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CLXIL CYPERACE^. 
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(7) C. rivulorum Journ. F.M.S. Mtis. vi. 195. 
Stoloniferous tufted plant. Leaves linear acuminate, 2 ft. long, 
*25 in. wide, back scabrid. Culm 3 ft. long, weak. Spikes 6, verj^ 
slender cylindric pedunculate, i in. long, -i in. through; lower 
ones female or with male flowers at tip; upper ones male. Glumes 
ovate-lanceolate keeled, with a long mucro, pale brown pubescent. 
Utricle *25 in. long, fusiform narrowed, stipitate at base, long- 
beaked, mouth bifid, triquetrous, ribbed, hairy. Stigmas 3. Nut 
short, fiLsiform triquetrous, dark brown. Hah. Mountains on 
mossy wooded stream-banks, rare. Pahang, Gunong Talian at 
5600 ft. altitude (Ridley). 
(8) C. perakensis Clarke in Hook. fil. F.B.I. vi. 720; Ridl. Mat. 
in. 116. 
Stem stout w^oody. Leaves flaccid, 2 ft. long, -25 in. wide, 
slender acuminate, bases broad shining, dark brown. Panicle lax, 
6 in. long. Partial panicles pale, 2 to 3 in. long, narrow linear or 
oblong. Spikelets oblong, i to 4 utricles. Glume as long as 
utricle, white, lanceolate mucronate. Style trifid, red. Utricle 
ellipsoid hairy, green, many-nerved, beak shortly bifid. Hab. 
Mountain forests, scarce. Selangor, Semangkok Pass. Perak, 
Thaiping Hills (Ridley, Wray). 
(9) C. arridens Clarke in Hook. fil. F.B.I. vi. 726; Ridl. Mat. 
hi. 117. 
A robust plant, glabrous except utricles, with a stout woody 
rhizome. Leaves longer than inflorescence, 18 in. long, -5 in. wide. 
Inflorescence i ft. long. Peduncles one or two from each sheath, 
distant, 2 in. long, erect. Spikelets linear-lanceolate, dark red, -5 
to *75 in. long. Male glumes oblong-ovate obtuse, red-brown, edges 
scarious. Females ovate acuminate. Style trifid. Utricle ovoid 
trigonous nerveless, golden hairy, suddenly beaked, beak slender 
with 2 large lips. Nut ellipsoid trigonous, pyramidal at both ends. 
Hab. Rare, in mountain forest. Perak, Larut Hills at 3000 ft. 
altitude (Kunstler). Distrib. Burma. 
(10) C. Walkeri Am. in Boott. Trans. Linn. Soc. xx. 129; 
llhtsir. i. 2 /. 4; Clarke in Hook. fil. F.B.I. vi. 725. 
Rhizome woody stoloniferous. Leaves about 2 ft. long, -25 in. 
wide. Culm 2-5 to 3 ft. tall. Panicle interrupted, spikes copious, 
narrow cylindric, purple, 1-5 to 2 in. long, female portions short, on 
slender long peduncles. Glumes lanceolate very narrow, acuminate 
mucronate, purple with a green keel and mucro and a white edge. 
Utricles longer, sub-erect linear-lanceolate trigonous, reddish olive, 
pilose above, narrowed into a beak long bidentate, mouth hyaline* 
Nut narrow oblong stipitate. Hab. Rare. Perak, Gunong Kerbau 
at 6600 ft. altitude (Robinson). Distrib. South India, Ceylon 
Java and Philippines. 
(11) C. baccans Nees, Wight Conirib. 122; Hook. fil. Bot. Mag. 
t. 7288; Knkenthal, Pfianzenreich, Cyp.~car. 258, fig. 39, e-h. 
A stout plant 4 ft. tall or less, culm trigonous. Leaves Imear 
