CLXII. CYPERACE^. 
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Fimbrisiylisl] 
Hab. Common in woods and forests up to 2000 ft. altitude, Singapore, 
Upper Bukit Mandai. Johor, Gimong Paiitai. Malacca, Merlimau 
(Derry); Tanjong Kling. Pahang, Tahan River. Sungei Ujong, 
Gunong Berumbun (Cantley). Selangor, eld’s Plill (Nur). Perak 
(Wray). Legeh, Tomoh (IMachado), Kelantan. Penang Hill 
(Curtis). Adang Islands, Pulau Rawei. Distrib. Ceylon, Tavoy, 
Siam. Native names : Rumput Siamet; Rumput Pulut; Rumput 
Bawang (onion grass, from its narrow leaves). 
(22) F. leptoclada Benth. FL Hongkoftg, 393 (not of Flora 
Australis ); Clarke in Hook. fil. F.B.I. vi. 647; Ridl. Mat. hi. 96. 
A small tufted plant 12 to 18 in. tall with slender wiry culms and 
very narrow linear leaves, 6 to 8 in. long. Umbels small, -25 to 
•5 in. long, I or 2 rays bearing a cluster of small dark brown conic 
spikelets at the end, or reduced to a single cluster. Glumes ovate, 
keeled. Nut obovoid, yellow brown, thickly tubercled. Hab. Dry 
sandy spots near w'oods. Singapore (abundant). Pahang. Pekan, 
Malacca (Griffith). Setul heath. Distrib. Ceylon, Borneo, China. 
(23) F. nigrobrunnea Tim. Enum. 434; Clarke in Hook. fil. 
F.B.I. vi. 648; Ridl. Mat. hi. 97. Abilgaardia Eragrostis Boeck. 
Linncea, xxxvii. 55. 
Rhizome very short and stout with very large roots. Leaves 
many, 3 to 6 in. long, -12 in. wide, stiff, blunt, bases scabrous on 
edge. Culms 8 to 30 in. tall. Umbel simple or decompound. 
Bracts -5 in. long. Spikelets crowded on the ends of 2 or 3 recurved 
rays, >5 in. long. Glumes obscurely distichous, oblong, keeled, 
mucronate. Style trifid. Nut obovoid, yellow-brown, warty or 
nearly smooth. Hab. Rare, Kedah on Gunong Jerai (Kedah Peak) 
at 3000 ft. altitude (Ridley). Distrib. India and Cambodia. 
(24) F. monostachya Hassk. PI. Jav. Rar. 61; Clarke in Hook, 
fil. F.B.I. vi. 649. Abilgaardia monostachya Vahl. Ennm. ii. 296. 
A tufted plant with wiry roots, 17 in. tall. Leaves slender, 
very narrow', half as tall as culms. Spikelet i, erect, pale whitish, 
ovate or lanceolate, -25 in. lengthening to *75 in. long as they 
develop and the low'er glumes fall. Glumes ovate acute or mucronate, 
w'hitish, lower ones distichous. Nut half as long as the glume, 
globose, ovoid, w hite to brown, tubercled, trigonous, bluntly beaked. 
Style trifid, villous to near base. Hab. Sandy heaths. Perils at 
Kanga (Ridley). Distrib. All warm regions. 
(25) F. rigidifolia Ridl. Joiirn. Roy. .ds. Soc. S. Br. 59, 
p. 223. 
Base of stem short, thick, densely covered with broad leaf 
sheaths. Leaves stiff linear blunt, margins toothed, i to 3 in. long, 
*12 in. wide, recurved. Culms slender, 12 to 16 in. tall, rather stout. 
Umbel compound, branches slender, i to 3 in. long, spikelets lanceo¬ 
late narrow, -2 in. long. Glumes lanceolate sub-distichous acuminate, 
brown, scurfy. Nut obovoid trigonous. Style hardly dilate at 
base. Hab, Setul on heaths (Ridley). 
