162 Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



Singapore (Wallich 8887 B), Bajau, Changi (Eidley) ; Johor: 

 Tanjong Surat (Kelsall), Kota Tinggi (Ridley); Pahang: Pekan, 

 Talian Eiver (Eidlev 2838), Sungei Clienei (5035) ; Selangor: Bukit 

 Kudah (Piidley SO/SG) ; Malacca (Griffith); Perak (Kings Coll.), 

 Taiping (Pidley), Bujong Malacca (Curtis 383G) ; Penang: Balik 

 Piilau (Eidley 9411), (Curtis 1913) ; Province Wellesley: Permatang 

 Bertam (Eidley 6988). Distrib. Malay Islands and Burniah. Not 

 rare by river banks. 



3. E. STRIATA, Xees. Steud. Syn. Gram. 361. Stem 3 to 4 feet 

 tall slender smooth branched above. Leaves 3 to 4 feet long ■} to 3 

 inches wide linear lanceolate narrowed at the base setaceously acu- 

 minate sheaths glabrous, ligule very short membranous. Spikes fas- 

 cicled often on very long peduncles 1-3 inches long pale terete 

 glabrous. Callus annular glabrous. Sessile spikelets as long as the 

 joint. Glume I oblong lanceolate shortly winged below the tip 

 smooth with 4-6 grooves below the middle, II ovate chartaceous 

 subacute keeled, III ovate acute h valine, IV ovate. Hack. Monogr. 

 Androp. p. 301. Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. I.e. 157. 



Singapore (Wallich 8877). Distrib. Northern India to Tavoy. 

 As this plant has not been re-discovered in Singapore or anywhere else 

 in the Malay Peninsula it is possible that the locality given by 

 Wallich is wrong. 



3. E. PKOTEXSA, Hack. Monogr. Androp. 389. Stem leafy stout 

 spongy 18 inches inches tall. Slieaths swollen short ligule short with 

 whitish bristles, lamina of leaf linear acuminate glabrous 3 to 8 

 inches long ] inch wide. Spikes numerous, solitary in the leaf axils 

 rather thick and hardly fragile 4 inches long. Spikelets j incli long. 

 Callus indistinct glabrous. Glume I of sessile spikelet lanceolate acu- 

 minate subacute with a long scabi'id point. Glume II similar in 

 pedicelled spikelet with a long pale awn-like point. Glume III much 

 shorter hyaline. Palca hyaline shorter lanceolate. Stamens 3 anthers 

 oblong red very small. Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. I.e. p. 153. Ilae- 

 malhria protcnsa, Steud. Syn. Gram. 359. 



Kelantan on an Island in the river Kamposa (Eidley), rare. 

 Distrib. India, Java. 



37. Manisuris, Sw. 



Annual mncli branched grasses. Leaves broad cordate at the 

 base. Spikes numerous, axillary and terminal solitary, -peduncled, 

 rachis fragile. Spikelets very small, in paii's, one sessile globose 

 bisexual with I glumes. (Jlume J liai'd pitted globose with a large 

 opening towards the rachis. (jl. 11 ovate papery filling the opening 

 in Gl. I. Gl. Ill >mallcr ovate. Gl. IV' hvaline. Pedicelled 



