Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 109 



III. 574. S. Wiglitiana, Steiid. Syn. Cyp. 176. Scirpiis Utlio- 

 spenmis, L. Sp. PL (Ed. I) 51. Schocnvs lithospermus, L. Sp. (Ed. 

 II) 65. Ohjra orientalis, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. II. 671. Hijpoporum 

 lithospermum, Nees. in Mart. Fl. Braz. Cyp. 172. 



Pahang: Eimipin River, Kiiala Paliang (Eidley 1161) ; Malacca 

 (Griffith 6129), Nyalas (Goodenougli 1299), Alor Gajah (Ridley); 

 Negri Sembilan: Tampin Hill (Goodenongh) ; Linggi River (Rid- 

 ley) ; Bindings: Lumiit (Ridley 10926, 3111); Penang (Wallicli 

 3416), Waterfall (Curtis 1794). Distrib. All tropical regions ex- 

 cept Africa, InliaJjits dry woods. 



var. Roxhnrghii, Clarke Fl. Brit. Ind. YI. 686. Trim. Fl. Ceyl. 

 p. 96. Rather a shorter plant, with mucronate glumes and the nut 

 globose are oblong trigonous, apiculate tubercled in waved ridges 

 white. 



Johor: Batu Pahat, Minvak Buku (Ridley 10995); Bindings: 

 Lumut (Ridley 7261). 



2. S. CORYMBOSA, Roxb. Fl. Ind. III. 574. A stout robust plant 

 nearly glabrous with a short rhizome. Stems 2 to 8 feet tall with 3 

 angled or winged sheaths. Leaves 12-14 or 20 inches long |-1 inch 

 wide smooth, except the scabrid edges or minutely hairy on the back. 

 Panicle 18-24 inches long of 6 or 7 compoundly corymbose axillary 

 partial panicles 3 inches or more long, branchlets rather stiff and 

 spreading. Bracts spreading setaceous. Spikelets nearly I inch long 

 nearly all bisexual. Glumes pale, greenish or with chestnut sides. 

 Style trifid. Nut ellipsoid narrowed at base, tip pointed, smooth and 

 white -J inch long. Bisc very short hardly 3 lobed brown. Clarke 

 Fl. Brit. Ind. Aa. 686. Trim. Fl. Ceyl. V. 95. S. androgyna, 

 Nees. Linnaea. IX. 303 and in Wight. Contrib. 117. Boeck. Linnaea. 

 XXXVIII. 536. /S. corymhifera, Boeck. Linnaea. XXXVIII. 537. 

 >S'. majus, Moon. Cat. PI. Ceyl. 62. 



Singapore: Bukit Timah (Ridley 10851) ; Johor: Gunong Panti 

 (Ridley); Muar: Bukit Muar (Feilding) ; Malacca (Griffith), Ayer 

 Keroh (Ridley 10746), Batang Malacca (Berry); Bindings: Telok 

 Sera (Ridley 8557) ; Perak: Goping (King 1092); Selangor: Bukit 

 Hitam at 4000 feet (Kelsall 1969) ; Penang (Curtis 490). Bistrib. 

 India and Ceylon. Bamp spots by paths in forests local up to 4000 

 feet elevation. In the Singapore plant the lowest stem sheaths are 

 strongly winged. 



3. S. RiDLEYi, Clarke Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 686. Stems 18 inches 

 to 2 feet tall rather slender hardly trigonous. Leaves -12 inches 

 long § inch wide almost entirely glabrous. Panicle of about 4 partial 

 panicles rather compact but distant from each other 1^-2 inches long 

 light brown, 8-30 spikelets in each. Nut ellipsoid beak a little longer 

 than that of S. corymhosa, smooth white ^ inch long. 



