Matmals for a Flora of tlie Malayan Peninsiila. 141 



Singapore: Yo Chn Kang (Ridley 11292); Johor: Gunong 

 riilai; Perak: Larut Hills 4500 feet alt.; Penang: Gliigor (Curtis 

 1901). Distrib. Africa, and cultivated all over the tropics for horse 

 fodder, often cultivated in the peninsula and occurring sporadically 

 in cultivated ground. Xlie Guinea-grass. 



23. P. ovALiFOLiuM, Poir. Encycl. IV. 279. Stems creeping 

 and rooting slender, ascending 6 inches to a foot. Leaves ovate acu- 

 minate flaccid 4-2 inches long ^-f wide, base cordate amplexicaul 

 glabrous or hairy, base of mouth of sheath ciliate. Panicle sessile or 

 nearly so 2-4 inches lax spreading with slender filiform sinuous 

 branches. Spikelets j^^r iiich long solitary on slender pedicels, green 

 or purplish hairy elliptic obtuse. Glumes I and II ovate obtuse 

 strongly ribbed hairy. III flat obtuse glabrous little longer, with a long 

 narrow palea, IV much shorter ellipsoid obtuse coriaceous smooth 

 sides inflexed. Beauv. Fl. D'Owar III. 79. t. 110. f. 1. Kunth. 

 Enum. PI. 1, 113. Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. VII. 44. P. brevifolium, 

 Eoxb. Fl. Ind. I. 306. 



Singapore: Government Hill (Eidley) ; Johor: Kota Tinggi; 

 Pahang: Kuala Pahang (Eidley 995); Malacca: Bukit Bruang 

 (Eidley 5786), Sungei Udang (Goodenough 1680) ; Perak (Wray 

 3644), Larut Hills at 3,000 feet, Bujong Malacca (Eidley 9613) ; 

 Penang Waterfall (Curtis 496); Province Wellesley: Permatang 

 Bertam (Eidley). Distrib. Africa, India, Malaya, China. 



24. P. HiRTiFOLiUM, n.sp. Stem creeping decumbent, erect 

 portion 6-8 inches long, leafy to the inflorescence. Leaves ovate lan- 

 ceolate amplexicaule acute very hairy with long white cilia especially 

 on the edge ^ inch long J inch wide, sheaths strongly ribbed pilose. 

 Panicle 1-2 inches long white ciliate branches slender spreading. 

 Spikelets jV ii^ch long solitary on the tops of the branches gibbous 

 lanceolate dark green. Glume I lanceolate green hairy flat. Glume 

 II as large and broader ribbed hairy ovate boat-shaped. Gl. Ill flat 

 lanceolate shorter. Gl. IV white ovate obtuse coriaceous. Palea 

 similar flattened. 



Selangor: Semangkok Pass (Eidley 12046). This little plant is 

 evidently allied to P. ovaUfolmm, Poir. but is smaller and more hairy. 

 Endemic. 



§ 7. GiBBOSAE. 



25. P. PILIPES, Nees. and Arn. Miq. PI. Junghuhn III. 376. A 

 creeping and ascending grass slender geniculate, ciliate or glal)rous at 

 the nodes. Leaves linear lanceolate long acuminate l|-6 inches long 

 ■^-\ inch wide, glabrous or sparingly hairy above pubescent beneath 

 sheaths ciliate. Panicle compact 1^-4 inches long, branches short. 

 Spikelets crowded brown glabrous subglobose blunt ^^ inch long. 



