80 Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



Austral. \M. 232. *S'. jencoides, Eoxb. Fl. Iiul. I. 2G1. Mi(]. Fl. 

 Iiid. liat. HI. 303. S. luzoneihsis, Presl. IJel. llaciik. I. 193. Xcos. 

 in Wight. Contfib. 112. >?. Wullichii, Xces. in Wigiit. Contrib. 112. 

 IS. juiicifonitis, Xccs. I.e. 112 (not of lietz.). ^5'. tiniorensis,, Kuiith. 

 Eniim. 1G2. .S'. supinus, var. B. Boetk. Linnaoa. XXX\'I. GOO. 

 Eleochaiis juitcoick\s, Ivocm. & Schultcs Syst. Mant. II. 00. 



]\Ialact'a : Selandor. Bukit Sabukor (Dcrrv 2TG) : Xegri Sciii- 

 bilau: Kuala Fcdas (Kidlcy I0o;o) ; J^aliang:" TenK-rloli (Hidlcv); 

 rrovince Welk'slov: rermatang Bortani (JJidley) ; Pcnang: Watt-r- 

 I'all (Curtis 2i:8, 1904); Fcrak (Kunstier 19J8). Distrib. 'lY-in- 

 ])oratL' and Tropical Asia, Australia and Xorth America. Xativc 

 name " liumput Prut Tikus." liice-iields. 



9. Flrilxa, Uottb. 



IIcrl)s annual or perennial usually pubescent. Stems leafy. 

 Leaf slieatlis entire with an annual membrane at the mouth. Spike- 

 lets sessile in close axillary peduncled or terminal clusters. CJlumcs 

 luimerous imbricate spirally keeled and cuspidate oi- mucronatc. 

 Ilypogynous bristles 3 or 0. Hypogynous scales spathulate or (piad- 

 ratc clawed with 3 stout nerves. Style trifid slender. Xut trigonous 

 narrowed into a stalk below and beaked above. 



Species 2G. Warm regions of both liemis])heres. 



Perennial, with a rhizome .. .. .. 1. F. uinbcllaia. 



Annual, no rhizome . . . . . . . . 2. F. ghiiierala. 



1. F. L-M15i;llata, IJottb. Descr. c^- Ic. lit. l. 19. lig. 2. Ilhizouie 

 creeping woody short. Stems 2-3 feet long trigonous usually moder- 

 ately stout leafy. Leaves distant linear acute 4-8 inches long by -i-j^- 

 inch wide sheaths dilate. Umbles axillary and terminal hairy 3 

 inches or less long. Spikelets crowded in dense heads 13 or more in 

 a head, or fewer. Glumes oblong ovate blunt haij-y with a recurved 

 muci'o. Ilypogenous scales chestnut oblong spathulate with a central 

 tooth, ribbed longei- than the nut. Xul obo\aie ti'igonous beaked 

 yellowisii. lioeck. Linnaca. XXX\'il. 110. Chirke Fl. Brit. liul. 

 Vl. GGG. Trim. Fl. Ceyl. A\ 80. /''. luiiiiculnlii, Lam. 111. I. L'jO. t. 

 39. /''. penta(/oii(i, Xees. in Wight. I'ontrib. 93. F. (jtiinquaiigularift, 

 llassk. Flora XXV. Beibl. 3. 



Singapore Gardens, Macpherson Koad (Uidley 914-")), Bukit 

 :Mandai (1722); Jolior: Kuala Tebing Tinggi (liidley); Malacca 

 ((Jrillith), Aver Kcroh (Ridley) ; Xegri Sembilan: Seremban (IJidley 

 9990), Bukit Sulu (Cantley's Coll.); Selangor: Kuala Lumpur 

 (hMdley) ; Penang Waterfall (Curtis). Distrib. tio|)ics of botli hemis- 

 pheres. Common in ditches. Xative names "Kumput Kelulul,"' 

 *' liumput Buku Bululi," •• IJumpul Li(kdi ^hudvaruiig." 



