Grasses and Sedges of Borneo. 



By H. N. Eidley. 



The following list is compiled from the collections of the 

 Eight Eeverend Bishop Hose and Miss Hose, and of Dr. Havi- 

 land and other collectors as well as the lists of those collected 

 by myself in Sarawak and Sandakan. 



In so large a country as Borneo, of which the greater 

 part may be said to be unknown botanically, a list of this kind 

 can only be a preliminary one, and will be very much en- 

 larged as the country opens up. The glumaceous plants too 

 of several large collections such as those of Beccari in Sarawak, 

 Creagh in Sandakan, Motley and Barber in various parts of 

 Borneo, have not at all or only partially been worked out. 

 The best known part of Borneo is Sarawak where Bishop 

 Hose and Miss Hose, Dr. Haviland, and I myself on a short 

 trip have collected. Dr. Haviland whose collections of trees 

 and shrubs were remarkably fine devoted himself but little to 

 herbaceous plants, except on his expedition to Kinabalu. 



Most of the Bornean grasses and sedges here also found 

 in the Malay peninsula, and in the adjacent islands of the 

 archipelago. 



GEAMINEiE. 



Paspalum scrobiculatum, L. Common. Kuching, Sarawak 

 (Miss Hose), Lundu, Sarawak (Miss Hose), Matang 

 (H.N.E.), and a large form at Bau. 



P. conjugatum, Berg. Sarawak, Kuching (Miss Hose), Bau 

 (Eidley), Sandakan (Eidley). 



P. distichitm, L. Sarawak at Santubong (Bp. Hose), Kudat 

 (Bp. Hose). 



Jour. Straits Branch U. A. Soc, No. 46, 1906. 



