160 Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



olo-i, oloo) ; Ki'dali : Clunoiig Jerai (Kidlcy 5152). On rocky spots 

 at an altitude ol" 2000-3000 and on l•i^•el■ banks in the low country. 

 Endemic. 



6. I. c'lLiAKK, l\ctz. Obs. G. p. ;30. A .slender creeping grass, with 

 tbe npper part of the erect stems 12- inches tall nude, nodes white 

 ciliate, lower part of stem usually red. Leaves flaccid lanceolate 

 acuminate softly hairy edges scabrid 1-1 J inch long I inch wide, 

 ligule short ciliate, sheath ciliate. Spikes 2 or rarely 3, appressed 

 eventually spreading 1-2 inches long green or purple, hairy rachis 

 angled and angles and base of pedicels armed with short white bi'istles. 

 .Spikelets in pairs one almost sessile, the other shortly pedicelled. 

 Glume I papery oblong toothed with two longer median processes 

 green, tip winged green or violet, II longer lanceolate aristate keel 

 serrate, III as long as I, lanceolate acuminate thin, palea flat nearly 

 as long, IV thin bifid with long points, awn long brown. Stamens 

 ]narbled purple, eventually yellow. Stigmas violet. Hack. Androp. 

 22o. Hook. hi. Fl. Brit.'liid. VII. 133. 1. aiistaium, Willd. Spec. 

 4. p. 939. (non L). Aiulropof/on Jlcizii and incertus, Steud. Syn. 

 CJram. I. 375, Spodiopogon ob/iqiiira/ri-'^, Nees. PI. Meyen. p. 185. 



Singapore: Tanglin (Kidley 83, 4G7), Kranji (-1102); Malacca 

 (Griffith), Sungei Udang (Goodenough 1682), Tanjong Kling; 

 Penang Waterfall (Curtis 1806). Distrib. India, Malaya, China. A 

 very common grass. Xative name " Kumput Gerek Telinga." The 

 common form is the variety iiia/acoplii/IIinii of Hackel. It is very 

 liable to the attacks of an Ui<tilago. 



i. I. TiMOHEXSK, Knnth. Kev. Gram. 1. p. 309. t. 98. Stems 

 decumbent ascending 1 to 2i feet nodes ciliate. Leaves narrow linear 

 acuminate 4 to 9 inches Fong -J-j inch wide glabrous except the 

 ciliate base and sheath. Spikes 2 appressed, 2^-4 inches long, rachis 

 hairy especially at the joints, green. Spikelets -| inch long, green. 

 Glume 1 ovate or lanceolate acuminate cartilaginous, nerves distinct, 

 back hairy, 11 about as long shortly awned oi- acuminate. III lan- 

 ceolate thin, palea linear oblong, IV shortly bifid with a rather short 

 awn from the cleft. Hack. Monog. Androp. 229. Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. 

 Ind. VII. 130. f. Icitrllinii, lioxb. Fl. Ind. 1. 323. Spodiopoijon 

 H/uiiiii, Nees. Steud. Syn. Gkmi. 3T3. Andropogon nsthciios and 

 fiiiiorensi,'', Steud. I.e. 3'(0. 



Singapore: Tanglin (Pidky J033). Chan Cliu Kang (5;8(>), 

 Kranji (448) ; Malacca: Bukit Bruang (Derrv) ; Dinilings: Lumui ; 

 Fenang: Waterfall (Curtis 2101). Distrib. India, Malaya and 

 Polynesia. 



^ Skiiima. 



S. I. 15i:(( \i;ii. Hack. Monogr. 2K. Perennial grass 2-3 feci 

 tall muderately Ldender. Stems leafy node-, glabrout. Leaves long 



