Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 89 



Singapore: Balcstier Plain (Eidley) ; Pahang: Kuala Pahang 

 (Pidley 1483), Distrib. India, Malaya, Australia. Sandy open 

 country local. 



2. F. ACUMINATA, Valil. Eniim. II. 285. Tuftd plant about G 

 to 12 inches tall. Stems slender very numei-ous leafless with a tubular 

 sheath with an acute or subacute point. Spikelet solitary terminal 

 lanceolate fusiform acute pale, -^ to ^ inch long. Glumes oblong 

 obtuse, keeled, and mucronate. Style bifid base broad above linear, 

 arms very short. Nut sliort Inroad obovoid turl)inate ))iconvex trans- 

 verselv wrinkled with about 5 thick ridges. Xees. Wight. Contrib. 

 96. Miq. FJ. Ind. Bat. II. 314. Boeck. Linnaea. XXXVII. 3. 

 Clarke Fl. Brit. Ind. YI. 631. Trim. PI. Ceyl. V. 48. FancuJoris, 

 Br. Prodr. 226. Srirpvs sicahrr. Koxb. Fl. Ind. I. 220. FIrogiion 

 scahra, Dietr. Sp. PI. II. 99. 



Singapore: Bukit Timah (Pidlev 5855), Changi (1743), Bukit 

 Mandai (5803); Pahang: Kuala Pahang (Pvidley 14^2); Malacca 

 (Griffith 6295), Aver Panas (Pidlev 1654); Penang (Delessert, 

 King, Diedrichsen 3558), Telok Bahang (Curtis 1869) ; Perak: Tai- 

 ping (Pidley). Distrib. India, Malaya, Hongkong, Australia. Damp 

 grassy spots. 



3. F. SETACEA, Benth. Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. II. 239. Small 

 tufted plant 2-6 inches tall. Stems very slender wiry, leafless, except 

 for two small tubular sheaths. Spikelet terminal lanceolate acute \ 

 inch long. Glumes oblong obtuse keeled and mucronate, pale, with 

 a green keel and often red patches on the side. Style bifid. Xut 

 obovoid biconvex flattened with about 7 transverse wrinkles dark 

 brown. Clarke Flor. Brit. Ind. VI. 632. F. acuminata var. minor, 

 Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. III. 314. Boeck. Linnaea. XXXVII. 4. Isolepis 

 cocldeata, Steud. Syn. Cyp. 100. 



Singapore: Tanglin (Eidley 107), Galang (10829); Pahang: 

 Kuala Pahang; Malacca : Chabau (Pidley 1011). Very near the pre- 

 ceding, but smaller and more slender. Xut a little smaller. Distrib. 

 Burma, Malaya and Australia. 



4. F. NUTANS, Vahl. Enum. II. 285. Large tufted plant 8 inches 

 to a foot tall. Stems wiry slender nearly or quite leafless except for 

 a tujjular sheath or two at the base ribbed. Spikelet oblong or 

 lanceolate acute usually bent at an angle with the top of the stem ^ 

 inch long. Glumes broad rounded with a low ribbed keel ending in 

 a very short blunt mucro reddish. Style bifid broad villous at the 

 top. Xut obovoid turbinate transversely wrinkled grey. Xees. 

 Wight. Contrib. 96. Boeck. Linnaea. XXXVII. 5. Clarke Fl. Brit. 

 Ind. VI. 632. Trim. Fl. Ceyl. V. 48. ^sv/rp//.^ nutans, Petz. Obs. 

 IV. 12. 



