132 Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



§ 1. Paspalotdeae, '• 



1. P. PuxcTATUisr, Burm. Fl. Ind. 20. Perennial. Stems very 

 stout nearly f inch through below, 2 to 4 feet tall, quite glabrous. 

 ]jeaves linear acuminate 12 inches long ^ inch wide edges scabrid, 

 sheaths long and broad, ligule a ring of hairs. Spikes numerous 

 long 1 inch, longer than the internodes, spikelets imbricating in 

 2 rows, on a flattened sinuate scabrid rachis pale. Glume I very 

 short and broad, truncate, II very short ? of the length of III, broad 

 truncate, III ovate acute thin 3-5 nerved. IV ovate cuspidate gran- 

 ulate. Grain brown granulate. Hook, fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. VII. 29. 

 P. fiiiitans, Betz. Obs. III. 8. Boxb. Fl. Ind. I. 293. Griff. Notul. 

 III. 25. Ic. PI. x\s. 139. t. 231. P. brizoides. Betz. I.e. 



Johor: Sempang Kiri, Batu Pahat (Bidley 11008). Distrib. 

 India, Africa, and Malaya. Bare in grassy fields by the river. 



§ 2. ECIIIXOCIILOA. 



2. P. Crus-Galli, L. Sp. PI. 56, A large coarse grass, 1 to 3 

 feet tall. Leaves broad linear acuminate 9-12 inches long | inch 

 wide scalu'id or smooth. Panicle contracted or pyramidal very vari- 

 able with numerous spikes -J-li inch long simple or compound, rachis 

 scabrid or bristly. Spikelets subsecund shortly pedicelled ^ inch long, 

 green or purplish, hispid. Glume I short about ^ length of II ovate 

 cuspidate, II ovate lanceolate awned. III male or neuter awned much 

 longer, IV more coriaceous glabrous shining shortly awned. Hook, 

 fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. VII, 30, 



Singapore (Hullett) ; Johor: Pengerang (Kelsall Herb. H. B. 

 S. 4017), Sempang Kanan, Batu Pahat (Bidley 11016); Pahang: 

 Temerloh ; Selangor: Bukit Kudah (Bidley 58); Penang: Balik 

 Pulau (Bidley 9407), Bagian Jenmal (Curtis 1958); Kelantan: 

 Kamposa (Bidley). Distrib, All warm countries. Very variable 

 in tiie form of tbe panicle and in the development of the awns of the 

 glumes. This occurs as a casual in waste ground and also in damp 

 spots but is not common. It is known as Padi Burong. 



There are two forms: one var. stagniniun with long awns, and 

 var. f rumen lacciini with very short ones or none. This latter is 

 doubtless here as the remains of cultivation but I have never found 

 it cultivated in quantity anywiiere. 



3. P. C0L0xr:N[, Linn, Syst, Ed, X, 810. Perennial with rather 

 slender stems geniculate and rooting at base, about 6-18 inciies tall. 

 Leaves linear lanceolate acuminate 1-2 inches long -^ wide, quite 

 glabrous. Panicle 3-6 inches long, spikes several erect not awned. 

 Bach is pilose or glabroiiM spikelets ^xi'l iJ^ch long, white green or 

 purple subglobose acu(«. glaljioiis oi' hispid. Glume I ovate cuspidate 



