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acuminate i inch broad, pale beneath, a panicle about 

 3| inches long, and small black globular ribbed nuts. 



M . triquetra, Ridl. Sarawak? Matang ; Bau, Siul, Bidi 

 (Ridley 11698). Common in the woods, also occurs 

 in the Malay Peninsula. 



M. humilis, Naves and Villars. Sarawak, Matang, etc., (Rid- 

 ley). A common plant in Sarawak. 



M. debilis, Clarke n. sp. Fere levis. Foliis 6 dm. longis, 6 

 mm. latis, utrinque attenuatis, scapo 15 cm. longo 

 gracili, capite florifero 8 mm. in diametro subgloboso e 

 5 spicis inter se distinctis exstructo, spicis (floriferis) 

 5 mm. longis ferrugineis densis. Species M. multis- 

 picatae affinis. Sarawak, Matang (Ridley 12344). 



This is a tufted plant, with long narrow grassy 

 leaves, and a small heads of flowers on a slender 

 peduncle about 4 inches long. 



M. zeylanica, var. A big tufted plant, with numerous stiff rough 

 leaves and heads of flowers on long or short ped- 

 uncles. Matang (Ridley 12335), also collected in 

 Borneo at Banjermassin by Motley. Mr. Clarke who 

 identifies this, writes that it is otherwise a plant 

 confined to Ceylon. 



Scirpodendron costatum, Kurz. Sarawak, Santubong (Bp- 

 Hose). Sandakan, Bongaya ( Ridley 9038). 



Lepironia mticronata, Rich. Labuan (Merrill). 



Scleria lithospenna, Sw. B. N. Borneo ; Kudat (Bp. Hose). 



Scl. zeylanica, Poir. Borneo, Kuching (Miss Hose). 



Scl. caricina, Benth. Sarawak, Kuching (Ridley 11691), Lim-' 

 bang, Bau (Bp. Hose). 



Scl. neesii, Kth. Borneo (El. Brit. Ind.). 



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