CLXII. CYPERACEjE. 
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Eleocharis.'l 
E. variegata Kunth. Enum. ii. 153 i var. laxiflora Clarke 
in Hook. fil. F.B.I. vi. 626; Ridl. Mat. iii. 96. Scirpus laxiflorus 
Culms I to^2 ft. tall, slender or moderately stout, not septate. 
Spikelet -5 in. long. Glumes green, centre darker, oblong obtuse. 
Bnstles 6^or 7, longer than the nnt; style trifid, red, base come, 
green. Nut ovoid, yellow. Hab. In swamps, ponds and ditches, 
the commonest species. Singapore, Garden Lake; Re^rvoir. 
Tohor, Batu Pahat. Pahang, Pekan, Malacca Merlunau (Derry). 
Perak, Selama (Wray). Penang, Waterfall Gardens 1 Telok Bahang 
(Curtis). Dislrib. Indo-Malaya. China, Polynesia, the typical £. 
variegata with red-edged glumes and shorter bristles is found m the 
Mascar^^ flstulosa Schultes in Roem. and Schultes, Sysi. ii .; Mari. 
8g-, Clarke in Hook. fil. F.B.I. vi. 627; Ridl. Mat. f -. 7 \ f - 
acutangula and E. media Schultes, l.c. 91. E. planiculmis Sieud. 
'^’’"cidms rather stout, 18 in. tall, triquetrous above. Spikelet -5 
to I in. long, broader than stem, acute. Glumes brimd ovate 
obtuse, la.xly imbricate. Style bifid, conic, base short. Bristles 6 
as long as the nut. Nut ovoid, base narrowed, brown. Hah Damp 
spots.^not common. Malacca, Tanjong Kling; Bukit Sabiikor 
(Derry). Lankawi, Kwala Kwah (Haniff). Distrib. Tropics gener- 
E. ochrostachys Steud. Syn. Cyp. 80; Clarke in Hook. fil. 
vi FB.1.626 ; Ridl. Mat. Hi. 76. , 
A tufted plant with slender culms 12 to 14 m. long, numerous 
sterile ones, terete not septate. Spikelet slender -25 jong- 
pale. Glumes lax, few, narrow, sub-acute. Style tahd. Bristles 
8. Nut obovoid truncate, light brown, ribbed. Hab. By ponds 
and ditches. Local, Singapore, Tanglin; Telok Kurau, Chongt. 
Tohor Kota Tinggi. Malacca (Grifhth): Merlmiau perry). Pa¬ 
hang, Pekan. Bindings, Liimut (Ridley), Distnb. Java, Borneo. 
^"’^(6)^ E!”capitat™^*Br. Prodr. 225; Clarke in Hook. fil. F.B.I. 
A buffed pllnt'2 'to' 16 in. tall. Culms numerous, slender. 
Spikelet -12 to -2 in. long, sub-globose, conic obtuse, pale. Glumes 
owLg-ovate, blunt. Bristles 6 or 7, red or brown. Nut 
compressed, black. Hab. Lpal in pmp spts 
pore north end, Changi; Tampenis. Disfnft. Europe to Afnca. 
Tropical Asia and America. .. j T\jr 
(7) E, chmtaria Roem. and Schultes, Syst. 
ii. ^ ; Clarke in Hook. fil. F.B.I. vi. 629; Ridl. Mat. 111. 77. 
E. setacea R. Br. Prodr. 224. , i • 1 i Tirn 
A small tufted plant, sometimes developing long, slender, pro¬ 
liferous hair-like culms in water, 3 to 6 m. tall. Culms very slender, 
