Flora of Koh Chang. 



Contributions to the knowledge of the vegetation in the 



Gulf of Siam. 



By 



Johs. Schmidt. 

 Part III. 



(C.B.Clarke: Cyperaceae. — E. Hackel: Gramineae. — H. Christ: Pteridophyta. 

 (Selaginella auctore G. Hieronymus.) — V. F. Brotherus: Bryales.) 



Cyperaceae 



by C. B. Clarke — Kew. 



I have prepared a list of the Cyperaceae collected in Koh Chang, 

 24 species — of these 14 are maritime species, 5 are rice-field weeds; 

 Bynchospora aurea Vahl is widely scattered ; Fimbristylis Hookeriana 

 Boeck, has been hitherto known only from 2 localities 300 miles 

 apart. Of the maritime species, a few are strictly maritime; a few 

 re-appear in the lower hills, while they are absent from the plains; 

 the greater number while common on the sea-coast occasionally 

 occur inland. As to Fimbristylis Hookeriana Boeck, it grows in 

 large quantity in its two known habitats; and it may be expected 

 to be met with hereafter between Khasia and Koh Chang. 



The 24 Cyperaceae of Koh Chang all occur in British India, 

 except Fimbristylis cymosa R. Br., a species common in Malaya 

 and Polynesia. They are arranged diagnosed and described in Sir 

 J. D. Hooker's Flora of British India. I have therefore not copied 

 over again what is printed there, but have given a reference to it, 

 and to the Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 34 [1898] which gives the localities 

 of the species in British India. 



