Rhynchos'pora.'] clxii. cyperace^. 165 
Culms 2 to 3 ft. tall, stout, leafy, edges scabrid. Corymbs 
peduncled, axillary and terminal, several. Spikelets -25 in. long, 
clustered, 3 to 5. Glumes 7 or fewer, basal short empty, fifth ovate 
lanceolate fertile. Upper ones male or empty, all bright brown. 
Bristles 6, white, longer than nut. Nut obovoid, beak larger, 
conic, yellow. Hah. Whole Peninsula, very common in wet spots 
in open country. Distrib. All tropics. 
(5) R. glauca Vahl. Enttm. ii. 233; var. chinensis Clarke in 
Hook, fil. F.B.I. vi. 670; Ridl. Mat. iii. 84. R. chinensis and 
R. glauca Boeckl. (partly); IJmKea, xxxvii. 585-586. 
Rhizome woody. Culms 2 ft. tall or more, leafy. Leaves 8 to 10 
in. long. Corymbs small, axillary and terminal, -5 in. long. Spikelets 
reddish brown, clustered. Glumes 6 or 7, ovate cuspidate. Bristles 
short, st^de branches long, slender. Nut obovoid biconvex, slightly 
wrinkled, beak broader than top of nut conic, three-quarters of its 
length. Hah. Sandy places, usually near the sea, rarely on high 
mountains, Singapore, Balestier Plain ; Changi. Pahang, Gunong 
Tahan at 5500 ft. altitude. Selangor, Kwala Lumpur (Seimimd), 
Perlis, Kanga. Setul Heath (Ridley). Distrib. Tropics generally. 
12 . ACTINOSCH(ENUS, Benth. 
Herbs; rhizome slender short. Culms numerous. Leaves few, 
very narrow, basal. Spikelets small in a single globose head. 
Glumes 4 to 8, distichous, i to 3 bisexual. Bristles o. Style bi- or 
tri-fid. Nut obovoid trigonous. Species 7, Asiatic. 
(i) A. filiformis Benth. Ic. PI. xiv. 33, t. 1346. var. chinensis 
Ridl. Mat. iii. 84. Arthrostylis chinensis Benth. FI. Hongkong 
397 - 
Rhizome very short, roots long wiry. Leaves half the length of 
the culm. Culms 8 to 18 in. tall. Spikelets in a dense head, -25 in. 
through. Glumes 4 to 6, lanceolate acuminate, brown, keel 3-ribbed, 
green, ending in a long recurved point, one only fertile. Style trifid. 
Nut small, pale, smooth. Hah. Usually on rocks by the streams 
at 1000 to 7000 ft. altitude, occasionally lower. Johor, Gunong 
Belumut (Holttum). Malacca, Mount Ophir. Perak, Thaiping. 
Kedah Peak. Penang, Sungei Telok Bahang (Burkill). Distrib. 
Malay islands and Hongkong. Typical form Ceylon. 
var. rupestris Ridl. A dwarf tufted form 6 in. tall with very 
slender erect culms and small heads. Hah. Rare. Pahang, 
rocky slopes of Gunong Tahan. Perak, Gunong Batu Putih (Wray). 
Distrib. Lingga and Borneo. 
Clarke refers this plant to the genus Fimbrislylis, but it seems to me to 
represent a very good distinct genus. 
13 . SCHCENUS, Linn. 
Wir}^ herbs; culms leafy or not; leaves narrow stiff. Spikelets 
capitate or panicled. Glumes distichous, basal, 3 or more empty. 
