56 Journal oj the F.M.S. Museums. [Vol. VII, 



165. Actinoschcenus filiformis, Benth. At 3,000 feet. No. 

 6109. 



Distrib. Malay Peninsula, China. 



166. Hypolytrum latifolium, Rich. At 1,000 feet. No. 

 6142. 



167. Gahnia javanica, Moritz. At 3,000 feet. No. 5970. 

 Distrib. All high mountains in the Malay Peninsula and 



Java. 



168. Gahnia tristis, Nees. Padang 'To Seh 3,000 feet. 

 No. 5964. 



Usually a sea shore plant, but it also occurs on Mt. Ophir. 



169. Scleria multifoliata, Bceck. At 3,000 feet. No. 

 6108. 



Usually a hill plant but it does occur in the low country. 



170. Carex indica, L. At 3,000 feet. No. 6136. 

 Scattered over the peninsula, India and Malay peninsula. 



Gramine;e. 



171. hachne rigida, Nees. A stiff, erect grass 18 inches 

 tall, leaves stiff, lanceolate, acuminate, acute, coriaceous, glab- 

 rous, strongly ribbed, edge denticulate, base cordate "5 inches 

 long, '2 inches wide, sheath smooth or occasionally armed \\ ith 

 stiff cilia rising from pustules. Panicle 1 inch long, 7 inches 

 across, spreading, lax, stiff. Outer glumes round pubescent. 



At 3,000 feet. No. 6111. Rare in the peninsula. Only 

 collected in our area at Setul. It occurs often in sandy spots 

 on heaths and dry spots on mountains in Borneo and Java. 



Ischcemum Fieldingianum, Rendle. At 3,000 feet. Padang 

 'To Seh in open spaces. No. 5958. 



Also Mt. Ophir. 



172. EULALIA LANIPES, Sp. )10V. 



Base of stem and sheaths densely white, woolly. Leaves 

 flaccid, 20 inches long, - 2 inches wide, linear, gradually acu- 

 minate, bases white-hairy, ligule white-silky hairy. Culms 

 rather slender, terete glabrous except at the top, 20 inches 

 long. Spikes 3-8, six inches long, densely white, hairy. 

 Flowers in pairs, one sessile and one stalked, similar pedicel 

 and outer glumes covered with long white hairs. Glume I 

 and II lanceolate, acuminate, narrow, thin, hairy on the back 

 with long soft hairs. Ill lanceolate, acuminate, very narrow, 

 sparsely hairy. IV narrow, lanceolate, acuminate. Awn 7 

 inches long, base dark brown, spirally twisted, apex pale 

 scabrid. Styles purple, short plumed. Caryopsis oblong, 

 ellipsoid, narrowed at base, beaked with the remains of the 

 style, light brown, smooth. At 4,000 feet. No. 6026. 



A beautiful grass allied to E. argentea, Brngn. Voy. Coq. 

 Bot. p. 92, but with much larger spikes and flowers and long 

 acuminate narrow glumes, and the base of stems woolly. 



