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Leaves shorter -^ inch wide. Umbels decompound 6-8 inches across 

 dense, with very numerous spikclets clustered at the ends of the rays. 

 Spikelets linear -Jt inch long or less, yellowish brown. Glumes ovate 

 oblong obtuse, tip incurved. Xut broadly elliptic. Miq. Fl. Ind. 

 Bat. III. 2G7. BoGck. Linnaea. XXXV. 573. Clarke Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. XXL 133. Fl. Brit. Lid. YL GOO. Trim. Fl. Ceyl. V. 37. 

 C. cumorplius, Stcud. Zoll. Verz. Ind. Arch. II. G3. Syn. Cyp. 33. 

 Miq. I.e. 368. C. Haspan, Benth. Fl. Austr. VII. 3:0 (partly). 



Pahang: Pekan (Pidley 1383) ; Selangor: Kuala Lumpur Caves 

 (Ridley 8479); Penang: 'Pulau Betong (Curtis 195^). Distrib. 

 India, Java and Borneo. Damp spots and paddy fields. 



G. C. DIFFUSU8, A^alil. Enum. II. 331. .Stem 8 to 3G inches tall, 

 stout triquetrous. Leaves broad green as tall or taller | to | inch 

 across, tlmbel compound 4 to 14 inches across, rays 6 inches or more, 

 in large plants. Bracts longer leafy 5-^ inch broad, numerous. 

 Spikelets very numerous, ^-f inch long, few or many flowered, olive 

 green, digitate, 3 to 9 together. Glumes ovate boat-shaped, mucro- 

 nate nerves 3 to 5. Stamens 3 or 3, anther sometimes with a small 

 crest. Nut broadly ellipsoid triquetrous, f length of glume. X^ees. 

 Xov. Act. Acad. Xat. Cur. XIX. Suppl. I. 58. Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 

 III. 364. Clarke Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 603. C. clcgans, Sw. Obs. Bot. 

 30. Kunth. Enum. II. 38. Boeck. Linn. XXXV. 533. Clarke 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. XX. 388, XXI. 135. C. longifoUus, De Cue. 

 Nouv. Ann. Mus. III. 359 (non Poir). C. inoestus, Kunth. I.e. 31. 

 C. nigrO'Viridis, Thw. Enum. 344. 



Singapore: Bukit Timah- (Eidley) ; Pahang: Talian Piver (Kid- 

 ley) ; Perak: Simpang (Wray 3347); Selangor: Kuala Lumpur; 

 Sungei Ujong. Sandy woods. Xative name " Pumput Parah- 

 Parah,"' '" Pumput buniban.'' 



var. puhisquania. Spikelets very numerous, longer. Glumes 

 more closely imbricate, occasionally tuberulous scarbrid. C. puhis- 

 quania, Steud. Zoll. A"er/. Ind. Arch. II. 63. tSyn. Cyp. 30. Miq. 

 Fl. Ind. Bat. III. 366. Clarke Fl. Brit. Ind. VI.'G04. C. lagorcnsi^, 

 Stend. Syn. Cvp. 36. C. dlffusus, Kunth. Enum. II. 30. Boeck. 

 Linnaea. XXXV. 534. Clarke Journ. Linn. Soc. XXI. 137. XXV. 

 81. 



Jolior: Kota Tinggi (Pidley) ; Pahang: Tahan Piver (Pidley) ; 

 Selangor: Ginting Bidai (Pidley), Kuala Lumpur (51) ; Penang 

 (Wallich 3370 B), Pulau Betong (Curtis 3173) ; Perak (Wray 3347). 

 Listrib. of species Tropics. 



7. C. BAXCANUS, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. p. 360, 599. Tufted 

 or solitary 13-18 inches tall. Leaves numerous as long or longer 

 bright green 4 inch wide, flaccid. Stem triquetrous fairly stout. 

 L^nibcl compound 3-4 inches across. Bracts long and broad leaflike. 



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