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36. Gyxodox, Pers. 



Perennial creeping grasses. Leaves linear narrow. Spikes 3 

 to 6 terminal spreading, spikelets very small in one or two rows not 

 jointed at the base, racliilla jointed at the base not produced beyond 

 glume III. Glumes 3, I and II short empty, j length of HI, 

 thin, nerved III broader and longer, awnless, palea as long 2 nerved. 

 Anthers 3. fStyles distinct short. Grain oblong or elliptic free. 



Species 4. One whole world, the others Australian. 



S. Dactylon, Pers. Syn. I. 85. Stems far creeping. Leaves 

 glaucous I to 1^ inch long, sheaths broad at the base of stem. Mar- 

 gins of leaf scabrid. Culms 6 inches to a foot tall or more slender. 

 Spikes 4 or 5, 1 or 2 inches long. Spikelets jV inch long green im- 

 bricating. Glumes I and II short lanceolate. Glume III oblong 

 edges pubescent, palea as long narrower with 2 green veins. Stamens 

 3 yellow. Stigmas short purple. Grain elliptic dark brown dotted, 

 hairy. Kunth. Enum. I. 259. Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. VII. 288. 

 Panicnm dactylom, L. Sp. PL 58. Whole peninsula in open country. 



Singapore: Changi (Ridley 9580) ; Pahang: Pulau Tawar (Rid- 

 ley 2141); Pekan (loTOa) ; Malacca Hill; Penang: Sepoy Lines 

 (Curtis 1811). Uistrib. Whole oi the warmer parts of the world. 



37. Chloris, Sw. 



Perennial grasses, with linear leaves. Spikes solitary or several 

 fascicled erect or spreading. Spikelets one flowered in one or two 

 rows, rachilla pointed at the base and sometimes prolonged beyond 

 Glume III, and bearing 2 empty glumes. Glumes 3, I and II 

 smaller than III. 



Species about 40. All warm parts of the world. 



Ch. barbata, Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. L 200. Stems creeping ascend- 

 ing geniculate a foot or more tall. Leaves 1 to 18 inches long J or 

 more wide scabrid on edges and keel, often tufted subdistichous at the 

 joints. Spikes erect fascicled 5 to 20, 1^-3 inches long purple, rachis 

 scabrid. Spikelets crowded -J to o\ inch long without the awns. 

 Glumes I and II lanceolate acute purple or green, II the largest. 

 Gl. Ill ovate broad edged ciliate, awned, awn \ to ;^ inch long ; rachilla 

 ratiier tbick prolonged and bearing to semiglobose awned empty 

 glumes. Grain elliptic yellow. Kunth. Enum. PI. I. 204. Hook, 

 fil. Brit. Ind. VII. 292. Andropofjon harbalua, Linn. PI. Jam. PugilL 

 30. 



Singapore: near the docks and at Pasir Panjang (Ridley 57(53, 

 10402) ; Johor: saw-mills (5765) ; Province Welleslev: Batu Kawan 

 (Curtis 2168). Distrib. All the tropiet. Introduced but well 

 established near wharves and docks. 



