64 MaieriaU for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



XXI. ST. Fl Brit. Tnd. VT. 598. C. squarrosiifi. Trim. Cat. Ceyl. 

 ri. 100. 



Perak: Ulu Bera (King's Coll. 10805). TJarc Distrib. India, 

 Cocliin-China, Anstralia. 



,1. C. uxciXATus, Toir. Encyc. YII. p. 247. Dwarf plant 2-6 

 inches tall. Leaves narrow as long or longer tlian the stems, umbels 

 of 4 or 5 ra^'s, or contracted to a single head. Spikelets linear g- 

 inch long pale or dark red. (.'JKimes strongly three nerved with a 

 strong recurved mncro. Xnt oblong ovoid ^ length of ghime. C. 

 fuspidatiiSj H. B. K. Xov. Clen. and Sp. 1. 204. Knnth. Enum. II. 

 22. Boeck. Linnaea. XXXV. 496. Clarke Joiirn. Linn. Soe. XX. 

 284, XXI. 88, XXV. 80. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 599. Trim. Fl. Ceyl. 

 Vol. V. p. 26. C. angusf{fo/iu!i, Xees. Wight. Contrib. 79. Knnth. 

 Emim. II. 21. V. castanetis, Hance. Jonrn. Linn. Soe. XIII. 130. 

 Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. III. 261 (not Willd.). C. sohdus, Steud. Svn. 

 Cyp. 14 Miq. I.e. 263. 



Singapore: Macpherson Koad (Kidley 8951); Penang: Dato 

 Kramat (Curtis 1831); Kqdah : Yan (Ridley 5153). Distrib. All 

 warm regions. Sandy spots not rare. Only distinguishable from 

 tlie preceding by the form of the nut. 



4. C. Haspax, Linn. Sp. PI. 66. Phiznme creeping 6 inches 

 long with distant solitary stems, or short with tufted stems. Stems 

 4-30 inches long flaccid weak acutely triquetrous Usually j% inch thick. 

 Leaves sliorter than stem or nearly as long. Bracts long broad leaf- 

 like, tip triquetrous. Uml)el small or usually large compound or 

 simple, loose and thin rays 4 inches or less, spikes few or numerous 

 dense, -^ inch long to f , narrow. Glumes few usually 10 to 40 ovate 

 obtuse very obscurely mucronate or not, sides reddish, keel green. 

 Nut obovoid triquetrous white or pale brown, very small. Poxb. Fl. 

 Ind. I. 210. Xees. in Wight. Contrib. 80 (partlv). Kunth. Enum. 

 II. 34. Boeek. Linn. XXXV. 574 (partly). Clarke Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. XX. 287, XXI. 119. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 600. C. graminifolius, 

 l^oir. Lam. Encyc. VI I. 267. Kunth. I.e. 98. C. pes-ariiim, Bertx)l. 

 Misc. Bot. VJII. 30. t. 3. f. 1. 



Singapore (Kurz 140), (Kunstler 61), Changi (Pidley 6113), 

 Seletar (l'<52); Malacca: Aver Panas (Cantley's Coll.); Pahang: 

 Pekan (Pidley 1-195); Selangor: Kuala Lumpur; Perak (Wray); 

 Penang: Tanjong Bunga (Cuitis 1188); Ke(hih: Gunong Jerai at 

 3000 feet alt. (Pidley). Distrib. All warm regions. Very common 

 in swampy wet o])en ground. Xative names '" Pumput Sumbo," 

 " li'umput Bills Janlan."' A'ery variable in size and developnaent or 

 umbel. 



5. C. prLrTTF.RRi.Arrss, Willd. Kunth. Eni1m. IT. 35, A tufted 

 plant with numerous stcijis 1 1 to IS inches tall modei'ately stout. 



