris, 3 (1834) 361; Miq. FI. Nederl. Ind. 3: 
304; Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 6: 657; Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 36 (1903) 252. 
Scirpus acutus Presl ! Bel. Haenk. 1 : 192. S. Preslii Dietr. Sp. PI. 2: 175; Miq. 
FI. Nederl. Ind. 3: 305. S. J avanus Nees in Wight Contrib. 112; Moritzi, Yerz. 
Zoll. Pfl. 97; Steud. in Zoll. Verz. Ind. Archip. heft 2, 62; Miq. FI. Nederl. Ind. 3: 
305. $. Sundanus Miq. 1. c. 304. 
Luzon, (Mertens) ; (3978 Vidal) ; (799 Loher) • (5948 Elmer) ; (84, 2261, 
4342 Merrill). 
Warmer parts of the Old World, abundant in southeastern Asia; frequent in 
Oceania ; rare in Africa. 
Britton reports this plant from Pennsylvania, and Coulter has sent examples 
from California, supposedly introduced. 
6. Scirpus triqueter Linn. Mant. (1767) 29. 
Leaves short; stem triquetrous; umbel lateral, thin; style 2-fid; hy- 
pogynous bristles 3 to 6, retrosely scabrous, not plumose. 
Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 6: 658; Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 36 (1903) 255. 
Europe, north Asia, Japan, common; also at the Cape of Good Hope. 
Var. /3 segregata Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 6: 658. 
Spikelets mostly solitary; hypogenous bristles 3-2. 
S. subulatus Prain in Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng. 60 2 (1892) 335, non Vahl. 
Luzon, (802 Loher). 
Coasts of the Bay of Bengal; also in New Guinea. 
7. Scirpus grossus Linn. f. Suppl. (1781) 104, et Linn. hb. propr. 
Very large, the umbel large, compound; hypogynous bristles 6, sca- 
brous; style 3-fid. 
Miq. FI. Nederl. Ind. 3: 307 et Suppl. 261; Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 6: 659; 
Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 36 (1903) 250. Scirpus aemulans Steud. ! in Zoll. 
Verz. Ind. Archip. heft 2, 62. S. maritimus var. /3 aemulans Miq. -FI. Nederl. Ind. 
3: 306 (infauste). 
India, common. 
Var. /3 Kysoor Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 6 : 660. 
Tubers edible ; hypogynous setfe villous by reason of flaccid many-celled 
hairs. 
Scirpus Kysoor Boxb. Hort. Beng. 1814 (1813) 6. 
Philippines, (Llanos). Luzon, (878 Loher)-, (62 Merrill). Mindanao 
(1-336 Copeland) . 
Frequently cultivated in India. Many examples have been received from the 
Malayan Peninsula and Archipelago. 
8. Scirpus Ternatensis Miq. FI. Nederl. Ind. 3 (1855) 307. 
Tall, with nodes and leaves in the upper half of the stem ; umbel large, 
compound ; stide 2-fid. 
