Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 135- 



Singapore: Kraiiji; Pahang: Pekau (Eidley) ; Jolior: Kuala 

 Sembrong (Kelsall H. B. S. 4122) ; Penang: Pulau Betong (Curtis 

 19G0). Distrib. Africa, India, aud China. Damp spots. ''■ Puniput 

 Bijau," " Eumput Huniani." Among the specimens in the Singapore 

 herbarium is one in which the panicle branches are longer and more 

 spreading than usual, and one in which the dense spike has short | 

 inch leaves scattered through it. 



8. P. MYURUS, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. and Sp. 1, 98. A tall grass, 

 stems prostrate rooting at the base often very thick and spongy 2-6 

 feet tall -J-^ inch in diameter. Leaves long linear acuminate base 

 cordate 4-14 inches long I to 1 inch wide ciliate at the base and 

 mouth and edge of sheath. Panicle erect dense 8-14 inches long 

 spiciform branches closely appressed. Spikelets very narrow i inch 

 long erect. Glume I lanceolate acuminate ?, length of No. III. Gl. 

 II lanceolate cuspidate tip ciliate, 5 nerved. Glume III lanceolate 

 long cuspidate much longer, lY lanceolate acnte thin shorter than II. 

 Kunth. Pevisio. Gram. I. 33. Enum. PI. 1, 86. Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. 

 Ind. VII. 39. P. acuiiylumum, Steud. Syn. Gram. <oQ. P. Ilass- 

 l-arlii, Steud. Zoll. Syst. Verz. 54, Syn. Gram. 70. P. serridatum , 

 Poxb. Fl. Ind. I. 307. Uymenaclinc Mijurus, Beauv. Agrost. 49. t. 

 10. f. 8. 



Johor: Batu Pahat; (Eidley 11005), Parit Jawa (Feilding) ; 

 Sungei Ujong: Burunang (Cantley's Coll.) ; Pahang: Maliang (Kid- 

 ley 1321) ; Province Wellesley: Permatang Bertani (Pidley) ; Penang 

 (Curtis 1903). Distrib. Tropics generally. Occurs in grassy open 

 swamps. " Eumput Kunipai." 



9. P. AURITUM, Presl. Nees. Agrost. Braz. 176. Stems about 

 3 to 6 feet tall, as much as \ inch through at the base or less. Leaves 

 linear lanceolate acuminate 6-10 inches long |-1^ inch wide base cor- 

 date broad glabrous or hairy beneath edge scabrid. Panicle long 

 nodding much branched or contracted -18 inches long. Spikelets 

 tV'ttj iii^li loiig green or purplish crowded on short branches ovoid, or 

 fusiform. Glume I very short ovate obtuse or acute J length of 

 Glume III. Glume II shorter than III or subequal ovate oblong 

 obtuse or subacute nerved. Glume III similar. Glume IV lan- 

 ceolate acuminate smooth. Presl. Eel. Haenk. I. 305. Miq. Fl. Ind. 

 Bat. III. 456. Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. VII. 40. P. insuJicola, 

 Steud. Syn. Gram. 78. P. javanum, Nees. and Buhse in Miq. PI. 

 Jungh. 376. Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I.e. 453. 



Singapore Eeservoir (Eidley 1695), Cliangi, Ang Mo Kio (81) ; 

 Johor: Kuala Sembrong (Kelsall H. B. S. 4110); Malacca: Alor 

 Gajah road (Eidley 5782); Pahang: Pekan (Eidley 1192), Talian 

 Eiver (2830), Khol (2819); Selangor: Kuala Lumpur Caves (Eid- 

 ley); Perak: Taiping Waterfall (Eidley); Jenali X^Vi-ay 1746); 

 Province Wellesley: Kriali; Penang ^^'atorfall (Curtis 1818). 



