Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 155 



as long linear oblong. Stamens 3. Anthers long linear. Styles and 

 stigmas short. 



Species 9. Tropical x\sia and Australia. 



E. MALAYAXxV^ n.sp. Stems 3 feet tall, glabrons, leaves narrowly 

 linear short obtuse -J inch across. Spikes 1| to 3 inches long, inter- 

 nodes I length of rachis, callus ciliate. Spikelets \ inch long. Glume 

 I lanceolate covered with appressed hairs subacute, spikes numerous 

 scabrid, nerves indistinct. Glume II lanceolate pubescent at the 

 base, acuminate strongly 3 nerved, III subsimilar thinner glabrous 

 palea as long, IV similar thin lanceolate acuminate. 



Kedah: Yan (Kidley 5154). Endemic. 



24. PoLLixiA, Trim. 



Annual or perennial grasses. Spikelets solitary, in pairs, or 

 racemed or fascicled more or less hairy, rachis articulate fragile 

 internodes and pedicels slender. Spikelets 1 or 3 flowered, in pairs 

 1 sessile and 1 pedicelled similar, callus short bearded. Glumes 4. 

 I and II subequal rather thin, I flat or concave edges incurved 2 

 keeled and winged above, II as long ovate lanceolate keeled, III 

 hyaline, IV hyaline bifid with a slender awned. Palea very short. 

 Stamens 3 or 3. Styles short, stigmas long. Grain oblong. 



Species about 30. India, China, Malaya, Australia. 



Hardly distinct from Ischaemum and chiefly by the more slender 

 internodes of the spikes, and the minute l)road palea of Glume IV. 

 Stems long creeping. Spikes appressed chestnut 1. P, Ridley i. 



Stems creeping ascending. Spikes 3-4 slender 

 pale . . . . . . . . . . . . 2. P. gracilis. 



Stems tall. Spikes spreading pale or purple. 



Leaves hispid . . . . . . . . 3. P. grata. 



Leaves glabrous . . . . . . . . 4. P. cUiata. 



Spikes appressed erect, stout, callus glabrous . . 5. P. rupestris. 



1. P. RiDLEYi, Hack. Oesterr. Bot. Zeitschr. XL. 1, 1891, ?. 

 Stem creeping below, a foot or more with ascending leafy stems a 

 foot or more long. Leaves very narrow Ij inch long sulidistichous 

 acuminate sheaths long narrow glabrous. Spikelets terminal 3 to 4 

 appressed 1-3 inches long. Spikelets appres.sed in pairs one sessile 

 and one peduncled, rachis and peduncle hairy with stiff brown bristles. 

 Glume I oblong truncate brown toothed and ciliate at the top, II 

 cuneate obovate truncate toothed. Ill very small oblong hyaline, 

 palea as long or longer, IV short lanceolate awned. Hook. ill. Fl. 

 Brit. Ind. VII. 114. 



Johor: Jambu Larang (Feilding) ; Pahang: Sungei Meang and 

 Piumpin Piiver (Eidley 7). Abundant on the sand hills. 



