Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 91 



314. Bocck. Linnaoa. XXXVTI. 23. F. pitmila, Benth. Hook. 

 Lond. Journ. Bot. II. 239. Miq. I.e. 31-1 F. malaccana, Bocck. 

 Flora XLI. o9T. Trichelosiyiis filiformis, Nccs. Wight. Contrib. 102. 



Singapore (Wallich 3488), Rilau Tekong, Cliangi (Ridley 152), 

 Gardens (Xo. 2); Johor: Tana Merah (Ridley); Pahang: Pekan 

 (Ridley 1045) ; Negri Sembilan: Perhentian Tinggi (Ridley 10012) ; 

 Malacca (Maingav), Ayer Panas (Ridley) ; Perak (Wray 772) ; 

 Penang Waterfair (Curtis 1789); i:)indings: Bruas (Curtis); Pro- 

 vince Wellesley (King). Distrib. Mergiii, Malaya, Australia and 

 Oceania. Common all over tlie peninsula in damp grassy and sandy 

 spots, especially on jungle paths, often completely covering them. 

 The stems are erect in dryer spots, longer and prostrate in wetter ones. 

 " Rumput Girah." 



g 2. DiCHELOSTYLIS. 



8. F. DirHYLLA, Yahl. Enum. 11. 289. A tufted plant with a 

 very short or no rhizome. Stems 1 to 24 inches, 3-5 angled striate. 

 Leaves linear obtuse or acute glabrous or hairy. Umbels 1 to 8 

 inches across, rays generally numerous. Bracts long leaflike. Spike- 

 lets ovoid, or oblong acute or obtuse -j inch long. Glumes ovate keel- 

 ed sometimes mucronate chestnut or light brown glabrous, keel green. 

 Stamens 3-2 or 1. Style flattened villous bifid, l)ranches short. Xut 

 half the length of the glume, obovoid shortly stalked yellowish or 

 cinnamon lirown, biconvex ribbed with small numerous transverse 

 bars. Xees*in Wight. Contril). 100. Clarke Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 626. 

 F. laxa, Yahl. Enum. II. 292. F. glaur:a, A^ahl. I.e. 288. F. annua, 

 R. & S. Syst. II. 95, Mant. II. 55. F. dcpauperata, R. Br. Prodr. 

 22T. F. cwvifoJki, Steud. Syn. Cvp. 116. F. hrachyphylla, Schultes. 

 R. & S. Syst. II. Mant. 530. F'. foJiosa, Link. Hort. Berol. I. 288. 

 F. cincta, Nees. I.e. 98. F. Royeniana, Xees. I.e. 99. F. ovalis, Xees. 

 I.e. 98. F. podocarpa, Xees. l.c.c. partly. F. communis, Kunth. 

 Enum. II. 234. F. metzii, Steud. Syn. Cvp. 127. F. similis, Steud. 

 I.e. 112. F. spadicea, Boeck. Flora XLll 70. not Yahl. F. penta- 

 stachya, Boeck. I.e. XL. 36. F. Heynei, Boeck. Flora XLIII. 244. 

 F. polymorph a, Boeck. Linnaea. I.e. 17. Scirpus diphyllus, Retz. 

 Obs. Y. 15. Roxb. Fl. Ind. I. 227. S. miliaceus, brevifolius, arvensis, 

 f/lomeratus, Roxb. I.e. 224, 226, 227. Trichelostylis curvi folia, Xees. 

 i.e. 105. Isolepis curvifolia, Schrad. R. & S. Syst. II. Mant. 70. A 

 common weed all over the peninsula. 



Singapore (Gaudichaud 117), Seletar (Ridley 70), Gardens (6) ; 

 Johor: Tana Merah (Ridley); Pahang: Kuala Tembeling (Ridley); 

 Malacca (Griffith 6322, 6345), Pulau Besar (Ridlev) ; Selangor: 

 Dusun Tua; Perak (Wray 604), Ipoh (Ridlev); Penang Waterfall 

 (Curtis). 



