Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 95 



Coininon in grass plots. The variety oeeurs in lower Bengal and 

 Borneo also the typical F. ieiica in Africa and a var. oxylcpis in India. 



IG. F. MiLiACEA, A'ahl. Enum. II. 287. Tufted plant 12-2-1 

 inches tall. Leaves thin narrow acuminate -^ or nearly as long as the 

 steins yV iri^'l^ across. Stems slender bluntly trigonous umbel 2-4 

 inches long lax, decompound rays slender. Spikelets subglobose 

 -y inch long brown. Bracts narrow linear shorter. Glumes oblong 

 obtuse broad chestnut with a green keel. Style short with 3 long 

 branches. Xut ovoid warted with numerous transverse bars. Miq. 

 Fl. Ind. Bat. III. 321. Boeck. Linnaea. XXXVII. 43. Clarke Fl. 

 Brit. Ind. VI. 644. Trim. Fl. Ceyl. V. m. F. HUoralis, Gaud. Frey. 

 C. Voy. Bot. 413. F. Bcnghulensis, Eoeni. & Schult. Syst. II. 94. 

 Mant. 530. F. fiaccida, Zoll. Syst. Verz. Ind. 22. t. 9. f. 2. Bottb. 

 Descr. & Ic. oT. t. 5. f. 2. *S. ielmgonus, Poir Encycl. VI. TGT. 

 Boxb. Fl. Ind. I. 228. N. hciighalensis, Pers. Syn. I'G8. IsoJepi-ii 

 tetragona, Xees. in Wight. Contrib. 103, 104. 



Singapore (Gaudichaud IIG), Chan Chu Kang (Bidley 1T43) ; 

 Johor: Tana Kunto (Eidley) ; Induing: Pekan, etc.; Malacca: Aver 

 Panas (Cantley's Coll.), (Griffith G314) ; Perak: Ipoh (J'lidley) ; 

 Penang: Tanjong Bunga (Curtic 1192); Kelantan : Kamposa (Jiid- 

 ley). Distrib. Very common in damp spots all over the peninsula 

 " Iiumput Kebadi '' " liumput Kerbau."' 



17. F. GLOBULosA, Kuutli. Enum. II. 231. Bhizome short bat 

 usually distinct in old plants. Stems 8 to 18 inclies tall. Sheaths at 

 tlie Ijase often leafless or with lon<£er short narrow leaves. Umbel 

 1-2 inches long with few subei'cct rays. Bracts very short erect -] to 

 rarely | inch long acute ribbed. Spikelets gloljular to oblong J inch 

 long, solitary. Glumes ovoid obtuse, chestnut edge scarious keeled. 

 Style triiid. Xut small ^ length of glume obovoid, subtrigonous 

 thickly tubcrcled. Boeck. Linnaea. XXXVII. 45. Clarke Fl. Brit. 

 Ind. VI. 645. Trim. Fl. Ceyl. V. 57. F. umbeUavis, Vahl. Enum. 



II. 291. F. cfoUata,Stend. Syn. Cyp. 109. ^'^.'-irpus uinhellaris, Lam. 



III. I. 141. ^'. glohulosus, Retz. O'bs. VI. 19. holepis glohulosa,, P. 

 & S. Syst. II. 119. TrichehdyUs glohulosa, Xees. Wight. Contrib. 

 105. 



Singapore (Wiclmra 695), Galang (Ridley); Johor: Base of 

 Gunong Panti and Batu Pahat (Ridley 10994); Malacca: Bukit 

 Sabukor (Derrv 278), Aver Panas (Goodenough 1687), (Griffitli 

 ()348) ; Pahang": Kuala Pahang, Pekan (Ridley 9'^94) ; Penang (Wal- 

 lich 3518), Waterfall (Curtis 1791). Distrib.' India, China, Malaya. 



Among forms of this common plant I have some with the umbel 

 reduced to a single spikelet, and one with a numl)er of narrow terminal 

 empty or nuile glumes, making the spikelet lanceolate. This form I 



