178 cLXii. CYPERACE^. {Scleria. 
Hn; Changi. Johor, Tana Merah Road. Pahang, Pulau Tawar; 
Pekan. Malacca, Pulau Besar (Griffith); Alor Gajah. Penang 
(Wallich). Disirib. India, Siam, China, Malaya. 
(8) S. radula Hance, Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. iv. xviii. 232; Clarke 
in Hook, fil, F.BJ. vi. 691; Ridl. Mat. iii. in. 
A tall stout plant over 4 ft. tall. Leaves 2 ft. long, i in. wide, 
3-nerved, sheaths stout not winged, ligule rounded. Panicles 
triangular, 3 in. long, 2 in. wide, on triquetrous peduncle 3-5 in. 
long. Spikelets cylindric, purple, -i in. long, unise.xual, bracts at 
base of branches very narrow linear setaceous, i in. long or less. 
Nut smooth, white, globose or oblong apiculate. Hab. Hill forests. 
Pahang, Gunong Tahan on wooded stream-banks at 5500 ft. alti¬ 
tude. Selangor, Menuang Gasing (Kloss). Perak, Thaiping Hills; 
Gunong Kerbau at 4200 ft. altitude; Gunong Inas (Yapp). Penang, 
West Hill. Distrib. Hongkong. 
(9) S. caricina Benth. FI. Austral, vii. 426; Clarke in Hook, 
fil. F.B.I. vi. 688; Ridl. Mat. hi. iii. Diplacnim caricinum 
Br. Prodr. 241. 
A small plant, apparently annual, tufted or in long grass longer 
and weak, 6 to 15 in. tall, glabrous. Leaves i to 2 in. long, -i to 
•12 in. wide, flaccid, usually 3-nerved. Spikelets in very small 
axillary clusters just emerging from the leaf axils, unisexual. Nut 
minute, 3-ribbed and cancellate. Hab. Common in waste ground 
and sandy paths. Whole Peninsula, Singapore, Bukit Mandai; 
Tanglin. Johor, Sungei Tebrau. Malacca, Merlimau; Pulau 
Besar. Pahang, Pekan. Setul. Distrib. India, China, Malaya, 
North Australia. 
(10) S. bancana Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 602 ; Clarke in Hook, 
fil. F.B.I. vi. 693; Ridl. Mat. iii. 112. 
A rough, stout, nearly glabrous plant about 3 ft. tall. Leaves 
2 ft. long or less, -25 to -5 in. wide, trinerved, scabrid; sheaths 
triquetrous, occasionally narrowly winged. Partial panicles densely 
crowded at the top, light green, with the long setaceous, secondary 
bracts very conspicuous. Spikelets numerous unisexual. Nut 
ovoid-globose, reticulate, minutely pubescent, small, disc yellowish, 
undulate recurved. Hab. Common in open country all over the 
Peninsula. 
var. nana Ridl. Joiirn. Roy. A 5. Soc. S. Br. 59, p. 225. A 
dwarf variety about 2 ft. tall forming tussocks, in sandy spots. 
Panicles reddish. Hab. Heaths, Setul (Ridley). Distrib. Tenas- 
serim, Cochinchina, Malaya, Oceania. Native name: Rumput 
Sendayan Bukit. 
(11) S, multifoliata Boeck. Linnma, xxxviii. 510; Clarke in Hook, 
fil. F.B.I. vi. 693; Ridl. Mat. iii. 112. 
Culms usually fairly stout, about 3 ft. tall, glabrous. Leaves 
in upper part in false whorls of 2 to 6 together with short sheaths, 
whorls 2 in. apart, 12 to 16 in. long, -25 to -5 in. wide. Panicles 
