54 Materials fur a Flora of Uie Malayan Peitinsula. 



Heads small, iiiv(»]iical hracls aciite longer 



lliaii flowers, spreading . . . . . . L\ xcranlhcinujii. 



E. sLXANurLAin:, Linn. .Sp. J'l. 81. Uoulstoek stout. Leaves 

 long linear obtuse grassy dark green 3 to 13 inelies long J to I inch 

 wide. Scapes luiuicrous slender terete dark green with white ribs, 

 12 to 18 inches long. Heads ghjl)0se or columnar hard, hoary base 

 ti'uncate or intruded ] inch long. Invohicral bracts ovate obtuse. 

 ]{eceptac]e glabrous conic or hairy. Fh)ral bracts sjjathulate, male 

 llowei'S sepals usually connate boat-shaj)ed keeled. Telals very small 

 tipped with a tuft of hairs. Fenude liowers very shortly pedicelled 

 or sessile. Sepals boat-shaped keeled. J\'tals filiform with a tuft 

 of white hairs. Capsule flat l)roadly winged. Seeds elliptic ribbed 

 and papillose. Hook. (il. Fl. Jirit. Tnd. VI. 580. J'J. }\aHi(hianuni , 

 Mart, in Wall. PI. As. Ifar. 111. 2G. t. 24!). Kunth. Enum. ill. 

 561. Steud. Syn. Cyp. 271. Koern. Linnaea XW'II. 087. Tri- 

 men. Journ. Linn. Soc. XXR'. I'M). L\ quadranga/arc. Lour. il. 

 Cochin (iO. 



Singapore: IU'Sci'\()ir (Kidlcy 5882) and wlioU; island; dolior: 

 Tana Merah : Malacca (Grilliths), Bukit Sabukor (Derry 27v), Ayer 

 Pajuis (Coodcnough 3G51) ; Sungci Ujong: Bukit Sulu; Pahang: 

 Pekau (Kidley) ; Penang Hill (IJidlcy !J3o5). Distrib. Madagascar, 

 Trop. xVsia. 



A vei'y common plant in open damp spots, 'i'he var. Joiujifoliuiii, 

 Hook. lil. I.e. E. lonyifoliani, Kunth. Enum. 111. ^(h I take to be 

 a form growing in long swanij) grass occasionally to be met with. 

 Forms with the ln'ads containing numerous i)ulbi]s occur in very wet 

 spots, e.g.. Sungei danang, Jt)hor (ivelsall in'J7). " llumput Suasa,'' 

 " Ixumpul Kumjnu Bunang.*' 



E. TRLNCATi-.M, Ham. in Mart. Wall. Pi. As. Pariore 111. 2!>. 

 A small tufted plant with fine ro(its. Leaves linear acute, light 

 green 1 to 2 inches long ;i inch wide. Scapes 1-1 inches tall sub- 

 terete, sheath at base tubular closely aj)i)ressed 1 inch long or less. 

 Heads greyish white i inch across hemispheric. Involucral bracts 

 ovate spreading margins slightly lacei-ate. liece])tacle neaily Hat 

 glabrous. Floral l^racts cuneate denticulate scarious. Male flowers 

 free or coherent. Petals very nnnute. Stamens or less. Anthers 

 black. Female flowers pedicelled. Sepals 3 narrow linear. Petals 

 3 linear ciliate ovary with ))etals sti|)itate subglobose. Style short 

 linear. Stignuis 3. " Seeds elliptic ribbed. Kunth. Fnum. 111. 5.")"). 

 Steud. Syn. PI. Cyp. II. 2:(». Koern. Linnoca X.WII. (i3l. Hook, 

 lil. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. -^^s. lA'avoccpliala i<[)alha<ea, Po.xb. Fl. Ind. 

 ill. GI3. 



Singapore: Tanglin, Jiukit Maiidai (l{i<llcy 3!)20) ; ^Malacca 

 ((irillilh :)M\'i ), ]>ukit Sal»ukor, Ayci- Fanas (ICOl) ; I'ahang: Kwala 

 Pahaiig (l.'idlcy li;:>): Pciak : Hindings, Lumut; Penang Hdl 



