76 Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



Penang: \Yatorfall Quarry (Curtis 1905, 2176), '(Didrichsen 

 olS'i). Distril). Ceylon, Xcw Caledonia and Philippines. Very 

 near E. plantaginea but the stems more slender. 



3. E. VARiEGATA, Kuntli. Enum. II. 153. var. la.ri flora, Clarice. 

 Stems not septate 13 to 24 inclies tall slender or moderately stout, 

 sheaths witli a round mouth and short triangular limb. Spike \ 

 inch long or little more. Glumes green, with darker centre oblong 

 obtuse. Hypogynous bristles 6 or 7 longer than the nut. Styles 

 3 dark red, base oi' style conic green, nut ovoid yellow. Clarke Fl. 

 Brit. Ind. YI. iS'2(',. 'Frim. Fl. Ceyl. V. Gi). Seirpus laxi floras, Thw. 

 Enum. 435. 



Singapore Garden Lake, Peservoir (Pidley 5881, 1726), (Kurz 

 3014); johor: Batu Pahat (Pidlev) ; Malacca: Merlimau (Derry 

 242), (Griffith 6229) ; Penang: Pekan (Pidley 1548) ; Porak: Selama 

 (Wray 4264) ; Penang Waterfall (Curtis 2177), Telok Bahang (Cur- 

 tis 1865). Distrib. India, Malaya, China and Polynesia. 



The commonest species, very abundant in ponds and ditches. 

 The typical E. variegata, native of the Mascarene Islands has the 

 glumes red edge and bristles not as long as the nut. 



4. E. FisTi-LOSA, Schultes. Poem. & Schultes. Syst. II. Mant. 89. 

 Stems rather stout triquetrous above 18 inches tall. Spike h-l inch 

 long broader many flowei'ed, acute. Glumes broad ovate ol)tuse ribl)ed 

 when dry laxly imljricating, dirty whitish. Bristles 6 as long as the 

 nut. Nut ovoid, base narrowed, polished brown. Style biconvex 

 arms 2 conic base short. Clarke Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 627"! Trim. Fl. 

 Ceyl. V. 70. E. acutangiila & media, Schultes I.e. 91, E. plani- 

 ciilmis, Steud. Syn. Cyp. 80. Zoll. Verz. Ind. Arch. II. 62. Scirpus 

 fistulosiis, Poir. Encyc. VI. 749. H. aciifangiihis, S. mcdeius, Eoxb. 

 Fl. Ind. J. 213. Limnochloa acidangula and media, Xees. Wight. 

 Contrib. 111. llcJeorhnris fistulom, Boeck. Linn. XXXVI. 472. 



Malacca (Grithth 6230), Tanjong Kling (Pidley 3121), Bukit 

 Sabukor (Derry 3535). 



5. E. OCHROSTACHYS, Stcud. Syn. Cyp. 80. Stems slender 12- 

 14 inches long, with numerous barren ones, terete not septate. Spike- 

 let slender \ inch long pale. Glumes lax few narrow scarcely broader 

 than the stem subacute. Hypogynous bristles 8. Style trifid, longer 

 than the nut. Xut obovoid ti'uticate light brown ribbed, base of style 

 conic. Clarke Fl. Brit. Ind. \'l. ()2<). Jlrleocliaris siibiilala, Boeck. 

 Flora XLL 412. 



Singapore: Tanglin (Ridley 3), 'IVlok Kurnu (loll I). Changi, 

 Seletar (5799); Johor: Kota Tinggi ; Malacca ((Irillitli): Merlimau 

 (Derry 229); Bindings: Lumut; I'ahang: IVkan (Pidley 1331). 

 Common in ponds and ditches. " Pumput Sikat." 



