116 Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



tSpikelots ferruginous utricle ellipsoid gla- 

 brous beak entire . . . . . . T. C. crudaia. 



Spikelets ferruginous utricle narrow ellip- 

 soid pilose, beak bifid 8. C. condcnsata. 



1. C. CRYrTOSTACiiYS, Brugu. Bot. Voy. Coquille 1-53, t. 25. 

 liliizome stout horizontal \ inch tii rough. Leaves numerous linear 

 acuminate tufted 1 to 2i feet long ^-^ inch wide many nerved. Scapes 

 1 or .several much shorter 6-8 inches long, branched. Spikes linear 

 pale green, lax h inch or less. Bracts lanceolate cuspidate, Male 

 flowers few. Female glumes ovate submucronate glabrous white. 

 Keel green ^y as long as the utricle, style trifid short. Utricle -^ inch 

 long pale green striate hispid, oblong narrowed towards tlie base beak 

 short. Xut small yellow irregularly distorted on a pedicel swollen at 

 the top. Kunth. Enum. II. oil Moritzi. A'erz. Zoll. Pgl. 98. 

 Boott. Carex. II. 103. t. 310. Boeck. Linnaea. XL. 327. C. cyrtos- 

 iachys, Clarke Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 714 (by error). 



Singapore: Bukit Timali (Ridley 1720); Johor: Batu Taliat 

 (Bidley 11001) ; Sungei Ujong (Cantley's Coll.) ; Dindings: Lumut 

 (L'idlev 102G'J); Perak: Larut Hills 3400-4000 feet alt. (King's 

 Coll. 8517); Penang (Wallich 3383); Government Hill (Curtis 

 1910). Distrib. Malay islands and China. Native name " liumput 

 IJini'tjin." Banks in woods rather local. 



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2. C. MALACCENSis, Clarke Fl. Brit. Ind. YI. 722. Whole plant 

 2 feet tall stem slender. Leaves narrow long. Bracts under terminal 

 head 4 inches long by \ inch wide leaflike horizontal spreading. 

 Heads 1 or few pyramidal rigid -J inch diameter white. Female 

 glumes minutely hairy. Utricle strongly-nerved glabrous subinflated 

 ovate acuminate pale tip blunt ribbed narrowed into a conico-linear 

 flattened beak scabrous on mai'gins curved inwards trigonous com- 

 pressed. Style long slender red, stigmas 3 slender. Lankawi Islands 

 (Curtis 1GG9) rare at Kuala Malacca. Near C. leucantha, Arnott. 

 The specific name is unfortunate as the plant occurs only in Lankawi 

 far from Malacca. 



3. C. i'i:i?AKi:xsis, Clarke Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 720. Rhizome stout 

 woody. Leaves subbasal, 2 feet long flaccid | inch across bases shin- 

 ing brownish black. Inflorescence sborter about a foot or less, lowest 

 peduncle distant slender. Partial panicles with connivcnt branches 

 pale, 2-3 inches long linear or oblong. Spikelets oblong, with 1 to 4 

 utricles. Glumes as long as utricle white. Style trifid red. Utricle 

 ellipsoid trigonous hairy green, many nerved beak shortly bifid. 



IVnik: Larut Hills to 3500 feet (Kidlcy, Wray) ; Selangor: 

 I'ahang Track 15th mile (Kidley 846). 



