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4. P. PLATYCAULE, Poir. Eiicyc. IV. 3-i. Steud. Syn. Gram. 

 22. Glabrous stoloniferous, forming tufts of Ijroad bright green un- 

 dulate leaves. Stems flattened 2 feet tall or less leafy. Leaf sheaths 

 broad flattened, blade linear obtuse 8 inches long ^ inch wide edges 

 at base ciliate. Peduncles 2 from each leaf axil slender, bearing 

 2 to 5 alternate very slender spikes 3 to 4 inches long. Eachis 

 triangular. Spikelets distant ellipsoid green nearly sessile glabrous. 

 Outer glume 1 and 2 thin elliptic, pubescent at base No. 3 and -i 

 shorter thinly coriaceous pale obtuse. Grain elliptic smooth flattened 

 yellowish. P. compressum, Nees. Agr. Braz. 22. Trim. Ic. t. 118. 



Singapore : Tanglin. Abundant in and round the Gardens. This 

 South American grass seems to have quite established itself here. 



5. P. SAXGUiNALE, Lam. 111. I. 176. Annual or perennial often 

 creeping 6 to 18 inches long leafy. Leaves linear or linear lanceolate 

 flaccid, glabrous or hairy, sheath long, glabrous or hairy ligule. 

 Spikes 3 to 10 or more crowded at the end of the rather slender 

 peduncle, sessile or stalked 1 to 6 inches long, alternate or whorled. 

 Pachis slender flattened scab rid. Spikelets solitary or in pairs, 

 stalked, with unequal stalks when in pairs, lanceolate or oblong. 

 Glume I. 3-5 nerved glabrous or hairy, II. 5 nerved lanceolate, III. 

 smooth. Nut oblong ellipsoid smooth. Flor. Brit. India VII. 13. 

 Trim. Fl. Ceyl. I.e. 123. The whole peninsula in waste ground and 

 roadsides. A very variable plant distributed over all regions warm 

 enough for it, and with a correspondingly large synonymy. 



var. 1 commutatum. Tall and stout or slender tufted or far 

 creeping. Leaves long and broad, spikes few or many, long 3 to 6 

 inches crowded and sometimes whorled. Common in wet or rank 

 soil. 



Singapore: Tanglin; Johor: Sempang Eiver (Eidley 11009); 

 Pahang: Chinton (Kidley 2829), Eumpin Eiver, Kuala Tembeling 

 (Eidley 2138 very far creeping form with strongly hispid sheaths) ; 

 Penang Waterfall (Curtis 1911). 



var. ciliare, Hook. fil. I.e. Tall and slender with few slender 

 spikelets 2-6, rachis narrowly winged. Glumes 1 and 2, strongly 

 ciliate on the edge. 



Malacca Hill (Eidley). 



var. pruriens, Hook. fil. Erect glabrous or sheaths hirsute. 

 Spikes 3 to 6, slender 3 to 6 inches long. Spikelets lanceolate acute 

 narrow, nearly or quite glabrous. Glume I nearly as long as II 

 which is very narrow and 3 nerved, a minute basal glume at its base. 



Singapore: Changi, Tanglin (Eidley 446); Pahang: Sungei 

 Meang (Eidley 1412) ; Malacca (Cuming 2397), (Maingay). 



var. dcjjilc. Hook. fil. A dwarf plaiit ,6 inches to a foot tall, 

 slender tufted, usually glabrous. Leaves short linear lailceolate acu- 



