no Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



Singapore: Cli'angi (Eidley 2131); Dindings: Limuit (Eidley 

 10294). Distrib. Piilau Bum "(Kidley 1G41) Hongkong. In damp 

 sandy spots rare. Pulau Burn is one of the Dutch Islands between 

 Singapore and Sumatra. 



4. S. TRiGoxocARPA, Eidl. Journ. Eoy. As. Soc. S. Br. Stem 

 stout over 2 feet tall. Leaves sheaths triquetrous not winged roughly 

 hispid. Leaves not crowded long -} inch across with 3 prominent ribs 

 apex long acuminate scabrid, and pubescent beneath. Panicle rather 

 narrow rough pubescent, partial panicles 1^ inch long. Spikelets 

 brown mostly bisexual. Glumes keeled and mucronate in female 

 flower, pubescent. Nut Avhen young covered with ferruginous hairs, 

 white smooth trigonous above acuminate to a broad triangular tip, 

 disc short irregularly wrinkled yellowish. 



Pahang: Tahan Eiver (Eidley). Eaub (Machado 11533). 

 A few specimens obtained with the fruit hardly ripe. It is evidently 

 allied closely to *SV/. cori/mhosa Roxb. and Sd. Ridleyi with something 

 of the habit of the latter, but much more hairy and with distinctly 

 trigonous nut covered at first with ferruginous hairs. I obtained a 

 much more slender and glabrous plant with quite similar spikelets 

 at Gaya, British North Borneo (No. 9104 of my collection). 



5. S. ORYZOiDES, Presl. Pel. Haenk. 1, 201. Stolons long, \ inch 

 through. Stems robust 3 to 6 feet tall glabi'ous, triquetrous. Leaves 

 about 3 feet tall ^ inch wide scabrous, sheath acutely trigonous, or 

 winged, no ligule. Panicle 6-8 inches long dense on a long G inches 

 slender peduncle bract less except for the terminal leaf below the 

 peduncle narrow linear acute. Spikelets solitary unisexual, on slender 

 tlexuous branches, some plants nearly entirely male. Female spike- 

 lets usually 2 or 1 at the base of the spikes. Male spikelets much 

 more numerous. Glimies keeled and mucronate red brown. Style 

 trifid. Nut globose white smooth -^ inch long hardly narrowed at tlie 

 base, disc three lobed, sliort lobes appressed to the nut. Nees. Wight. 

 Contrib. 116. Clarke Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 691. Trim. Fl. Cevl. V. 

 99. S. latifoUa, Moon. Cat. PI. Ceyl. 62. 8. onzoides, Boeck. Lin- 

 naea. XXXVIII. 492 



Singapore: Changi (Pidley 5808); Johor: Serom (Pidley 

 10998); Malacca (Griflitli), Ching (Pidley) ; Perak : Trang (Kunst- 

 ler). Distrib. l^'ast Africa, India, Malay Islands to N. Australia. 

 Native name " Pumput Siku Dana." In ditches and rice-fields, 

 abundant in Malacca. 



6. S. ZKYLAXICA, Poir. Encycl. VII. 3 (excl. part). Slender 

 tufted plant, nearly or (|uile glabrous. Leaves thin -4 inches long 

 •J inch wide. Panicles axiUary small of 1 or 2 sj)ikes only. Spikelets 

 small I inch long. Glumes brownish. Style trifid. Nut small ^ 

 inch long white smooth egg-shaped. Nees. Wight. Contrib, 



