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base ciliate. Glume I lanceolate acute purple pubescent and spiny 

 on the" keel, II thinner white with a green spinny keel. Ill linear 

 oblong hyaline. IV lanceolate linear acuminate with a long scabrid 

 ^wn ^-J inch long. Stamens. Anthers oblong speckled. Stigmas 

 plumose yellow. Pedicelled spikclets longer and narrow purple glab- 

 rous. Glumes I and II lanceolate subacute edges ciliate. Ill and 

 IV shorter hyaline. Stamens 3 yellow. Eoxb. Fl. Ind. I. 362. Hack. 

 Monogr. 563. Hook. fil. I.e. 188. A. ackularis, Willd. sp. PI. IV. 

 906. A. javanicus, Steud. Syn. Glum. 396. A. suhulatus, Presl. 

 Eel. Haenk. I., 341. Chrysopogon ackulatus, Trin. Fund. Agrost. 

 188. C. suhulatus, Trin. Steud. Nomence. II. ii. 360. Rhophis 

 acicularis, Desv. Opux. 69. B. javanica, Nees. Steud. Syn. 396. 

 B. trivaltvis. Lour. Fl. Cochich. 553. Centrophorum Chinense, Trin. 

 Fund. Agrost. 106. t. 5. Common all over the peninsula. 



Singapore: Changi, Tanglin; Johor: Sungei Tehran; Pahang: 

 Pekan (Eidley), Eaub (Maehado) ; Penang Waterfall (Curtis 1799). 

 Distrib. Tropical Asia and Australia. Dry turfy spots, roadsides, 

 grass plots, etc. 



5. A. WiGHTiANus, steud. Syn. Glum. 395. Stem stout woody 

 creeping. Cuchus slender 18 inches tall. Leaves stiff linear sub- 

 acute glabrous 3 inches long I inch wide glabrous except the ciliate 

 mouth of the sheath. Panicle narrow 4 inches long, branches filiform 

 ascending. Callus and pedicels red-bearded along the edges. Sessile 

 spikelets nearly | inch long excluding the awns brown. Glume I 

 lanceolate acuminate tip bifid stiffly hairy at the tip. Glume II 

 lanceolate cartilaginous awned. Ill linear oblong, IV oblong short 

 with an awn 3 inclies long dark at the base paler above bristly. 

 Pedicelled spikelets longer pale. Glume I pubescent long awned, 

 II lanceolate awned, III oblong ciliate, IV very narrow awn-like 

 ciliate. Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. VII. 191. A. aristuMus, Hochst. 

 Steud. Syn. Glum. 397. Hack. Monogr. 556. A. breviaristatns, 

 Steud. I.e. 396. Chrysopogon Wightianus, Nees. Steud. I.e. 



Pahang: Pekan, Kuala Pahang (Eidley). Earc in sandy spots. 

 Distrib. India, Annam and Siami 



6. A. coNTOETus, Linn. Sp. PI. 1045. Stems tufted erect or 

 decumbent, 1 to 5 feet tall, leafy chiefly at the base glabrous or 

 scaberulous below the spikes. Leaves linear 3 to 5 inches long obtuse 

 glabrous except for the ciliated mouth of the sheath. Spikes solitary 

 1 to 3 inches long. Spikelets closely imbricating , lower 3 to 6 sessile, 

 male or neuter ^ inch long. Glume I oblong lanceolate hairy, II 

 lanceolate acuminate edges ciliate, III oblanceolate. Upper sessile 

 spikelets female j inch long, cylindric brown the callus red bearded. 

 Crlume I linear oblong coriaceous truncate edges incurved hispid, II 

 linear obtuse concave coriaceous dark brown, III short oblong truncate 



