Carex.l 
CLXII. CYPERACE^. 
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Simgei Uiong (Cantley); Tampin Hill. Bindings, Lumut. Pahang, 
Telom at 4000 ft. altitude. Perak, Thaiping Hills at 3500 to 4000 ft. 
altitude (Kunstler). Penang Hill (Wallich, Curtis). Distnh. Malay 
islands, China. Native name : Rumput Ringgin. 
(3) C. Curtisii Ridl. Mat. iii. 117. ■, j r . o ■ 
Rhizome short woody. Leaves sub-basal, crowded, 6 to 8 in. 
long -13 in. wide. Inflorescence shorter, 3 to 4 in. long. Bracts 
longer Spikelets erect, crowded, utricles numerous. Pemale 
glumes shorter, broad, glabrous. Style trifid. Utricles -12 m. 
long oblong, base narrowed, abruptly beaked, ribbed, trigonous. 
Nut oblong trigonous, truncate, dark brown. Hah. Penang, Govern¬ 
ment Hill at 2500 ft. altitude (Curtis). • 
(4) C. malaccensis Clarke in Hook. fll. F.B.I. vi. 722, Kial. 
Mat. iii. 116. , , -r t 
Whole plant 2 ft. tall, culm slender. Leaves narrow, i ft. long, 
•I in across. Bracts 4 in. long, -13 in. wide, spreading. Spikes 3 
white -5 in. long, oblong-globose. Spikelets 3 or 4, male and 
female parts sub-equal, widely ovate, -25 in. long or less. Female 
glumes minutely hairy, ovate ribbed, miicronate. Utricle glabrous, 
strongly nerved, ovate inflated, acuminate, pale and trigonous, 
beak conical-linear, flattened edges, scabrous. Style long, red, 
stigmas 3. Hab. Rare. Lankawi islands at Kwala Malacca 
(Curtis); Telok Apan (Haniff). Distrib. Siam. 
An unfortunate name, as it does not occur at Malacca. 
( 5 ) C. breviglumis Ridl. 
* Leaves elongate, narrowed to a very slender point, 2 ft. long, 
•2S in wide. Culm as long, slender, partial panicles 3 or 4, distant, 
narrow i in. long. Male part short, slender. Female glumes 
ovate truncate, awned, awn scabrid. Utricle much longer, -2 in. 
long narrow, ellipsoid-lanceolate, triquetrous, pale green, tapermg 
into a long bifid beak, base narrowed, ribs several scabnd, edges 
shortly-hairy. Style red, trifid. Nut narrow lanceolate triquetrous, 
narrowed at both ends. Hab. In mountain forests, rare. Pahang, 
Telom at 4000 ft. altitude (Ridley). , _ , ^ , 
(6) C. Clarkeana Kukenthal, Bull. Herb. Boiss. 2, Ser. iv. 5 - ^ 
Pflanzenreich, Cyp.-caric. 282. , n ^ 1 
Culms 4 ft. long, stout. Leaves as long, flat, glaucous, *4 m. 
wide Inflorescence 28 in. long, slender, partial panicles 9 oblong- 
lanceolate lax, long-peduncled remote. Rachis densely hairy. 
Spikelets numerous, crowded. Male part ovate, -2 in. long. Glumes 
Dilose long, awned. Female glumes ovate mucronate, pale red, 
purple striped, keel yellow. Utricles much longer, ovate-lanceolate 
not inflate in. long, glabrous, many nerved, lead-colour reddish, 
Xfhairy. beak lon| incurved bifid. Nut elliptic. Nai. Perak 
(Wray 4104). 
I have not seen this species. 
