Floscopa.] 
CLl. COMMELINACEAL 
359 
5 . FLOSCOPA, Lour, 
Slender erect or decumbent herbs. Leaves lanceolate. Flowers 
small, pink (or blue) in a terminal panicle of secund flowered cymes. 
Sepals oblong. Petals obovate. Stamens 6, perfect or i imper¬ 
fect ; filaments glabrous. Ovary 2-celIed; cells i-ovuled. Capsule 
globose. Species 12, Africa and America, one Asiatic. 
(1) F. scandens Lour. FI. Cochinchine , 193; Ridl. Mat. ii. 
122. 
Herb, creeping and ascending, 6 to 12 in. tall,' glabrous. Leaves 
elliptic-lanceolate or linear-lanceolate acute, edges ciliate. Panicle 
large dense, 1 to 3 in, long, viscid hairy; rachis pink. Sepals 
ovate viscid hairy. Petals pink. Capsule shorter than sepals. 
Hab. Common in muddy ditches. Singapore, Tanglin. Johor, 
Tanjong Kupang; Bukit Muar (Feilding). Malacca, Brisu; 
Machap. Negri Sembilan, Seremban. Selangor, Klang; Ulu 
Gombak. Perak, Padang Rengas; Thaiping; Sirah Rimau (Yapp). 
Penang, Waterfall. Kelantan, Kwala Pertang (Haniff). Distnb. 
Tropical Asia. Native names : Rumput Kumpai Tikus; Rumput 
Tapak Eti. 
6 . FORRESTIA, Lesson. 
Stout herbs usually creeping and ascending. Leaves broad 
lanceolate petioled, with tubular, usually hairy, sheaths. Cymes 
axillary densely capitate, rarely lax. Flowers small, white. Sepals 
3, boat-shaped. Petals lanceolate or obovate. Stamens 6, bearded 
at tip. Ovary 3-celled, cells 1- or 2-ovuled. Capsule trigonous, 
pink. Seeds 1 or 2. Species 6. Indo-Malaya, Formosa. 
Stem slender, -25 in. through, erect 
Stems stout, *5 in. or more through, creeping ascending. 
Heads small compact sub-glabrous 
Leaves glabrate ...••• 
Heads large lax much branched 
Heads dense soft-hairy. 
Leaves hairy both sides; sheaths bearded 
Leaves glabrous above, bullate 
Heads densely covered with spiny hairs 
(1) F. gracilis 
(2) F. Griffithii 
(3) F. glabrata 
(4) F. marginata 
(5) F. mollis 
( 6 ) F. monosperma 
(7) F. irritans 
(1) F. gracilis Ridl. Journ. Roy. ^ 4 s. Soc. S. Br. 48, p. 37; 
Mat. ii. 123. 
Stems slender, creeping shortly at base, *25 in. through, erect 
part 3 ft. tall, glabrous. Leaves lanceolate acuminate, glabrous 
above, velvety beneath, edge red-hairy, 8 in. long, 2 in. wide, 
petioles winged, red-hairy as is mouth of sheath. Heads small, 
few-flowered, sessile. Bracts ovate, white, pubescent. Sepals *12 
in. long, white. Petals lanceolate. Capsule oblong, pink. Hab. 
Common in woods, lowlands. Singapore, Tanglin; Pulau Ubin. 
Johor, Tanjong Bunga. Pahang River. Malacca, Sungei Buluh. 
