74 " Materioh for a Flora of iJic Malayan Peninsula. 



4, j\r. TKxriroLius, Sdirad. in ^Marb. Fl. Bmz. IT. 4G. Stolons 

 slender liardly -^5 inoli llirongli clothed with lanceolate striate scales. 

 ►Stems slender flaccid. Leaves very narrow. Umbel simple con- 

 tracted, ra3's 0-1 incli long. Spikes solitary cylindric or ovoid, loo§o. 

 Spikelets with 1-3 (usiiallv 2) nuts dusky green ultimately sub- 

 erect. Clarke Fl. Brit. Ind. \I. 022. Trim. Fl. Ceyl. Y. 43. C. 

 innhelkilus var. la.vata, Clarke Joui'n. Linn. Soc. XXL 201. 



Malacca (Griffith G211). Not seen. Distrib. India, Ceylon. 



5. M. ALBESCENS, Gaud. Freyc. Voy. Bot. 415. A coarse tufted 

 plant. Leaves stiit' rather thick ribbed and transversely barred when 

 dr}^ longer than stems, | inch wide or less. Stems stilf triangular 

 aljout 3 feet long. Umbels usually large and dense 3-12 inches across, 

 rays 4- inches long. Spikes crowded rather turgid ^ inch long. 

 Glumes short ovate obtuse striate not keeled pale or reddish, striate not 

 keeled. Xut obovoid trigonous hardiv half as long as the glume pale 

 brown. Clarke Fl. Brit. Lid. A'l. ' 023. Trim. Fl. Ceyl. V. 40. 

 Ci/pcrus pcnnalus, Lam. 111. I. 14-1. Kunth. Enum. II. 80. Clarke 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. XXI. 194. C. canesccns, Yahl. Enum. IT. n."."). 

 Xees. Wight. Contrib. 84. Boeck. Linnaea. XXXVI. 340. 



Singapore: Tanjong Iiii, Bajau (TJidlev) ; Johor : Tauali TJunto 

 (Ridley lUo), Batu'Tahat (loUiKj) ; Pahang: Sungei Mevaug (IJid- 

 ley 1414); Malacca (Griffith), Alor Gajah' (l^idfey), Aver I'anas 

 (Cantley's Coll.) ; Kedah: Yan (Eidley) ; Kelantan: Kamposa (IJid- 

 ley 1?45). Distrib. Africa, Tropical Asia, Australia and Polynesia. 

 Xative name '' Eumput Sulingsen," " Pumput Sural."' Common near 

 the sea, rarer in land. 



- 0. M. MicROCEPiiALTs, Prcsl. Pel. Haenk. I. 182. Large lulled 

 ])lant, rhizome short. I^eaves nearly as long as the stem I inch across. 

 Stem 18 inches to 3 feet tall. Und)el compound 8-12 inches and more 

 across, rays 1-G inches long. Bracts long. Spikes numerous. Spike- 

 lets arranged in stellate globose beads, radiating in all dii'ections dark 

 red, more rarely pale, \-l inch long narrow linear. Glunu^s narrow 

 lanceolate keeled 4-8 in a spikelet. Xut narrow linear curved beaked. 

 Wings of rachilla oblong. Clarke Fl. Bril. Tnd. \l. G24. Trim. Fl. 

 Ceyl. Y. 40. M. dUiiius, Xees. Wight. Contrib. 90. M. giyanleus, 

 Boeck. Flora XLII. 443. Cijperiin courpadus, J^'tz. Obs. Y. 10. C. 

 (liluhts, A'ahl. Enum. IT. 357. Kunth. Enum. II. 92. Boeck. 

 Linnaea. XXXA'I. 354. Clarke Journ. Linn. Soc. XXL 193. C. 

 spinu/osus, Poxb. Fl. Ind. I. 203. 



Singapore (Wallich 3439), Galang (Pidlev) ; Johor: Batu Pahat 

 (Pidlev); Pahang: IVkan (Pidlev) ; Perak :' Teluk Anson (Pidlev 

 lo;08j; :Malacca (Griffith): JVnang Waterfall (Curtis 18M)^; 

 Sclangoi': K'uala Lum])ur (Itidlcy); Kelantan: Kamposa (IJidley); 

 liCgeh : Toinoh ( Maebado). 



