58 Materials fur a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



§ A. CvriiitEAE. 



1. Kyllixga, Iiottb. 



Rhizoiiic long or short. Stems erect leaJ'y below leaves narrow. 

 Inflorescence 1-3 sessile capitate spikes, with ;> or i leafv bracts below. 

 Spikes ovoid or cvlindric of numerous small compressed spikelets. 

 (ilumes 4-0 distislious, 2 lowest glumes emi)ty, glume 3 bisexual, 

 glume 4 empty, or male. Stamens 1-3. Anthers linear oblong. 

 Style linear branches 2. Nut compressed laterally. 



Species 33. \Miole world, except Europe. 

 Fertile glume (3rd) winged in the upper half 1. K. niunocfphala. 

 Fertile glume not winged. 



lihizome elongate. 



Spikes ovoid green . . . . . . 2. K. brerifulia. 



Ehizomes thick and short. 



Leaves very short. Head solitary green 



ovoid . . . . . . . . . . 3. A'. iiiehinoiiiJcnna. 



Leaves moderately long. Heads 1-3 white 

 cylindric 4. A', ry/iiidrica. 



1. K. :\ioxoc]:i'nAi>.\, Eottb. Descr. and Ic. 13. t. 4. i". 4. IJhi- 

 zome usually short, stems close G to 13 inches. Leaves linear acu- 

 minate G-'J inches long i inch wide. S])ikes 1-3 ovoid white ^ inch 

 through. Bracts 3-4 linear, like the lea\es, longest 8 or 1) inches. 

 Spikelets -J inch long, lowest ghinie narrow linear, 2nd ovate, 3rd 

 flattened ovate acuminate ribbed crested at the middle, crest toothed, 

 white with a green lateral stripe. Glume 4 empty ovate acuminate 

 not crested, finely toothed on the keel. Xut elliptic ovoid flattened. 

 l?oxb. Fl. Ind. 1. 180. ^\^es. Wight. Contrib. 1)1 partly. Miq. Fl. 

 Jnd. Bat. 111. 291. Boeck. Linnaea. XXXV. 42;. Clarke Fl. Brit. 

 Ind. VI. 5SS. Crimen. Flor. Cyl. V. p. 41. K. irircps, Linn. f. 

 Supp. 104 (partly not liottb.). K.sororia, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. HI. 

 293 (partly not of Kunth). K. gracilis, Zoll. \'erz. Ind. Arch. II. 

 03 not Knntli). A', mindurcnds, Steud. Syn. IM. Cyp. Gl. Scirpas 

 ccphaloics, Jacq. Ilort. Vindolj. t. 91. Whole Feninsula, in grassy 

 gjwts, very abundant. 



Singapore (Wallich ;;1I3 (i) ; .lohor: Schiugor: Husun Tua 

 (I'kidley 7^:2), Ivuahi Luini)ur (81G0) ; Fahang; Malacca; Fcrak; 

 I'enang. Xative luime " Bumpul Butong.'' 



2. K. JiKEViFOLiA, Kottl). Descr. and ic. 13. t. I. L o. ifhizoiue 

 3-1 ijiciics long or more. Stems not crowdeil, or close 1 to 12 inches 

 tail. Leaves G-8 inches long, narrow. Spikes 1-3 ovoid green \ inch 

 long lanceolate. Lowest glumes very snudl. (Uume 3 lanceolate 

 mucronate strongly ]il)l)ed, keel green toothed. Glume 1 longx'r and 

 narrower, nut ovate yellow. Xees. Wight. Contrib. 91 (partly) Boeck. 



