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acuminate as long as or longer than culms broad or narrow, scabrid. 
Inflorescence of several panicles, 3 to 5 in. long, much branched, 
rachis scabrid. Spikes numerous, about i in. long, apex (one-third) 
male, narrow cylindric, lower part female. Glumes ovate obtuse, 
red or pale, many nerved mucronate edges hyaline. Utricles as 
long, spreading, ovate, very swollen, tip rounded, -i in. long, olive- 
brown to red, shining, strongly ribbed, edges hispid, beak short 
bidentate. Nut ovate trigonous. Stigmas 3. Hub. In mountain 
forests, a handsome plant with its large inflated utricles. Pahang, 
Gunong Berumban and Telom (Ridley). Disirib. India, Java, 
Sumatra, Cambodia, Formosa. 
(12) C. indica Linn. Mant. ii. 574; BooU. Illustr. ii. 87, t. 250, 
252, 253; Clarke in Hook. fil.F.B.l. vi. 7^4 i Knkenthal, Pflanzen- 
reich, Cyp.-car. 262, fig. 40. 
Rhizome woody thick. Leaves linear acuminate, as long as the 
culm. -25 in. wide. Culms 2 to 3 ft. tall, stout, triquetrous. Panicles 
distant, spreading, about 2 in, long. Spikelets male portion cylindric 
slender, -5 in, long. Female flowers two or three at base. Glumes 
ovate keeled, mucronate, mucro scabrid, often long in female, pale 
straw-colour. Utricles longer, divaricate ovate, more or less inflate, 
olive-green, many-nerved, beak long conic, mouth entire obliquely 
cut, edges scabrid. Nut ovate. Hah. In dry spots in the north. 
Penang, Batu Feringhi. Kedah Peak at 3000 ft. altitude; Alor 
Sta, in great abundance on Bukit Pinang. Lankawi islands, Burau. 
Adang Islands. Rawei island (Ridley). Distrib. India, Siam, 
Cochinchina, Java. . 
var. IcBtebriiyinea Clarke in Hook. fil. F.B.I. vi. Glumes 
brown. Utricles brown not divaricate. Hab. IVIuddy and rocky 
river banks, Pahang, banks of Tahan River (Ridley, Seirnund). 
Johor (Lake and Kelsall); Kota Tinggi River bank (Ridley). 
Distrib. Ceylon and Burma. 
var. fissilis Knkenthal, Pfianzenreich, Cyp.-car. 264; C. fissilis 
Boott. Illustr. ii. 86, pi. 245; Carex indica var. Milnei Clarke in 
Hook. fil. F.B.I. vi. 715. Panicles denser; utricles divaricate, 
mouth bidentate. Hab. Muddy banks of rivers, where it is often 
submerged, Pahang, Sungei Jelei (Machado); Pahang River (Ridley). 
Kelantan River, Jeram panjang, above Chaning; Kelumpur 
(Haniff). Distrib. Borneo to Fiji, Native name : Rumpur Sesayak. 
(13) C. cruciata Wahl. Konigl. Vetensk. Acad. Stockholm, xxiv. 
129; Clarke in Hook. fil. F.B.I. vi. 7^51 Pidl. Mat. hi. 118; 
Knkenthal, Pfianzenreich, Cyp.-car. 266. 
Rhizome woody horizontal, over 6 in. long. Culms 2 to 3 ft. 
tall. Leaves linear acuminate, i to 2 ft. long, *25 to -5 in. wide, 
margins at tip scabrid. Panicles narrow, strict, erect, 2 in. long, 
branches short pubescent. Spikelets -i to -25 in. long; flowers few. 
Glume ovate acuminate or mucronate keeled. Utricle longer, 
ovate, yellow, orange, or olive-coloured, ribbed, beak long curved, 
margins scabrid entire. Nut ovate-elliptic. Hab. High mountains. 
