Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 127 



subequal lanceolate, thin, III shorter apiculatc hardening in fruit. 

 Lodiculcs truncate. Stamens 3, green oblong free. 



Species few, mostly as American. Only distinguished from 

 Paspalutn by the thickened base of the spikelet. 



E. POLYSTACiiYA, H. B. K. N"ov. Gen. and Sp. I. 95. f. 31. Stems 

 tall leafy 2 feet tall or more stout geniculate. Leaves long linear 

 acuminate 6-8 inches long J inch wide or less glabrous smooth, or 

 hairy. Panicle 2-6 inches long of numerous slender branches even- 

 tually spreading spikelets ^ inch long, lanceolate acute shortly pedi- 

 celled. Glumes I and II subequal lanceolate acuminate silky or 

 villous, pale green or purplish. III shorter glabrous more coriaceous 

 apiculate shorter. Kunth. Enum. I. 73. Suppl. 52. Hook. fil. 

 Fl. Brit. India VII. 20. Trim. Fl. Ceyl. I.e. 126. E. annidata, 

 Kunth. Kev. Gram. I. 30. Enum. I. 73. E. punctata. Ham. Prodr. 

 Fl. Ind. Occ. 5. Kunth. l.c.c. 72. E. succincta, Kunth. I.e. 73. E. 

 sundaica, Miq. I.e. Suppl. 606. HeJopus annulatus, Nces. Mart. Fl. 

 Braz. II. 17. H. acrotrichus, Steud. Syn. Gram. 100. Milium 

 punctatum, Linn. Amoen. Acad. V. 392. M. polystachyum, Spreng. 

 Syst. I. 251. M. ramosum, Petz. Obs. VI. 22. ^riff. Notul. III. 15. 

 Ic. PI. As. t. 139. f. 60. 



Johor: Batu Pahat (Eidley) ; Selangor: Petaling, Kuala Se- 

 langor, old fort (Pidley) ; Malacca (Fl. Brit. Ind.) ; Dindings: Lumut 

 (Ridley) ; Lower Perak : Sitiawan (Ridley 7262). Distrib. All hot 

 countries. Octurs here in waste ground occasionally. 



3. IsACiiNE, Br. 



Perennial grasses, with loose panicles of small or minute sub- 

 globose or ovoid spikelets, 1-2 flowered, not articulate with the pedicel. 

 Glumes IV often all separately deciduous, I and II subequal con- 

 vex empty, III and IV longer or smaller, thinner, III male or 

 rarely bisexual, IV bisexual or female hemisijheric coriaceous. Lodi- 

 culcs minute. Stamens 3, rarely 4-6 green free. 



Species 25. 



Glumes I and II much longer than IV . . 1. /. Kunthiana. 



Glumes I and II about as long as IV 



Glumes III and IV equal and similar, hemis- 

 pheric. Tall plants. 



Panicle very lax, leaves 4-8 inches . . . . 2. /. aliens. 



Panicle rather compact, leaves 2 inches . . 3. /. javana. 



Panicle thick. Leaves broad, spikelets pubes- 

 cent . . . . . . . . . . 4. /. syhcstris. 



Glume III longer ovate flat, tall plant .. 5. I. ausiralis. 



.Glume III short. Dwarf plant . . . . 6. /. miliacea. 



