148 Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



Glume III keeled, not ciliate . . . . . . 1. 0. Rid/cj/i. 



Cihiine III armed Avith white processes . . 2. 0. hdifolia. 



1. 0. EiuLEYJ, Hook. 111. Fl. Brit. Iml. YIl. 93. A tall weak 

 grass, 3 or -1 feet tall. Leaves linear acuminate 6-14 inches long \-l 

 inch wide glalirous nerv(>s distinct ligule long ol>long ciliate. I'anicle 

 (i-12 inches long nodding with parallel slender branches alternate or 

 suh()j)})osite, 4-G inches long. iSpikelets ] inch long exclusive of awn. 

 (Jlumes 1 and 11 setaceous scabrid. Gl. Ill boat-shaped keeled. 

 Keel spinulose, awn nearly as long. Palea keeled spinulosc not 

 awned. Stamens III orange short. Stigmas 2 jilumose. 



doiior: Tebing Tinggi (Kidlev 1011), Kuala Sembrong ( Kelsall 

 II. K. S. 410U); Pahang: IVkan" (Kidley 1315); Malacca: Chabau 

 (liidley 100* ) ; Selangor : Kajang IJoad ; I'erak: Kuala Kangsa. 

 Distrib. Borneo. In waste meadows and wet spots by river banks. 



2. 0. LATU'OLiA, Desv. Journ. Bot. 1. (1813) TT. Stems 2-3 

 feet tall. Leaves M incites long, A inch wide, linear acuminate, edges 

 and back scal^rid narrowed at the base, ligule rather long ciliate ^ 

 inch. Paniele G-8 inches long, branches slender ap])ressed. Spike- 

 lets elliptic ol)lung ^-g^ inch long. Glume I and II lanceolate seta- 

 ceous scabrid very short. Glume III boat-shaped granulate and 

 covered with white })rocesses channelled on both sides, awn scabrid i 

 inch long bj-ittle. I'alea similar but narrower and shortly cuspidate. 



Johor: Seuipang Kiri ( Hidlev 101!)). Parit Jawa (Feilding) ; 

 Perak: Kuala Dipang (Pidley ij:<j'l). Wet fields. " Padi Burong." 



14. Leersia, S. W. 



Tall slender nuirsli grasses with nai-row Hat leaves and a tei-minal 

 panicle of the flowered spikelets, articulate on thin pedieels. (ihimes 

 I and II absent. (.Hume III Ijoat-shaped flattened tliiidy coriaceous 

 keeled. Keel ciliate, not awned. Palea as long narrower keeled and 

 ciliate. Lodicules 2. Stamens G or fewer. Styles short, stigmas 

 plumose. Grain narrowly oblong. 



Species 7. 



S. HEXANDRA, S. W. Prod. \(ig. Ind. Oec. 21. Stems 2-3 i'eet 

 tall slender. T^eavos narrow 2-G inches long J to ^ inch wide linear 

 acuminate, ligule rather long, rounded. Panicle 3-4 inches long 

 l)raiuhes eontracted together 1 ineh long or less. Spikelets })ale green, 

 i ineh long. (JIume slightlv gr;inulate. Stanu'ns G. Kunth. Knum. 

 J'l. I. G. I look. fil. Fl. Brit. Iml. VII. 94. Trimen. Fl. Cevl. V. 

 184. /.. Aiislmlls, IJ. Br. Prodr. 210, L. riliaia, h'o.xb. Fl. Ind. TI. 

 2ur. L. ci/larls, GrilT. Nolul. 111. 2. Pltarus rUiafuf', Pet/. Obs. 

 \. 2-6. racuduryvi < Ulnhi, Grill', le. PI. As. t. 114. f. 1. 



