GRASSES AND SEDGES OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. II 



places. Mr. Clarke says "a very remarkable plant, which 

 I have had several times before. It has the leaves of F. dis- 

 ticha, but the glumes are not distichous. It is perhaps a 

 species." 

 Singapore — Botanic Gardens in the turf, Jurong sandy spots, 



Bukit Mandai roadside, Bukit Timah, 

 Penang — Telok Bahang. 

 Malacca — Sungei Baru Ulu. 

 Pahang — Kwala Pahang. 

 F. asperrima, Beckler. Forms large tufts in woods. Not very com- 

 mon. 

 Singapore — Bukit Mandai (base of the hill), Botanic Gardens 



a weed in the flower beds), 

 Penang — Government Hill, Tanjong Bunga, Waterfall, Telok 



Bahang. 

 Malacca — Tanjong Kling, Bukit Bruaug. 

 Sungei Ujong — Gunong Burumban. 

 Native names, Rumput Siamet. Perhaps from " Siya," " useless." 

 B. Bavang (Sungei Ujong). Perhaps " Bawang," "onion 

 grass," from the resemblance of its leaves to those of an 

 onion. R. Pulot (Sungei Ujong), "rice grass," 

 F. miliacea, Vahl. Common in muddy damp spots. 

 Singapore — Tanglin, Ang Mo Kio, Selitar, etc. 

 Penang — Waterfall, Tanjong Bunga. 

 Malacca — Ayer Panas, Ching, etc. 

 Johor — Tan ah Bun to. 

 Pahang — Pekan, Kwala Pahang. 

 Kelantan — Kamposa. 

 Native name, Rumput Tai Kerbau " buffalo dung grass " (Malacca) . 

 This is probably so called from its coming up where boffaloes 

 have been feeding, these animals eating it, and passing the 

 seed which eventually germinates. 

 F. globulosa, Kth. Damp spots. Local. 

 Malacca — Bukit Sabukor, Ayer Panas, 

 Penang — Waterfall. 

 Pahang — Pekan, Kwala Pahang. 

 YaY.foliata, Bckler. Malacca (Jagor). 

 Native name, Bumput Sandang. 

 F. return, Thwaites. Stated by Boeckeler (Cyperaceae, p. 582) to 

 have been gathered by Griffith in Malacca, I have not met 

 with. 

 F. glornerata, Nees. Sandy places usually near the sea. 



