228 AN ACCOUNT OF A BOTANICAL EXPEDITION 



Imperata arundinacea, Cyrillo. Common, Kedah, Alor Sta, 

 Perlis and Setul, coming up on the burnt heath. Cosmo- 

 politan. 



Eremochloa Malay ana, Eidl. Setul (14846) on Heaths, only 

 other locality known at Yan in Kedah. 



Bottboellia cancellata n. sp. 



Tufted rhizome a little swollen at the base. Leaves 

 linear, acuminate, i inch wide, glabrous except the young 

 sheaths, especially on the margin and ligule hairy. Spikes 

 solitary on slender peduncles, lo inch long, they are 

 slender over an inch in length. Internodes xo inch 

 long, excavate, hollowed at the top, glabrous, spikelets 

 2, fertile, I as long as the internode, outer glume 

 cartilaginous, coriaceous, ovate, subacute, cancellate all 

 over, not winged. Glume II ovate, acute, slightly shorter. 

 Glume III very thin, hyaline oblong. Stamens 3, deep 

 purple. Stigmas purple, plumed. Stalked spikelet, pedicel 

 angled as long as the internode, glumes 3 (two outer 

 ones connate) lanceolate, subacute, outer one bifid. 



Setul Heaths (15231). 



Much the habit of Mnesithea gcmina Hack, but with 

 solitary sessile spikelets. The outer glume is cancellate 

 all .over with short processes below each cancellation. 



Mnesithea gemina, Hack. Setul Heaths (15229). Distrib. 

 Pahang East Coast. 



Ischaemum magnum, EendJe. Perlis, Kanga (14840). Dis- 

 trib. Malay peninsula. 



I. aristatum L. Perlis, at Bukit Hangat Besih near Kanga 

 (14839). 



I. muticum, L. Barigtaphan (Keith), Perlis, Kanga, etc. 

 Distrib. Eastern' Tropics. 



/. ciliare, Retz. Kedah, Alor Sta (14842\ Setul. Distrib. 

 Indo-Malaya. 



J. timorcnsc, Kunth. Setul. Distrib. Indo-Malaya. 



Jour. Straits Branch 



