Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 137 



oblong smooth shining yellow or purple. P. cocsium, Hook. Kew 

 Journ. II. (1850 )97. Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. VII. 48. 



Singapore: Tanglin (Ridley 5787), Balestier Plain (6355); 

 Johor: Kuala Sembrong (Kelsall H. B. S. 4106), Castlewood, Sungei 

 Tebrau (Eidley 11500); Pahang: Pekan (Eidley 1263); Malacca 

 (Griffith) ; Perak (Herb. Cantley 84), Blanja (Wray 115) ; Penang 

 Waterfall (Curtis 1915). Common in open ground. Distrib. India, 

 Malaya. 



13. P. NODOSUM, Kunth. Enum. PI. I, 97. Stems creeping and 

 rooting at base ascending 1-4 feet slender glabrous. Leaves linear 

 long acuminate 3-8 inches long |-f inch \\dde finely ribbed edge not 

 thickened. Panicle nodding at length spreading 3-8 inches long, 

 branches slender, scabrid. Spikelets lanceolate acute narrow -J inch 

 long purplish. Glume I ovate acuminate nearly half as long as III 

 Glume II a little longer tlian Gl. I, 5 nerved. Glume III lanceolate 

 ribbed epaleate. Glume IV elliptic lanceolate punctate pale smooth. 

 Steud. Syn. Gram. 59. Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. VI, 43. P. Arnottianum, 

 Nees. P. multinode, Presl. Pel. Haenk. I. 303. 



Singapore: Chan Chu Kang (Ridley 1704), Tanglin; Johor: 

 Serom, Batu Pahat (Ridley 11014); Pahang: Pekan (Ridley); 

 Selangor: Kuala Lumpur Caves (Ridley 8475); Penang: Pulau 

 Betong (Curtis 1961, 1917, 1918). Distrib. India, Malaya, China. 

 Common in thickets and grassy meadows. " Rumput Mintabong," 

 " Sarong Buaya." 



14. P. MOiSTTANUM, Roxb. Fl. Ind. I. 313. Stem slender 2 feet 

 tall or more often woody. Leaves lanceolate acuminate base cordate 

 3-5 inches long -|-f inch wide, sparingly hairy on the nerves above, 

 margins ciliate, nerves on the back conspicuous 10. Penicle very lax 

 6-8 inches long with spreading capillary branches. Spikelets jV inch 

 long, subglobose. Glume I lanceolate acuminate nearly as long as 

 Glume III hairy. Glume II and III ovate slightly hairy subequal. 

 Gl. Ill epaleate. Glume IV as long as Gl. Ill semioval smooth. 

 Kunth Enum. PI. 136. Hook. fil. Fl, Brit. Ind. VII. 53. Trim. 

 Fl. Ceyl. P. courtallense, Nees. Steud. Syn. Gram. 83. P. euch' 

 roum, Steud. I.e. 98. 



Selangor: Kuala Kubu (Ridley 7779) ; Penang Woods in Water- 

 fall Gardens (Eidley 7136). Distrib. India, China and Malay 

 Islands. Inhabits dry rocky woods. 



15. P. HUMiDORUM, Ham. in Wall. Cat. 8731. Hook. fil. Fl. 

 Brit. Ind. VII. 53, var. peral-eme. A tall slender grass 3 or 4 feet 

 high, stems J inch through. Leaves narrow Tiucar acuminate glabrous 

 G inches long \-^ inch wide, base obscurely cordate, sheaths as long' 

 ciliate at the mouth. Panicle 9-13 inches long spreading with fili- 

 form branches, spikelets ellipsoid obtuse yV inch long purple. Glume 



