Materials for a Flora of ilie Malayan Pemnsu'la. 73 



linear. Empty bracts lanceolate persistent. Fertile glumes 1-2 nar- 

 row not distinctly keeled, Nut narrow linear oblong brown, bluntly 

 trigonous, Clarke Fl. Brit. Ind. YI. 622, Trim. Fl. Ceyl. V. 42. 

 M. umhellatus, Vahl. Enum. II. 3^6 (part). Nees. in Wight. Con- 

 trib. 90. Kunth. Enum. II. 18. M. cyperhius, var. a and var. b. in 

 part. Nees. Wight. Contrib. 90. Eoyle. 111. 412. Scirpus cyperoides, 

 Linn. Mant. 181. Kyllinga nmhellata, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. 1, 182. 

 Cy penis nmbellatus, Miq. Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat, II, 142, Clarke 

 Journ, Linn. Soc, XXI. 201 (partly). C. ovularis, Boeck. Linnaea. 

 XXXIII, (partly), C. rylinhlrostachys, Boeck, l,c, 383 (partly). 

 C. Steudelianvs, Boeck. Engler, Jahrb. V. (1884) 91. 



Singapore: Selctar (Eidley 69), Tanglin (10638) ; Johor: Tanah 

 Eunto (Eidley), Kuala Sembrong (Kelsall 409o) ; Malacca (Griffith), 

 Alor Gajah (Eidley); Pahang: Bumpin Eiver (Eidley); >Selangor: 

 Kuala Lumpur (Eidley 58); Penang (Curtis); Kedah : Gunong 

 Jerai (Eidley). Distrib. Africa, India to Polynesia. Common in 

 waste ground, X'ative name '*' Mendarong Ekor Tupai," (Squirrel- 

 tail sedge). 



var. ei'oluUor, Clarke. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 622. A much larger 

 plant with linear spikelets bearing 2-4 nuts, widely spreading and very 

 numerous. Glumes broad ribl)ed. C. umhdlatus var. cyUndrostachys, 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. XXI. 201. C. higlumis, Clarke (partly) l,c, 199. 



Johor: Serom (Eidley 11012) ; Pahang: Pekan (Eidley 1582) ; 

 Selangor: Gua Batu, Petaling (Eidley 10171); Penang: Pulau 

 Belong (Curtis 1955). 



3. M. CYPERiNUS, Vahl. Enum. II. 3T7. Ehizome hardly any. 

 Stem 18 inches tall. Leaves narrow usually long. Bracts long and 

 narrow, umbel simple short, rays very short \ inch or less. Spikes 

 ^ inch long lax. Spikelets spread-linear j inch long reddish. 

 Glumes narrow keeled up to 5 in number. Nut linear oblong curved, 

 chestnut brown, trigonous. Nees. Wight. Contrib. 90 (Bonly). 

 Clarke Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 621. Trim. Fl. Ceyl. V. 42. M. umbel- 

 latus, Moritzi Verz. Zoll. Pfl. 98. Zoll. Verz. Ind. Arch. II. 63. 

 M. sondamis, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 289. Kyllinga ryperina, Eetz. 

 Obs. VI. 21. C. vmhellatus, Benth. Fl. Hongkong '386 '(partly). C. 

 paniceus, Boeck. Linnaea. XXXVI. 381 (partly). C. umheUaius, 

 forma cyperina, Clarke Journ. Linn. Soc, XXI, 200, 



Singapore Garden Weed (Eidlev 8948), Gelang; Johor: Pulau 

 Tioman; Pahang: Pekan (Eidley 1270); Malacca (Griffith 6243), 

 (part); Sungei Ujong: Gunong Berumbun (Cantley's Coll,); Pe- 

 nang: Telok Bahang (Curtis) ; Sittang (Gaudichaud 14 fide Clarke), 

 Distrib, Trop. Asia and Polynesia. Native name " Eumput Pinang," 

 " Eumput Payong." 



