96 Materials for a Flora of the ^LaJaijan Peninsula. 



have twice found in Julior (^'o. lO'JDl). Native naino " liumput 

 Saiidang."' Coiiiiiioii in damp open grassy spots. 



IS. F. coMJ'hAXATA, Link, llort. Berol. I. 292. JJliizonie short 

 stout or none, leaves linear obtuse or proeinoi'se (i-S inches ]ong -J- 

 to \ wide. Stem 8-24 indies tall, flattened. TJni])el 1-4 inches com- 

 pound, usually snudl. Bi-acts short and Ijroad and blunt like the 

 leaves. Spikelets •« inch long brown narrow acute. CJlumes narrow 

 lanceolate brown red with a strong green keel or mucro. Stamens o. 

 Style trifid. Nut small obovoid wliite tubercled, shining. Clarke 

 Y\. Brit. Jnd. YI. (516. /''. (luluinna/i.^. var. Ifotli. Nov. PI. Sp. 2(i. 

 Boeck. Linnaea. NXN\'ll. oH. F. scabra, Kunth. Knum. 11. 2-l.j. 

 F. Bocckelcri, Steud. Svn. Cvp. llo (|)artlv). Scir/tas coni/j/anuiutt, 

 Ketz. Obs. \'. 14. Rokh. Fl. Ind. 1. 228.' Sr. anccps, Willd. Berl. 

 Mag. II. 288. t. 8. f. 2. lioxlj. I.e. 2oO. ('///irrus coni [ihinatatus, 

 Willd. Sp. 1*1. 1. 2(<>. Lso/c/ns coniphinalu aud Wilhlfnorii, Ivoem. & 

 Schult. Svsl. II. 11!>, 12<). Tvicliclotftylis vom [ihuuila and ^cubru, 

 Nees. Wight. Contrib. 10:5. 



Singapore: Cban Chu Kang ( Kidley -kSO.')), lUdestier Plain, 

 Tanglin, etc.: Malacca: Ciialjau (K'idley) : Pahang: Kuala Tembeling 

 (Kidley); Penang (King). Distrib. All warm regions. 



19. F. ASi'EiMti.MA, Boeck. Linnaea. XXXX'll. 40. lihizome 

 stout and short. Plant usually large and tuJ'ted. Leaves numerous 

 long, 18 inches or more ol'teu as long as the stem, \-\ inch across. 

 Stems 18 to 24 i'eet or more. L^mbel dec()ni))ound (5 inches long oi- 

 less with very numerous (often over 100) spikelets. Bracts usually 

 long leafy. Si)ikclets fusiform acute brown -J inch long. (Jlumes 

 I'atlier nariow lanceolate keeled mucronate. Style trilid. Nut ellip- 

 soid ol)ovate, yellowish trabeculate, transverselv, i as long as the 

 glume. Clarke Fl. Brit. hid. \M. 043. Trim."Fl."Ceyl. Y. 58. /''. 

 chuetorrhiza, 'J'hwaites Enum. oiO (not Kunth.). holcpis dura, 

 Moritzi Ycrz. Zoll. PI. 97. Triclieloslijlis aspcrriuia, Nees. Mss. 



Singapore: Upper Bukit Mandai (Pidley 5804) ; Jolior: Cunong 

 I'anti: Sungei Fjong: Gunong JV'i-umbun (Cantley's Coll.) : I'aliang: 

 4'alian Piver (Ifidlev); Malacca: ^lerlinuiu ( Derrv 2;)9), Tanjong 

 Kling (Pidley). (Crillith G;]49) ; Penang ilill (Curtis 25!).-i, i;9;!) ; 

 J'erak (W'ray Nil, t!v: o52;)) ; Tomoh (Machado). Distrib. Ceylon, 

 Tavoy, Siam. Common in woods. Native names ** Pumpul Sianiet," 

 " Pumput ]*ulut," " Pumjnit Bawang." 



20. F. LKFTUCLADA, Bcutli. Fl. llougkoug u9;) (not of Flora 

 Austral.). x\ tufted plant, with very narrow linear leaves G-8 inches 

 long. Stents slender wiry 12-18 inches. Umbel small \-\ inch long, 

 with ] or 2 rays bearing a c-lusler of spikelets at the end. or reduced 

 to a single cluster. Bracts shorter linear acuminate. Sj)ikel('ts conic 

 i inch long dark brown. Chimes ovate brown keeled. Style biiid. 



