66 Materials for a Flora of Ihe Malayan rcninsula. 



liuys of umbel, 2 inelios long. Spikes .^mall capitate dense. Spike- 

 lets jJ^ inch long lew llowered turgid. Glumes ovate mucronate 

 closely imbricate many ribbed, keel green, sides brown. Xut ovoid 

 lanceolate acute three angled dark brown as long as the glume. C. 

 iurfjidiihis, Chirke Journ. Linn. Soc. I. 130, F\. Brit. Ind. VI. 

 liiH. S< irptts irkdaius, Boeck. Linnaea. XXXVI. ?21. 



Malacca: St. Paul's Hill (Hervey), (Griflith 6164); Pahang: 

 Pekan (Ridley); Sungei Ij'ong: Gunong Berumbun (Cantley's 

 Coll.); Penang, Tanjong Bunga (Curtis 883). Distrib. Assam, 

 Burmah, Siam, Malaya. Sandy woods " Kumput Pa-para,"' " Eum- 

 put Chukor Kerbau."" 



8. C. liADiAXS, Xees. and Meyen. Linnaea. IX. 285, Xov. Act. 

 Cur. XIX. Suppl. I. 63, A tufted stiff plant stems sometimes solitary 

 1-3 inches tall and stout, leaves longer 3-6 inches long, L^mbel simple 

 or com])ound sometimes reduced to a single head, rays 1 to 12 inches 

 long. Bracts numerous -J across, longer or shorter. Spikes terminal 

 dense capitate. Spikclets ^ inch or more long rarely ^ inch long and 

 •J through. Cilumes closely imbricate ovate mucronate red brown 

 with numerous ribs. Xut obovoid black punctate | length of the 

 glume. Bentli. Fl. Plongk. 386. Boeck. Linnaea. XXXA', 515. C. 

 B. Clarke Journ. Linn. Soc. XXI, lUO, Fl, Brit, Ind, VI. 605, 

 ('. radicans, Kunth. Knum. II, 95, C. Grifjilhii, Steud, Syn. Cyp. 

 316. Clarke Journ. Linn, Soc. XXXL 301, C. macropns, Miq, Fl. 

 Ind. Bat, Suppl. 260, 599 (not of Boeck.). C. sinensis, Debcaux. Act. 

 Linn. Soc. Bordeaux XXXL 14. t. 2. XXXVIII. 30. 



Singapore: Sandy i^laces along the coast Galang to Changi (Pid- 

 ley 1747), (Wallich 3427, 33U B pai-t) ; Pahang: Sungei "Mevang 

 (Pidley 1516, 1519); Malacca (Griffith), Pulau Besar (Pidlcy) ; 

 Kelantan : ]\am])osa (llidley) ; Tringanu, Cherating IJiver (Pidley) ; 

 Penang: Tclok Baliang (Curtis), Batu Feringi (Curtis S'Si). Dis- 

 trilj. 'J'enasserim, China, Malaya. 



A seashore plant always growing in sand. A most variable plant. 

 Some s[)ecimens only an ineli or so tall solitary stems, others over a 

 foot tall, tufted. A very llaccid green form was oblaiiied at Sungei 

 Meyang. 



9. C. TitiA, L. Sp. PI. ()(. Stems solitary or coespitose trom 1 to 

 24 inches tall. Leaves shortei' ihan the stems 5- to nearly | inch wide. 

 Umbel 2-5 inches across, or more, usually compound, sometimes 

 simple, primary rays corymbose at the ends or often umbelled again. 

 Spikes loose .1-2 inches long, Sjiikelets linear, 6-20 flowered. 

 Glumes yellow or brown not imbricating obovate obtuse very short, 

 mutieous or minutely mucronate. Xut tri(|Uctrous yellow much nar- 

 rowed to the base nearly as long as tbe glume. ]{o.\b. Fl. Fnd. I. 

 201. Xees. in Wight. Cunt rib. 8]. Kiiiiili. flniim. 11. 68. Mi.]. Fl, 



