TO LOWER SI AM. 223 



obovoid, flattened, smooth, margined, top truncate, borne 

 on a short red, cylindric gynophore, dilated above, pale 

 straw color, not striate. 



Kedah, paddy fields, Alor Sta (14876), Setul (14878), 

 Perlis, Kang (14879). 



F. (Abilgaardia) angustifolia, n. sp. A densely tufted plant with 

 numerous fibrous roots. Leaves setaceous, linear, numer- 

 ous, 4~5 inches long, ^o inch wide, quite glabrous Callus 

 slender, 6 to 10 inches long with slender spreading 

 branches, 1 inch long, bracts linear, acuminate. Spikelets 

 narrow, i inch long or less, lanceolate, acute. Glumes 

 lowest, empty ones ovate, acute, distichous, upper ones 

 subdistichous, Janeeolate, mucronate, keeled with an 

 elevated rib on each side of the keel, reddish brown, 

 edges paler, slightly scurfy. Nut white, obovoid with a 

 rounded tip, slightly 3 angled, minutely pustular with 

 no ribs. Style red dilated at the base. 



Setul, sandy places on the heath (14822), Labuan 

 (Eidley 9042 : Bp. Hose). 



F. rigidi folia, n. sp. 



Stem short and thick, densely covered with broad 

 leaf sheaths. Leaves stiff, linear, rigid, obtuse, margins 

 denticulate, 1-3 inches long, l inch wide, light green, re- 

 curved. Culm slender, 12-16 inches long, moderately 

 stout, grooved, branches numerous, spreading, primary 

 branches 1-3 inches long, spikelets lanceolate, \% inch 

 long, narrow. All glumes lanceolate, subdistichous, 

 brown, acuminate, hardly keeled, entirely scurfy. Nut 

 none ripe seen, triquetrous, obovoid, style hardly dilate 

 at the base. 



Setul on heaths, (14877). 



Of the species of Fimbristylis belonging to the sec- 

 tion Abilgaardia, there are several of the fusca group, 

 which might possibly be connected into one species of an 

 extremely polymorphic nature. What appears to be the 



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