x 52 CLXii. cyperace^. [Scirpiis. 
•2=) to I in. long, conic or cylindric. Bract narrow-linear acuminate, 
I to 3 in. long, erect. Glumes rounded ovate, not keeled. Bristles 
3 or 6 Style'bi- or tri-fid. Nut obovoid, flattened, plano-convex, 
yellow or black. Hah. Rice-fields, ]\Ialacca, Selandor; Bukit 
Sabukor (Derry). Negri Sembilan, Kwala Pedas. Pahang, 
Temerloh. Province Wellesley, Perniatang Bertam. 1 erak. Grit. 
(Burkill). Penang. Kedah, Alor Sta (Ridley). Distnb Asia, 
Australia, North America. Native name : Rumput Prut Tikiis. 
(4) S.' Clarkei Stapf. Trans. Linn. Soc. iv. 244. 
A tufted slender plant 6 in. to 2 ft. tall. Lower leaves truncate 
with a short mucro, upper one blade subulate, -6 to i in. long edges 
serrulate. Spikelets solitary, oblong-linear, ’25 m. long, few to 
8-flowered. Glumes 5 or fewer, the lowest empty, ovate oblong 
obtuse, pale chestnut, keel green. Bristles very slender, 6. Stamens 
3. Style trifid. Nut ashy grey, obovate-oblong, -i m. long, 
apiculate Hah. Mountains, in cracks of rocks in streams, very 
local, Pahang, Gunong Tahan at 5600 ft. altitude, abundant 
(Ridley). Distrih. Borneo, Mount Kinabalu rr i. n t 
(5) S. grossus LwW'. Suppl. 104; Clarke in Hook. fit. T.h.I. 
vi. 659. , . ^ . 
A tall stout plant 3 to 4 ft. high. Leaves long acuminate, 7:, in. 
wide. Bracts long acuminate, 14 in. long or less. Panicle lax, 
4 in. long, and about as wide, decompound, with very numerous 
brown ovate spikelets *25 in. long. Glumes ovate mucronate, 
keeled. Bristles 6, scabrous. Nut trigonous, obovoid. Hah. 
Ditches and wet ground, often coming up in rice-fields after the crop 
is taken, in great abundance. Singapore (formerly) at Wayang 
Satu. Tanglin. Malacca, Pahang. Perak. Kedah, Kelantan. 
Penang. Distrih. India, Ceylon, Cochinchina; Malay islands. 
Native names : Rumput Musiang, Murong or Mendarong. Use : 
For making mats and baskets. 
9 . FUmENA, Rottb 
Annual or perennial plants, usually hairy. Stems leafy, leaf sheaths 
entire with an annular membrane at mouth. Spikelets sessile, in 
close axillary or terminal pedunculate clusters. Glumes spirally 
imbricate, keeled, cuspidate or mucronate. Hypogynous scales 
spathulate or quadrate, narrowed at base, 3-nerved. Style trifid, 
slender. Nut trigonous, narrowed at both ends. Species 26, 
all warm regions. 
Perennial, rhizomatous ..... (i) F. iimbellata 
Annual, no rhizome . . . - • • (^) F. glomerata 
(i) F. umbellata Rottb. Descr. and Ic. 70, t. 19, fig. 2 ; Clarke in 
Hook. fil. F.B.I. vi. 666; Ridl. Mat. iii. 80. F. paniculata Lam. 
III. i. 150, i. 39. „ . r ■ 1 
Rhizome woody, short. Culms 2 to 3 ft. tall, trigonous, fairly 
stout. Leaves distant, linear, acute, 4 to 8 in. long, -5 to 75 in. 
