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XVIII. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF KEDAH PEAK.<br />
VI. Botany.<br />
By H. X. Ridley, M.A.. C.M.G., F.R.S., F.L.S.<br />
Lam- Director <strong>of</strong> Gardens, Straits Settlements.<br />
The fulli'j'ing order belonging to <strong>the</strong> Monocotyledons was omitted<br />
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in Mr. Ridley's account <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Botany <strong>of</strong> Kedah Peak. Antea<br />
pp. 37-88.]<br />
XYKIDEyE.<br />
Xyris Ridleyi Rendle.<br />
Mixed with <strong>the</strong> next species. This was <strong>the</strong> original<br />
locality <strong>of</strong> this plant.<br />
Xyris oreophila, sp. nov.<br />
A tufted plant about 12-18 in. tall. Stems swollen at<br />
base. Leaves linear flaccid acuminate 8 in. long .1 in. wide,<br />
(No. 6138) or rigid and narrower (5962). Culms slender,<br />
terete 8 to 18 in. long. Capitulum obovoid .2 in. long.<br />
Glumes brown, oblong, <strong>the</strong> lower ones truncate, emarginate,<br />
uppermost blunt, entire, a paler thickened ridge in <strong>the</strong> centre,<br />
<strong>the</strong> margin thinner but not scarious. Flowers bright yellow<br />
.3 in. long, <strong>the</strong> tube slender, exsert. Petals broadly oblong.<br />
obovate, minutely too<strong>the</strong>d at <strong>the</strong> rounded top, .15 in. wide.<br />
Stamen? about half as long, staminodes short, plumed, style<br />
and stigmas shorter than an<strong>the</strong>rs. Fruit fusiform, dehiscing<br />
down one side, seeds numerous, linear cyhndric, narrowed at<br />
both ends 1 mm. long.<br />
Kedah Peak 3000 feel alt. Nos. 5962, 6138, 6139. The<br />
specimens <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> latter number are evidently from a wetter<br />
spot and are shorter and more flaccid. It is a much bigger<br />
plant than X. Ridleyi. The petals are described as butter cup<br />
yellow.