166 Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



A. ohtmifolius, Poir. Encycl. Siippl. I. 583. A. parviflorus, Eoxb. Fl. 

 Ind. I. 274. A. icneUus, Presl. Eel. Haenk. I. 335. Schizacliyrium 

 hrevifoUum, Xces. Agrost. Braz. 333. 



Pahang: Pulau Tawar open grassy fields (Pidley 3132) ; Penang 

 Hill and Batii Feringhi Eoad, in dry rocky spots (Eidley 7091, 

 S3G2). Pare. Distrib. Africa, India, Malaya, China, Japan, Aus- 

 tralia and South America. 



2. A. HiRTiFLORUS, Kunth. Eev. Gram. II. 596. A large glau- 

 cous tufted grass. Stems 3 feet tall stiff, leafy. Leaves tufted at 

 the base and scattered on the stem linear acuminate glabrous, ribbed 

 3-6 inches long ribbed ^ inch wide. Spikes solitary on long peduncles 

 slender 3 inches long, joints ciliate excavate at the top base and 

 mouth ciliate. Spikelets half an inch long. Glume I lanceolate rigid 

 scabrous, tip bifid purplish, II keeled. Keel ciliate margin hyaline. 

 Ill very thin hyaline. IV very small oblong truncate with a long 

 yellowish brown awn. Pedicelled spikelet short lanceolate acuminate 

 or mucronate on a stout peduncle ciliate on the edges. ^4. pficiido- 

 (jrfujia, Steud. Syn. Gram. I. p. 365. Hack. Monogr. Androp. 310. 

 Rottboellia sanguinea, Eetz. Ohs. 3. p. 25. llielepogon sanguineus, 

 Spreng. Syst. 1, 299. 



Singapore: Changi (Eidley 1756), Gelang (8950), Blakan Mati 

 (5778). In sandy spots, forming large tussocks. Distrib. China, 

 Ceylon, Madagascar. 



3. A. iNTERMEDius, Br. Prodr. 20. Perennial 3 to 5 feet tall. 

 Stems moderately stout nodes glabrous. Leaves linear acuminate 

 tufted at the base with broad flattened sheaths, glabrous 12 inches long 

 ^ inch wide. Panicle rather narrow 4 or 5 inches long grey branches 

 ascending, whorled glabrous slender. Pedicels long ciliate with white 

 hairs slender. Sessile spikelets -J-^ inch long, (ilume I lanceolate 

 truncate glabrous or hairy at tbe tip. II thinner, subacute. l^II 

 hyaline lanceolate shorter. IV reduced to a pale awn nearly ^ 

 inch long. Pedicelled spikelets linear lanceolate. Glume I glabrous 

 with ciliolate keels. II lanceolate ciliate. Ill shorter oblong. IV 

 absent. Kunth. Enum. PI. I. 500. Hack. Monogr. 485. Hook. fil. 

 I.e. 175. A. fascicular is, Thw. Enum. PI. 437. 



Pahang: Pekan (Eidley 14) ; Selangor: Kuala Selangor (Eidley 



i i il). 



•1. A. ACICULATUS, Eetz. Obs. V. 23. Perennial stems creeping 

 and branching at the base, l^eaves mostly basal, linear obtuse glab- 

 rous, 3 inclu'S long ^ inch wide. Ascending portion of stem 9 inches 

 tall slender i)anicle narrow 2-3 inches long l)ranches wborled slender 

 scabrid. Ascending spikes purple narrow lanceolate ] inch long. 

 Spikelets 3, 2 pedicellate and one sessile. Sessile spikelet narrow 



