82 Materials for a Flora uf the Malayan Peninsula. 



Watorrall (Cuitif> 180; ). Distrib. 'J^i-opies ol Old World. Very eom- 

 inoii ill damp spots all over the peninsula. " liumput Eotau." 



2. L. MicitocKi'iiALA, Kiinth. Enuni. II. 2G8. Stems very 

 slender 4-2-t inches tall. Leaves narrow 4- to ^ of their length. 

 Spikelets o or 4 in a head ^J^ to ] inch long lengtlu-ning as the flowers 

 develope and fall olf, oblong obtuse green. Bracts linear acuminate 

 2 inches or less, (ilumes narrow acuminate with a long recurved 

 ])oint. Scales very thin closely embracing the long curved cylindrical 

 nut. Style arms short. Boeck. Linnaea. XXXYII. 118. Debeaux. 

 Flor. 'jVhefou 140. t. 3. f. 1. Clarke Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. GG8. L. 

 Zoltingeriana, Boeck. Flora XLII. 100. Ili/poelj/ptinii niicroccpha- 

 Jniii, Br. Prodr. 220. Af<culcpis KnUingloides, Steud. Syn. Cyp. lOo. 



Singapore: Bukit 'J'imali, Galang (Ridley 10354); Chan Cliu 

 Kang (1T33), Bukit Mandai (5807). Distrib. China, Japan, xVustra- 

 lia. Often plentiful in sandy open spots, but local. 



11. JvYXCiiosruHA, A'ahl. 



Herbs usually tall and leafy throughout, or rarely at the base 

 only. Leaves narrow. Spikelets small terete ovoid, light brown, 

 capitate corumbose or panicled. Clumes imbricate spirally lower 3 

 or 4 empty, 1 or 'Z above bisexual. up})ernu)st empty, liypogynous 

 bi'istles absent or G, scabrid. Stamens 1 to 3. Style bifid slender 

 with a broad persistent conic l»ase. Xut biconvex turgid ovoid. 



Species 188. All tropical and temperate regions. 



Stem leafy al the base only, spikelets capitate 1. U. \V(i/ll( liiana. 

 Stem leafy to the top. 



Spikelets in globose heads . . . . 2. R. iiialaaica. 



Spikelets in axillaiy and terminal corymlis. 



Coryndjs large. Style and stiguuis short 3. R. aurca. 



Coi-ynibs small. Stigmas long . . . . 4. A*, glauca. 



1. IJ. Wali.k.'IIiaxa. Kuntli. iMiiim. II. 28!>. lilii/onic stout, 

 roots strongly and wii'v. Jjcavcs at the base of the stem only, 3-24 

 inches long nai'row lint'ai' acuminate numerous. Stem triangidar 

 8"-30 inches tall. Flowers in a single terminal compact head of si)ikc- 

 lets 1 inch through. Bracts linear acuminate 1-1 inches long. Spike- 

 lets numerous glabi'ous light reddish Ijrown. Chimes lowest 2 short, 

 upper ones lanceolate smooth not ribbt'd acute with a low keel, G-T in 

 u spikelct, subdistichous only 1 fertile. Style bifid. Stamens 2 

 crested. Bristles shorter than (he nut G scabrid red. Nut obovoid 

 flattened biconvex 1 Icngtii of (he glume, stalked with a small blunt 

 c(»iii(; boss on the to]>. black and coxcicd nboNc with short bristles. 

 JU'iitli. Fl. Hongkong Fl. Au.Mial. \ I. ;!!!•. Boeck. Linnaea. 

 XXX \1L 5 12. Clarke Fl. Brit. Ind. \1. GGS. R. Uacnkcl, Fresl. 



