Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 163 



spikelet fiat, ovate on a short rounded pedicel. Glume I ovate sub- 

 acute flat ribbed. 



Species 2, One most tropical countries, one Indian. 



M. GRANULARis, Linn. 111. Nov. Gram. Gen. 37. f. 7. fig. -i-7. 

 Plant 12-13 inches tall. Stems leafy. Leaves linear lanceolate hairy, 

 3-4 inches long ^ inch wide, numerous crowded or rather distant lower 

 sheaths larger ampliate, ligule a raised ciliatc edge. Spikes half an 

 inch long to one inch. Spikelets j-g ii^ch long. Beauv. Agrost. 119. 

 t. 21. f. 10. Hack. Monogr. Androp. 314. Hook. f. I.e. 159. M. 

 polystachya, Beauv. Fl. d'Oware and Benin. 1, 24. t. 14. 



Pahang: Pulau Tawar, Pahang Kiver (Kidley 2134) rare. Dis- 

 trib. Tropics generally. 



28. MxEsiTHEA, Kunth. 



Perennial grasses, with narrow leaves, and solitary spikes on long 

 peduncles, rachis fragile joints terete or thickened upwards. Spikelets 

 in pairs sessile sunk in cavities, between them a narrow linear pedicel 

 with the rudiments of a third spikelet. Sessile spikelets 1 flowered 

 with 4 glumes, unawned. Glume 1 oblong or lanceolate coriaceous, 

 margins incurved, II thinner, III ovate hyaline empty, or paleate, 

 IV similar or smaller bisexual. Stamens 3. Grain oblong narrow. 



Species 3. Tropical Asia. 



Leaves and peduncles glabrous. Glume I not 



pitted . . . . . . . . . . 1. M. geminata. 



Leaves and peduncles pubescent. Glume I 



pitted ciliate . . . . . . . . 2. il/. puhcscens. 



1. M. GEMiXATA. Stems rather slender 3 feet tall nodes bearded. 

 Leaves chiefly tufted at the base linear acuminate 10-12 inches long 

 ^ inch wide, glabrous except at the mouth of the sheath, flaccid. 

 Spikes solitary slender fragile 2 inches long on long slender peduncles, 

 Joints short thick dilated upwards channelled on one side. Spikelets 

 in pairs sessile parallel separated by a narrow linear pedicel with the 

 rudiments of another spikelet on the top. Glume I lanceolate sub- 

 ulate acuminate as long as the joint pubescent at the base hard | inch 

 long. Glume II thinner lanceolate cuspidate, III shorter ovate 

 acuminate hyaline empty, IV and palea similar. Rottboclia gemi- 

 nata, Hack. Oester. Bot"! Zeitsch. 1891. p. 48. Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. 

 Ind. VII. 159. 



Pahang: Pekan and Eumpin Kiver (Eidley). Endemic rare. 



2. M. PUBi:8CE\s, Eidl. IJoy. As. Soc. Str. Br. Vol. XLIV. p. 

 207. Stems slender 3 feet tall, nodes ciliate, leafy. Leaves linear 

 acuminate 6-12 inches long ^-^ inch wide, softly pubescent. Spikes 



