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der branches one inch long springing from the unusually large 



capitulum of flowers. 

 Singapore — Changi, Tanglin, etc. 

 Penan g — Batu Feringgi. 

 Perak. 



Pahang — Kwala Pahang, Pekan, Katapong. 

 Tnngganu — Pulau Ketam. 

 Malacca — Tanjong Kling, etc. 

 B. puberula, Poir. Sandy places. Rare. 

 Singapore — No locality (Cantley) . 

 Karimon Isles. 

 Malacca — ( Griffith) . 



TBICOSTTJLABIA. 



T. borneensis, Benth. Sandy heaths, Rare, but plentiful where 

 found. 

 Pahang — Pekan, Pram an. 



FUIBFNA. 



F. glnmerata, Lam. Common in swamps, rice-fields and ditches. 

 Singapore and Malacca — Common everywhere. 

 Penang — Waterfall, Sungei Ujong, Bukit Sulu. 

 Pahang-— -Pekan. 

 It is called Rumput Buku Buloh (Biiku Bfiluh, i.e., grass with 

 nodes like a bamboo), R. Kululot (Malacca), Trigonia grass. 

 (The Kululot is a small species of bee, genus Trigonia, 

 which collects pollen from this plant. It. Lidah Munkerang 

 (SungeiTTjong). 



LIFOCABFHA. 



L. argentea, E. Br. Common in damp spots, by streams in open 

 country. 

 Singapore — Very common, Tanglin, Chan Chu Kang, &c. 

 Malacca — Common. 

 Sungei Ujong. 

 Johor — Tanah Merah Road. 

 It is called Rumput Rotan, " rattan grass," in Sungei Ujong. 

 L. microcephala, vSteud. Rare. A new record for the Peninsula. 

 Singapore — Chan Chu Kang in dry turf, Bukit Mandai ditch by 

 roadside. 



