142 Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



Cilnmc I i lengtli of Xo. ITT, ovate obtuse ribbed. Glume II ovate 

 cymbii'oim, shorter tlian III. (ilumo IV semilunar flattened shortly 

 sii])itate rather large smootii. Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat, III. 453. Hook, 

 fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. \'II. 51, P. Jteniwphrodituin, Steud. Syn. Cram, 

 GT. 



Singapore: Bukit Timah Eoad (Eidley 10418); Johor: Tcbing 

 Tinggi, Pulau Aur; Paliang: Tahan Biver (Kidley 2139) ; Malacca: 

 Sungei Hudang, Pulau Besar; Sungei Ujong: Bulcit Sulu (Cantley's 

 Coll.) ; Perak: Larut (King's Coll. 2787), Kclau Tujoh (Wray 1801) ; 

 Bindings: Lumut (Kidley 5117) ; Province Wellesley: Tasek Gelugur 

 (Ridley G964). Distrib. Mascarene Islands, India, Malaya, Aus- 

 tralia and Polynesia. Common by road sides. " llumput Mutubong,'' 

 " Eumput Kurubong Padi." 



26. P. PATEXs, Linn. Sp. PI. 86. Stems slender creeping and 

 ascending about 1-2 feet. Leaves lanceolate acuminate hispid above 

 more so beneath 2-6 inches long |-1 inch wide. Panicle 6-9 inches 

 long, with very long capillary branches and pedicels, eventually wide 

 spreading. Spikelets minute globose pale, or brown. Glume I ^- to 

 I the length of Glume III. Glume II semi-ovate cymbiform nearly 

 as long as Glume III. Gl. IV semilunar gibbous, smootli yellow. 

 Burm. Fl. Ind. t. 10. f. 2. Kunth. Enum. I. 126. Hook. "ill. Fl. 

 Brit. Ind. VII. 57. P. arcrescens, Trim. Sp. Gram, Ic. t. 88. P. 

 ohiiquum, Both. Nov. Sp. 51. P. radiranti, Retz, Obs. Iv. 18. P. 

 trUjonnm, in part Thw. Enum. PI. Zeyl. 359. 



Singapore: Bukit Timah (Hullett 441), Tanglin, Changi (Rid- 

 ley 77); Johor: Kwala Kahang (Kelsall H. B. S. 4108); Malacca: 

 Ayer Moleh (Ridley), Hulu Rejang (Derry) ; Sungei UJong: Port 

 Dickson; Paliang: 'J'ahan Woods (Ridley 2827); Bindings: Lumut 

 (Ridley 3111); Penang: Government (Curtis 1916); Selangor: 

 Kiang (Fox). Distrib. India, Malaya, Polynesia. Common on the 

 borders of woods etc. " Rumput Telor Ikan." 



5. ICHXANTHUS, Sw. 



Annual or perennial grasses with broad leaves. Inflorescence 

 panicled. Spikelets 1 or 2 flowered ovate or lanceohite, terete arti- 

 cuhite on the pedicels. Glumes 4, I, II and III subcqual persistent 

 strongly nerved, III paleate, IV much shorter deciduous, stipitate 

 paleate bisexual oblong, with a simple or bifid or two appendages on 

 the stipes. Styles free, stamens 3. Grain coriaceous acute or acu- 

 minate articulate at the base of the stipes. 



Species 20, '^I'ropics of both hemispheres. 



I. PALKXS, Munro. Benth. Fl. Hongk. 414. Stem slender long 

 creeping with ascending branches 12 inches tall. T^eaves lanceolate or 

 ovate acuminate inae(|uilateral base broad, hairy 2-3 inches long i-1 



