164 Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



slender on long slender pubescent peduncles 4 inches long solitary l-J 

 inch long yellow breaking below the node so that each joint is shortly 

 stalked, internodos short J inch long dilated upwards bearded at 

 base. Spikclets 2 sessile witb a narrow linear pedicel between longer 

 than the internode. Glume I ovate lanceolate acute tip curved base 

 channelled with 4 or 5 grooves above with numerous linear perfora- 

 tions from each of which rises a cilium, hard. Gl. II lanceolate acute 

 as long. Ill lanceolate hyaline smaller. IV smaller hyaline. 



Johor: Batu Pahat at Minyak Buku (Ridley IIOIT). Endemic. 



29. PoLYTiaAS, Hack. 



A small creeping ascending grass with lanceolate linear leaves 

 with a broad base. Stem slender geniculate bearing one terminal 

 golden brown spike. Spikelets 1 flowered. Glumes 1 and II lanceo- 

 late membranous. Glume III absent. Glume IV very short with a 

 long awn, paleate. 



Species 1. Malay Peninsula and Java. 



P. PRAEMOKSA, Hack. Engl. P. Flanz. Fam. Vol. II. 31, 24. 

 Monogr. Androp. 189. About a foot or moi'e tall, nodes glabrous. 

 Leaves 1 inch long -J inch wide ciliatc, ligule very short ciliate hyaline. 

 Spike 2i- inch long. Spikelets sessile, and pedicelled, i inch. Glume 

 I yellow with long hairs, lanceolate obtuse truncate. Gl. II narrower. 

 Gl. IV very short, truncate with an awn | inch long. Aiidropogoii 

 firmandus, Steud. Syn. 370. ^4. dirersifionis, Zoll. .Syst. Vei"z. 58. 

 Syn. I.e. A. amaurus, Buse. PI. dungh. ',), 3G0. Walp. Ann. 6. p. 

 1065. PolHnia praemorsa, Isacs. Steud. Syn. 409. 



Singapore: Changi, Botanic Gardens (IJidley 57T3a-458); 

 Malacca Town (5773) ; Penang. Distrib. Java. Abundant in grass 

 plots, perhaps introduced from Java. 



30. Apluda, L. 



A tall sk'uder ))ei-ennial leafy grass. Stems geniculate base creep- 

 ing or decumbent above branched. Leaves narrow petioled upper ones 

 spathe-like mucronate. Spikes numerous very small solitary simple 

 on the ends of the branches, each enclosed in a membranous pe- 

 duncled spat be, of one joint. Spikelets 3, one sessile 2 flowered 

 bisexual, one pedicelled imperfect and one terminal nuile. Sessile 

 spikelet on the bulbous base of the rachis. Glume^ 4. I chartaceous 

 lanceolate ribbed. II flattened ribbed, gibbous keeled. Ill ovate 

 lanceolate hyaline paleate, male. IV much smaller, bisexual ovate 

 awned or not. Stamens 3. Anthers short. Stigmas plumed free. 



Species 1, very variable. India, China, Malaya to Hawaii. 

 A. VAIUA, Hack. Monogr. Androp. IfMi. vnr. inlrrmedia, Hack. 

 I.e. Stems slender 1 to 7 feet tall. Leave.- linear C-> to 9 inches long J 



