CYPERACEiE OF THE PHILIPPINES. 
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Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 36 (1903) 254. Scirpus Ghinensis Munro in Seem. 
Yoy. Herald (1857) 423; Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 6: 662. 
Luzon, (797 Lolier) ■ (5790, 6287 Elmer). 
In India and China, common; also received from Tonking, Liu Kiu, Celebes 
and the Bonin Islands. 
11. FU IRENA Eottb. 
1. Fuirena glomerata Lam. 111. 1 (1791) 150. 
Annual, petals subquadrate, clawed, cordate at the base. 
Decaisne in Nouv. Ann. Mus. Paris, 3- (1834) 360; Miq. FI. Nederl. Ind. 3: 
326; Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 6: 666; Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 36 (1903) 256. 
Fuirena RotthoelHi Nees ! in Wight Contrib. 94; Steud. in Zoll. Verz. Ind. 
Archip. heft 2, 61. F. striata Llanos Fragm. PI. Filip. 21. Scirpus dliaris Linn. 
Mant. 182 et lib. propr. ! 
Philippines, [Llanos). Luzon, (866 Jagor) ■ (767 Lolier)-, (96 Gaudi- 
chaud) ; (3653 Merrill) - (5596 Elmer). 
Warm parts of the Old World, very common; a frequent weed in rice lands. 
2. Fuirena umbellata Rott. Descr. et Ic. (1773) 70. t. 19, i. e. t. 18 altera, f. 3. 
Perennial, petals obovate, narrowed at the base, hardly clawed. 
Presl, Rel. Haenk. 1: 186; Moritzi, Verz. Zoll. Pfl. 97; Steud. in Zoll. Verz. 
Ind. Archip. heft 2, 61 ; Vidal, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. 284 ; Phaner. Cuming. Philip. 
156; Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 6: 666; Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 36 (1903) 256. 
Fuirena tereticulmis Presl ! Rel. Haenk. 1 : 186. F. pentagona Schum. Guin. PI. 
42 ; Miq. FI. Nederl. Ind. 3 : 329. 
Luzon, (1254, 1834 Cuming) ; (768 Lolier). 
Warm countries of both hemispheres, very common. 
12. RYNCHOSPORA Vahl. 
Style 2-fid. Hypogynous bristles present. 
* Culm with one dense head of spilcelets. 
1. Rynchospora Wallichiana Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 6 (1893) 668.. 
Nut laterally flattened. 
Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 36 (1903) 260. Rhynchospora Haenlcei Presl, Rel. 
Haenk. 1 (1828) 199; Miq. FI. Nederl. Ind. 3: 336. Rh. Wallichiana Kunth, 
Enum. 2 (1837) 289; Moritzi, Verz. Zoll. Pfl. 98; Steud. in Zoll. Verz. Ind. Archip. 
heft 2, 61; Miq. FI. Nederl. Ind. 3: 262. Mariscus umbellatus var. procerior 
Steud. in Zoll. Verz. Ind. Archip. heft 2, 63. 
Luzon, (794, 795 Loher) ■ (6510 Elmer). Semeraea, (4153 Merrill) . 
From India to Japan and Queensland, common; rare in tropical Africa. 
2. Rynchospora Wightiana Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 6 (1893) 669. 
Nut dorsally flattened. 
Rliyrichospora Wightiana Steud. Cyp. 148. Rh. discolor Steud. 1. c. Rh. 
longisetis var. F. Muell. Fragm. Phyt. Austral. 9 : 75, in obs. Haplostylis 
Wightiana Nees ! in Nova Acta Nat. Cur. 19 (1843) Suppl. 1 : 101. H. Meyenii 
Nees ! ms. partim. 
