Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula, 133 



I as long as Glume III 3-5 nerved. Glimie II ovate acuminate 

 hispid. Glume III slender but shorter. Glume IV ovoid smooth, 

 acute or blunt. Hook. fil. Fl. Ind. VII. 33. Duthie. Indig. Fodder 

 grass t. 4. P. brizoidcs, L. Mant. I. 184. P. caesium, Xees. Bot. 

 Beechey Voy. 235. P. cuspidatum, lloxh. Fl. Ind. I. 2U8. P. haema' 

 todes, Presl. Fl. Sic. I. 43. P. numidlanum, Presl. Cvp. and Gram. 

 19. P. plctiun, Kocn. Naturf. XXIII. 304. Wight. Cat. 1648. P. 

 pseudocolonuiiij Ilotli. Nov. Sp. 147. 



Singapore: Tanglin, Jurong, etc. (Ridley); Jobor: Bukit Mur- 

 dora (Ivelsall), Johor Bahru (Feilding) ; Malacca Town (Eidley) ; 

 Sekngor: Kuala Lumpur (Kidley 5781); Pahang: Pulau Manis, 

 Pahang River, Maliang (Ridley 1315), ]\aub Track (Machado) ; 

 Penang Waterfall Garden .(Curtis 68). Distrib. All warm coun- 

 tries. A weed in waste ground common. This seems to pass into 

 P. crus-galJi var. frumentaccum and some authors do not consider it 

 specifically distinct. However it is much commoner here than any 

 form of P. crus-gaUi. 



% 3. Brachiaria. 



4. P. MUTicuM, Forsk. Fl. Aeg. Arab. 30. A stout grass about 

 5-8 feet tall with the nodes bearded. Leaves linear acuminate 6 to 

 10 inches long, ^-f inch wide, sheaths usually hairy. Panicle 3 to 8 

 inches long, erect. Spikelets 1| to 3 inches long, sometimes branched, 

 glabrous. Spikelets crowded turgid pale green or purple J inch long. 

 Glume I short obovate cuspidate. Glume II and III subequal, lan- 

 ceolate acute 5 nerved. III paleate, W shorter rounded ellipsoid, mar- 

 gins incurved. Stigmas purple. Schult. Mant. II. 335. Kunth. 

 Enum. PI. I. 93. Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. VII. 34. P. ampliihium, 

 Steud. Syn. Gram. 61. P. horhinodc, Trim. Gram. Panic. 168. Sp, 

 Gram. Ic. t. 318. P. numidiaiium, Lam. 111. I. 133. 



Commonly cultivated and occasionally occurring as an escape 

 round Singapore. Distrib. Africa, India, Malay Isles and America. 



5. P. DisTACHYUM, L. Mant. I. 138. A tall stiff tough grass 

 with long ^creeping subterranean stolons, about 3 feet tall. Leaves 

 linear or lanceolate glabrous or hairy edge thickened 3-5 inches long 

 g: inch or less wide base broad sheath glabrous or hairy. Spikes 3-4, 

 distant 1^ inch long. Spikelets ^ inch long ellipsoid pale in one or 

 two rows sessile or shortly stalked on a narrow rachis. Ghime I 

 ovate subacute ^ as long as II, II and III subequal lanceolate sub- 

 acute ribbed, IV coriaceous shorter ellipsoid strongly punctate rugu- 

 lose pale on the back, sides inflexed. Stigmas })urple. Retz, Obs. 

 III. 17. Lam. 111. t. 43. f. 3. Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. VII. 37. 

 P. subquadriparum. Trim. Gram. Pan. 145. Sp. Gram. Ic. t. 186. 



