GRASSES AND SEDGES OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. c 



Var. cyperina. 



Penang. 



Pekan — Katapong. 

 M. dubius, Eottb. Very common on sandy shores by the sea. 



Singapore — Cathedial compound, Changi. 



Penang — Tanjong Bunga. 



Province Wellesley — (Dr. King). 



Malacca — Pulau Besar. 



Pahang — Pekan, Eumpin Eiver, Sungei Meang. 



K elan tan — Kamposa. 



Siam — Bangtaphan (Dr. Keith). 

 If. umbellatus, Vahl. Very common in waste grounds, woods, etc. 

 Var. typica. 



Sungei Ujong — Gunong Bumbur. 



Pahang — Katapong. 

 Var. cylindrostachys. The commonest form. 



Singapore — Ang Mo Kio, Selitar, Tanglin. 



Johor — Tanah Bunto, Pengerang. 



Malacca — Alor Gaiah. 



Selangor — Kwala Lumpur. 



Penang — Government Hill. 



Pahang — Eumpin Eiver. 



Siam — Bangtaphan (Dr. Keith). 

 Var. picta. A very compact headed form with almost sessile 

 squarrose spikes. 



Sungei Ujong— Gunong Bumbur. 



Siam — Bangtaphan (Dr. Keith). 

 The native names are Eumput Tangot Baong " bearded umbrella 

 grass," and Eumput Pinang "palm grass." 



KYLLINQA. 



K. mo7tocepJiala, Bottb; 



Singapore — Botanic Gardens, etc. 

 Malacca — Ayer Panas. 

 Pahang — Pekan. 

 Native Names, Eumput Tuki, Eumput Butang, "button grass," 

 a name also applied to Eriocaulons and Rhynchospora Wal- 

 lichii. 

 K. brevifolia, Eottb. A common weed. 



Singapore — Almost everywhere, Selitar, Bajan, etc. 

 Penang — Government Hill. 

 Johor — Scudai Eiver. 



