Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 59 



Linnaea XXXV. 424. Clarke Fl. Brit. Iiid. YL 588. Trimcn Fl. 

 Cyl. Y. 45. K. intermedia, Br. Proclr. 319. K. cruciata, Xces. Lin- 

 naea IX. 286. K. monocephala, Tlumb. Fl. Jap. 35. Miq. Ann. 

 Mus. Liigd. Bat. II. 142 (not Eottb.). K. sororia, Kuntli. Enimi. 

 II. 131. Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. III. 293 partly. K. gracilis, Kth. I.e. 

 Miq. I.e. 293. K, fuscata, Miq. i.e. 294. K. auraia var. llolien- 

 liackeri, Boeck. I.e. 423. K. triceps, Tlmnb. Fl. Jap. 35 (not Eottb.). 

 Schoenvs coloratus, L. Sp. PL Ed. 2. 64. Whole Peninsula, very 

 eonmion in grassy spots. 



Singapore: Bajau (Ridley 205), Seletar (1638), Tanglin (9), 



(Kiirz. 3997) ; Paliang, Malacca, Selangor, Pj'ovince Wellcsley 



(King); Penang: Government Hill (Curtis 1808). Distrib. All 



.warm parts of the world except Europe. Xative name " Pumput 



Tuki." The rhizomes used for poulticing sore legs. 



3. 1\. MELANOSPERMA, Nccs. Wight. Coutrilx 91. lihizomc 

 short and thick. Stems 15 by 18 inches long, triquetrous above. 

 Leaves few and short 1-4 inches long, \ inch wide. Head solitary 

 ovoid green ] inch long. Bracts '^ to 4 inches long. Spikes ^ inch 

 long narrow. Fertile glume ovate mucronate, keel green, with few 

 short teeth ribs strong 3-4 on each side. Xut oblong ovoid black. 

 Boeck. Linnaea. XXXV. 419. Clarke I.e. 388. Trimen. Fl. Ceyl. V. 

 45. K. hrei'ifolia, Xees. I.e. 91. partly (not Pottb.). K. fuscescens, 

 Boeck. I.e. 421. partlv. K. vaginata, ZoU. Verz. Ind. Arch. II. 63. 

 Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. III. 290. 



Singapore (Kurz), Tanglin, Thomson Poad (Pidley). Pare in 

 grassy spots. Distrib. Africa, Madagascar, S. India, Java. 



4. K. CYLiNDUiCA, Xoes. Wight. Contrib. 91. Phizome very 

 short. Leaves numerous tufted shorter than the stem 4-5 incbes long 

 |-^ inch wide. Stem 6 inches long. Head of 3 spikes, middle one 

 cA'lindric j inch long white, laterals shorter ovoid. Bracts 3 or 4 1-3 

 inches long. Spikelets narrow lanceolate, -^q inch long. Fertile 

 glume ovate submucronate keel hardly distinct with very few short 

 teeth, ribs prominent. Xut yellow turning black. Boeck. Linnaea. 

 XXXV. 415. Clarke I.e. 588. Trim. Fl. Ceyl. V. 44. 



Singapore: Sandy lawn of the Paffles Institution (Hiillett 2195). 

 Very rare. I have never been able to find this plant anywhere else 

 even in the neighbourhood. Distrib. India, Africa, Australia. 



2. Pyckeus, Beauv. 



Stems ej-ect, leafy at the base only. Inlloresceuce umbellate or 

 capitate, of ol^long or linear flattened spikes, with a persistent racheola. 

 Clumes distichous 2 lowest empty, upper ones bisexual, terminal one 

 or two empty. Stems 1-3. Style with two branches, nut laterally 

 compressed. 



