68 Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



194. Xoes. in Wight. Coiilrib. Ui. Kuntli. Eniim. II. 23. Miq. 

 FI. Iiul. Bat. III. 2();3. Bocek. Linnaca. XXXY. 517. Clarke Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. XX. 284. XXI. 97. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 605. Trim. Fl. 

 Ccyl. y. oo (not ol" Jacq). C. pectiniforDiis, X^ccs. and Moyen. Nov. 

 Act. Xat. Cur. XIX. Suppl. I. 57. Common over the whole peninsula, 

 perhaps the commonest species of the genus. Variable in size. 



Singapore (Kunstler 53), (Ilidley 34) ; Malacca (Griffith) ; 

 Pahang: Kuala Berar (IJidley 2831) ; "Perak (Wray 7G6) ; Penang 

 (Curtis 1779). Distrib. All warm parts of the world. Xative 

 name " IJumput Tiga Sagi." 



12. C. ZoLLiXGEHi, Steud. Zull, Verz. Ind. Archip. II. 02, Syn. 

 Cyp. 17. Phizome sliort stout woody. Stems several 1-2 feet tall 

 bases covered with red sheaths, above triangular less than -J inch 

 through. Leaves shorter -J-|- inch wide. Bracts longer than the 

 umljel. Umbel simple, rays 3-4 inches long slender erect or nodding. 

 Spikelets 7 or 8 in an umbellule narrow linear ^ inch long. Glumes 

 somewhat distant boat-shaped nai-i-ow subacute, 4 ribbed (when dry) 

 yellow with a green keel. Xut ellipsoid or obovoid bluntly trigonous 

 black, half as long as the glume. Boeck. Linnaea. XXXVl. 352. 

 Clarke Fl. Brit. Ind. XL 013. C. rotundm, Wu\. Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 

 200, 000 (not). C. icinticuJwis, Bokl. I.e. 280 (not of Flora LXII. 

 554). C. Wightil, Hance. Journ. Bot. XVI. 14 (not of X'ecs.). C. 

 lucididus, Clarke Journ. Linn. Soc. XXL 99, XXV'. 80 (not of 

 Klein). 



Singapore: Tanglin, Changi, etc. (Pidlev), (Kurz, Ilullett) ; 

 Malacca: Pulau Besar (Pidlev), (Griffith 0209); Pahang: Pekan 

 (Pidley 1127) ; Perak: Taiping (Pidlcy) ; Penang Waterfall (Curtis 

 1833). Distrib. Africa, India, China, Australia, Malaya. Common 

 in waste ground. 



13. C. itoTUXDUS, L. Sp. PI. 07. Phizome long creeping wiry 

 subterranean, base of stem bulbous. Leaves shorter than the stem 2-8 

 inches long -J-] inch wide. Stem 6 inches to 24 tall. Umbel simple 

 or rarely compound 1-3 inches long rays slender erect. Bracts shorter 

 or longer. Spikelets slender i-1 inch long linear dark red. Glumes 

 nai-row lanceolate sul)acute not mucronatc, 7 i-ibbed keel greenisli 

 sides dark red closely imbricated, raciiilla winged. Xut ellipsoid 

 ^i-\ length of the glume. Poxb. Iloit. Beng. 5. Fl. ind. I. 179. Kunth. 

 Fnum. \.l. 58. Boeck. Linnaca. XXX \' I. 283. Clarke Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. XX. 292, XXI. 107. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 014. C. hexastachyus, 

 Pottb. Uescr. and Ic. 28. t. 14. f. 2. Xees. Wight. Contrib. 81 (part- 

 ly). C. le/jtofttacltyiis, GiilV. Itin. Notes 321 (not X'ces.). C. tenuis 

 jlorus, Poyk. 111. 112 (not Ptjttb.). Very common in waste ground 

 uud a great part in gartlcns. 



