1.46 Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



10. Stkxotai'IIHlm, Triu. 



Broad leavt^d creeping grasses witli flattened stems and distichous 

 leaves. Spikes flat, racliis broad lierl)aceous with the spikelets ou 

 short branches partly sunk in the rachis. Spikelets ovate acute 

 usually in two rows. Glumes 4 unawned. 1 short and bi-oad, 11 

 convex lanceolate, 111 as long, jialeate, IV as large coriaceous bisex- 

 ual, palea large ovate grain broad flattened free. 



Species 2 or 3. Ti'opics of both worlds. 



S. Hklfehi, Muuro. Hook. fll. Fl. Brit. Ind. VU. 91. Stems 

 1-3 feet long, base decumbent geniculate flattened. Leaves flat dark 

 green linear or lanceolate linear acute base broad 4-0 inches long ^ 

 inch wide. Sheaths long flattened 2 inches or less. Spike 4 inches 

 long 1 inch wide, flat straight. Spikelets 2-5 or short branches ^ 

 inch long. (Jlume I ovate obtuse more than half as long as Gl. Ill, 

 5-7 ribbed. Glume 11 lanceolate T nerved. Ill as long 5 nerved 

 palea te male. 



Perak: Plus Piver (Wray ;J;3G4), Padang Pengas (Pidley); 

 Province Wcllcsley : Permatang Bcrtam (liidlcy 09G8) ; Kedali: Bukit 

 Juru (King's Coll.). Distrib. Tenasserim, Cochin China. Damp 

 spots. 



11. TiiUAni'A, Pers. 



A slender ])rostrate branehcd creeping grass. ]>,eaves flat lanceo- 

 late acute, with broad sheaths. Spikes terminal short enclosed in a 

 leaf-sheath. Sj)ikclets few secund, in one row, l)asal one or two 

 female or bisexual terminal 2 to 6 male, rachis flat pul)escent even- 

 tually enclosing the fruit. Glume I snudl or obtuse in nude, IE ovate 

 or lanceolate, empty, III and IV lanceolate acute, triandrous in nuile 

 spikelets bisexual in the h)wer one. Anthers linear. Stigmas long 

 phunose. Grain enclosed in tiie thickened hard base of the rachis, 

 forming an obconic !)eaked nut. 



Species 1. Madagascai-. Ceylon. Xicoljar, Malaya to Polynesia. 



Til. sAlt.MKNTosA, i'ers. Syn. 1. 110. Stem several feel long 

 wiry branches ;] inches long. Leaves •] to 2 inches long ]-J- inch wide 

 bright green sheaths broad as long. Spike J to 1 inch long. Spikelets 

 I incli long. Fruit j inch long. Kunth. Revis. Gram. L 24T, t. li~i. 

 Lnuiu. I'l. 1. \:\. Su|)pl. 128. Heauv. Agrost. 12:, t. 22, f. 9. 

 Hook. 111. I.e. 91. T. Inlifolia and T. iiwdia, T. invohila, Br. Prodr. 

 19;. (JnillliucrijJKihtcliloa areiiirohi, Kurz. .lourn. Bot. ISIT^, oo2. 

 I. 1(1. hilionnvn invohilniii , Forst. I'rodi'. 'i''!. 



Siiig;ii)ore: KocIhu-. Changi (Widlcy); dolior: ,laiubii Larang 

 (Kcildiiig II. r». S. .■):()()); Pahang: liumpin l»ivci\ Suiigei Meyang 

 (l.'idlcy): I'roviiice Wcllcsley: 'rcluk .\yci' Tawar (Kidley); Kedah : 

 Xuii. Scashoret! creeping in sand, common. 



