6 GRASSES AND SEDGES OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 



ous. This was growing in a very damp spot where a stream 

 entered the sand, at Sungei Meang in Pahang. 

 Singapore — Changi. Plentiful. 

 Malacca — Pulau Besar. 

 Penang — Telok Bahang, Batu Feringgi. 

 Pahang — Putnpin River, Cherating, Sungei Meang, Pekan, 



Kwala Pahang. Very common along the coast. 

 Kelantan — Kamposa. 

 C. haspan, L. Common in swampy spots. 

 Singapore — Tanglin, Tivoli, etc. 

 Penang — Tanjong Bunga. 

 Selangor — Kwala Lumpur. 

 Malacca — Chabau, Ayer Panas. 

 Pahang — Kwala Pahang. 

 Native names, Pumput Sumbo (? " wick grass"), P. Bilis Jantan 

 (Bilis is a kind of fish, "male fish grass," probably because 

 it grows by streams). 

 C.Jlavidus, Eetz. With the preceding, but less common. 

 Singapore — Tanglin. 

 Penang — Tanjong Bunga. 

 C. elegans, L. (C diffusus, Vahl). Woods. Fairly common. 

 Singapore — Bukit Timah. 

 Selangor — Pataling Caves, Kwala Lumpur. 

 Penang — Pulau Betong. Also collected here by Wallicii (No. 



3174). 

 Pahang — Katapong near Pekan. 

 C. turgidulus, C. B. Clarke. Common, especially near the sea in 

 sandy kampongs and open woods. 

 Singapore — Changi. 

 Penang — Tanjong Bunga, Waterfall. 

 Sungei Ujong — Gunong Brembun. 

 Pahang — Pumpin Eiver, Praman, Pekan. 

 Siam — Bangtaphan (Dr. Keith). 

 Native name, Pumput Chukor Kerbau, "buffalo razor-grass." 

 C. iria, L. A common weed in gardens and plantations. 

 Singapore — Tanglin, Jurong, Chan Chu Kang, Changi. 

 Penang — Bagan Jermal, Waterfall, Dato Kramat. 

 Kelantan — Kamposa. 

 Malacca — Ayer Panas. 

 Native name, Eumput Suloh Bulahlang (Malacca). Literally, 



" dragon-flies torch." 

 Yar. micriria. This is a very small form, only an inch or so tall, 



