230 AN ACCOUNT OF A BOTANICAL EXPEDITION 



Neyraudia madagascariensis, Hook. fil. Lankawi, Kedah, 

 Gunong Geriang (14861), Tongka near Puket (Curtis). 



Distrib. Trop. Africa and Asia. 



Eragrostis viscosa, Trin. Setul, sandy roadsides. 



Distrib. Tropic. Africa and India, Malay peninsula. 



E. interrupta, var. d'iplachnoides, Bangtaphan, edges of rice- 

 fields (Keith), Setul, Batu Bunga (14853), Rare in the 

 peninsula, only previously seen at Pekan. Distrib. Africa 

 and India. 



E. amabilis, Wd. Kedah, Alor Sta (14851). 



Distrib. Trop. Asia. 



E. elongata, Jacq. Lankawi, Kwah; Setul heaths common 

 14850. Distrib. Trop. Asia and Australia. 



E. elegantula, Stend. Setul, common (14849), Kedah, Alor 

 Sta (14848). Distrib. India, Malay peninsula. 



Lophathcriim Lehmanni, Nees. Trang at Chong, (Native col- 

 lector). Distrib. Tropic. Asia. 



Ccntothcca lappacea, Beauv. Perlis, Tebing Tinggi, etc. 



Distrib. Africa, Indo-Malaya, Australasia. 

 Gigantochloa Kurzii, Gamble. Kasum (Curtis). 

 Distrib. Tenasserim, Malay peninsula. 

 Bambusa spinosa, Bl. Kedah, Alor Sta, Perlis, Kanga. 



The only cultivated bamboo here. It seems to do well 

 on dry sandy country where. the other common bamboos 

 fail. Also seen at Pekan in the same kind of ground. 

 Schizostackyum chilianthum, Munro. Kasum (Curtis, 3236). 



Distrib. India, Malay peninsula. 

 Oxy ten anther a nigrociliata, Munro. Kedah, Alor Sta, Perlis, 

 Kanga and Setul (14837, 14838). 



Very abundant on the Setul heaths forming dense 

 thickets, undoubtedly wild in this district. Distrib. 

 India, Andamans, Malay peninsula, Sumatra, Java. 



Jour. Straits Branch 



