Cypertis.'] clxii. cyperace^. 143 
lets flat, very numerous, *33 to *37 in. long, olive-green, digitate, 
3 to 9 together. Glumes ovate, boat-shaped, mucronate. Nut 
broad elliptic, triquetrous. Hah. In sandy woods. Common. 
Singapore, Bukit Timali. Pahang, Tahan River. Selangor, Kwala 
Lumpur. Kelantan, Kwala Aring (Yapp); Kwala Lebir. Kedah, 
Alor Sta (Ridley). 
var. pubisquama Ridl. l.c. C. pubisquama Steud. Syn. Cyp. 
20 : Clarke l.c. 604. Spikelcts very numerous, longer, more closely 
imbricate and occasionally scabrid. Hab. In sandy woods, Johor, 
Kota Tinggi. Pahang, Tahan river. Selangor, Ginting Bidai; 
Kwala Lumpur. Perak, Simpang (Wray). Penang (Wallich). 
Pulau Betong (Curtis). Distrib. of the species, tropics generally. 
Native names : Rumput Parah Parah; Rumput Bumban. 
(8) C. bancanus Miq. FI. Fid. Bat. Supp. 260, 599; Ridl. 
Mai. iii. 65. C. turgidulus Clarke, Joiirn. Linn. Soc. i. 130; in 
Hook. fil. F.B.I. vi. 604. 
Tufted or solitary steins 12 to 18 in. tall. Leaves numerous, 
as long or longer, flaccid, -5 in. wide. Culm stout triquetrous. 
Ihnbel compound, 3 to 4 in. wide, rays 2 in. long. Bracts large, 
leaf-Iikc. Spikes small capitate dense, spikelets very small turgid, 
few-flowered, -06 in. long. Glumes ovate, mucronate, many-ribbed, 
keel green, sides brown. Nut ovoid-lanceolate acute, 3-angled, 
dark brown, as long as glume. Hab. sandy woods, common, 
Malacca, St. Paul's Hill (Hervey). Pahang, Pekan. Sungei 
Ujong, Gunong Berumbun (Cantley). Penang, Tanjong Bunga 
(Curtis). Setul. Distrib. Assam, Burma, Siam, Malay islands. 
Native names : Rumput Pa-parah ; Rumput Chiikor Kerbau. 
( 9 ) C, radians Nees and Meyen, Linncea, ix. 285; Clarke in 
Hook. fil. F.B.I. vi. 605; Ridl. Mat. iii. 66. C. radicans Kimih. 
Enum. ii. 95. C. Griffithii Steud, Syn. Cyp. 316. 
A stiff tufted plant, culms solitary or several together, i to 
3 in. tall. Leaves longer, 3 to 6 in. long. Umbel simple or com¬ 
pound, sometimes reduced to a head, sometimes with rays i to 
12 in. long. Bracts numerous. Spikelets -12 in. long or more, 
rarely *75 in. long. Glumes close ovate mucronate, red brown, 
with many ribs. Nut obovoid, black punctate, half as long as 
glume. Distrib. Tenasserim, China, Malaya. Hab. Scasands. A 
very variable sedge in size, Singapore (Wallich); Gelang to Changi. 
Malacca (Griffith); Pulau Besar. Pahang, Sungei Meang. Tring- 
ganu, Cherating River. Kelantan, Kamposa. Penang, Telok 
Bahang and Batu Fcringhi (Curtis). A flaccid green form occurs 
in shady spots at Sungei lileang, Pahang. Distrib. Tenasserim, 
Malaya, China. 
(10) C. Iria Linn. Sp. PI. 67; Roxb. FI. Ind. i. 201; Clarke 
in Hook. fil. F.B.I. vi. 606; Ridl. Mat. iii. 67. 
Culms solitary or tufted, 4 to 24 in. tall. Leaves shorter than 
stem, -2 to *25 in. wide. Umbel 2 to 5 in. across, usually com- 
