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MERRILL. 
CYPERACE2E. 
KYLLINGA Rottb. 
Kyllinga intermedia R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 219; Clarke in Philip. Journ. Sci. 
Bot. 2 (1907) 78. 
At 1,500 m. alt. (No. 4404 Merritt ) June, 1906. 
Previously known in the Philippines only from northern Luzon. 
Formosa, the Philippines, north and east Australia and ( ?)' the Fiji Islands. 
CYPERUS Linn. 
Cyperus diffusus Vahl. Enum. 2 (1806) 321; Clarke in Philip. Journ. Sci. 
Bot. 2 (1907) 83. 
In an old clearing along the Alag River at lO’O m. alt. (No. 5692). 
Previously known in the Philippines from Luzon and Mindanao. 
India to Malaya and New Guinea. 
TORULINIUM Desv. 
ToruJinium confertum Desv. in Hamilt. Prodr. Ind. Oce. (1825) 15; Clarke 
in Philip. Journ. Sci. Bot. 2 (1907) 89. 
With the preceding (No. 5693). 
Widely distributed in the Philippines. 
Cosmopolitan in the Tropics. 
MAPANIA Aubl. 
Mapania humilis (Hassle.) F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 309; Clarke in Philip. 
Journ. Sci. Bot. 2 (1907) 109. 
In forests along the Alag River at 200 m. alt. (No. 6130). 
Previously known in the Philippines from Luzon, Mindoro and Mindanao. 
Malayan peninsula and archipelago. 
CL ADI U M R. Br. 
Cladium latifolium Merrill n. sp. 
Planta robusta usque ad 1 m. alta, caespitosa, glabra, foliis rigidis, 
coriaceis, glabris, ecostatis, basi equitantibus, inferioribus sensim reductis, 
planis, lineari-lanceolatis, 2.5 ad 80 cm. longis, 1 ad 1.6 cm. latis, margine 
glabris, apice sensim acuminatis; paniculae oblongae, cireiter 10 cm. 
longae, 4 cm. latae, densiflorae, spiculis nnmerosis, 3-floris, purpurascen- 
tibns, 6 ad 7 mm. longis. 
Densely ctespitose, perennial, the cnlms about 1 m. high, glabrous. 
Leaves equitant at the base, the lower ones gradually reduced and .-the 
lowermost almost scale-like, all radical except one which is borne below 
the middle of the culm, 2.5 to 80 cm. long, 1 to 1.6 cm. wide, plane, 
glabrous throughout,- rigid, coriaceous, ecostate, the margins smooth, the 
apex gradually acuminate or merely acute, the sheathing lower portions 
often purplish, otherwise green, the one culm-leaf about 4 cm. long. Culm 
erect, terete, striate, glabrous, 3 to 4 mm. in diameter. Panicle oblong, 
about 10 cm. long, 4 cm. in diameter, densely flowered, the branches in 
alternate fascicles, each fascicle subtended by a broad, inflated often 
purplish bract 1 to 2.5 cm. long, the apex contracted and produced as 
