1^0 CLXII. CYfERACE^. [Pimbristylis, 
(26) F. fusca Ben///. Gett. PL iii. 1048; Clarke in Hook, fil 
F.B.I. vi. 649; RidL Mai. iii. 97. Abilgaardia fusca Neesin Wight, 
Contrih. 95. 
Rhizome very short or none. Leaves half the length of the 
stem, very narrow. Culm 18 in. tall, weak. Umbel of 4 or 5 rays 
about I in. long. Bracts short. Spikelets -25 in, long, lanceolate. 
Glumes acuminate lanceolate, brown, pubescent. Nut oblong or 
obovoid, trigonous, yellow brown, obscurely warty. Hah. Sandy 
spots, rare, Singapore, Holland Road. Penang, Government Hili. 
Disirib. Cambodia, Malaya. 
(27) F. fuscoides Clarke, Kew Bulletin, Add. Ser. viii. 25. 
F. angustifolia Rtdl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 59, p. 223. 
A densely tufted plant. Culms slender, 6 to 10 in. tall. Leaves 
setaceous, linear, numerous, 4 to 5 hi. long, ’05 in. wide. Llmbel 
rays slender, i in. long. Spikelets narrow lanceolate acute. Glumes, 
lower ones ovate acute distichous, upper ones lanceolate mucronate, 
sub-distichous, reddish brown, keeled, with a raised rib on each 
side. Nut obovoid, minutely pustular, white. Style red, base 
dilate. Hab. Sandy places on heaths, Setul (Ridley). Disirib. 
Labuan, Cambodia. 
7 . BULBOSTYLIS, Kunth. 
Small tufted plants, stems slender, leafy at base only. Leaves 
very narrow. Corymb umbellate or congested. Spikelets small, 
many flowered. Glumes imbricate on all sides, i or 2 lowest ones 
empty. Bristles o. Style as long as nut, linear, trifid, base very 
small, bulb-shaped, deciduous, leaving a minute button on the top 
of the nut. Nut obovoid, trigonous, smooth. Species 70, all 
warm regions. 
Stems glabrous. (i) B. barbata 
Stems pubescent.(2) B. puberula 
(1) B. barbata Kunth. Entim. ii. 208; Clarke in Hook. fil. 
F.B.I. vi. 657; Ridl. Mat. iii. 77. Scirpus barbatus Roitb. Descr. 
52, t. 17, fig. 4. 
Glabrous plant. Culms 3 to 12 in. long, very slender. Leaves 
half as long. Spikelets up to 20 in a head, brown, -12 in. long. 
Glumes ovate lanceolate sub-acute chestnut, keel green, mucronate, 
ciliate on edge. Nut obovate, smooth, with a minute black button. 
Hab. Sandy places, very common all over the Peninsula from 
Singapore to Penang and Tringganu. Disirib. All warm regions. 
I found in Pahang, at Pekan, a form with the heads of spikelets nearly an 
inch across, with a few slender rays half an inch or more long, bearing solitary 
spikelets -25 in. long at the ends. 
(2) B. puberula Kunth. Emmi. ii. 213; Clarke in Hook. fil. 
F.B.I. vi. 652; Ridl. Mat. iii. 78. Scirpus puberulus Poir. Encycl. 
vi. 767. 
Much resembling B. barbata but stems 6 to 14 in. long, pubescent 
