Maierials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 181 



L. GRACILE, Brngn. Diiperr, Voy. Bot. 50. t. 8. Stems slender or 

 fairly stout woody 2 to 3 feet, geniculate or not. Leaves lanceolate 

 acuminate narrowed at the base subi^etioled 6 to 7 inches long -1^ 

 inch wide glabrous. Panicle of few long distant branches 4 to 8 

 inches long. Spikelets secund on the branches distant 1 flowered 

 green shortly pedicelled ^ inch long lanceolate, ciliate at the base. 

 Glume I oblong obtuse ciliate at tip. Gl. II longer. Gl. Ill lan- 

 ceolate awned twice as long, awn short. Palea shorter and narrower. 

 Upper glumes about 9 narrow empty with scabrid awns. Styles 

 yellow. Hook. fil. I.e. 331. Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. III. 400. L. datum, 

 Zoll. and Mor. Syst. Yerz. Zoll. 102. L. japonicum, multifiorum and 

 duhium, Steud. Syn. Gram. 300. L. lelimanni, Nees. (Steud. I.e.). 

 Acroelytrum japonicum, Steud. Flora XXIX. 21. AUelotheca Ur- 

 viUei, Steud. Syn. Gram. 117. 



Singapore: Garden Jungle, Chan Chu Kang (Ridley IvOl) ; 

 Jolior : Bukit Banang ; Malacca : Mount Ophir ; Pahang : Kuala Pa- 

 hang; Sungei Ujong (Cantley) ; Perak: Taiping Hills to 5000 feet 

 alt. ; Negri Semlulan : Gunong Angsi ; Kedah : Gunong Jerai. Distrib. 

 All tropical Asia and Japan, except Southern India. Xative names 

 " Rumput Kelurat,-' " Eumput Kururut," " li. Jarang/' " Ubi 

 Buluh.'-' Common in woods. 



45. Centotheca, Desv. 



Tall perennial grass. Leaves broadly lanceolate acute narrowed 

 at the base, ligule short papery lacerate. Panicle lax with spreading 

 branches. Spikelets secund, green pedicellate. Glumes 4 or 5. I 

 and II oblong ovate empty. III, IV (and V when present) bisexual, 

 I^^ edged with strong white spines with swollen bases. Stamens 2-3. 



Species few 1 or 2. Tropical Africa, Asia and Australasia. 



C. LAPPACEA, Desv. Xom. Bull. Soc. Philom. II. (1810) 189. 

 Journ. Bot. 1 (1813) 70. Stems 1 to 3 feet tall, from a short root- 

 stock. Leaves 3-7 inches long |-1 inch wide many nerved glabrous or 

 sparsely hairy, mouth of sheath hairy. Panicle 6-12 inches long 

 variable, branches 3-6 inches long. Spikelets ^ inch long, pedicel and 

 racliis scabrid. Glumes I and II oblong ovate green with white 

 edge, I scabrid on the keel shorter than II. Gl. Ill longer than II 

 mucronate bisexual and paleate. Gl. IV rather shorter mucronulate 

 edged with strong white tul)ercle based spines, bisexual and paleate. 

 Gl. V absent or small. Stamens 2-3 brown. Styles yellow short free. 

 Grain ovoid acute. Kunth. Eev. Gram. I. 317. t. 70. Hook. fil. 

 Fl. Brit. Ind. VII. 332. Griff. Xotul. III. 62. Ic. PI. As. t. 152. f. 

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Singapore whole island; Johor (Ptidley 1706), Pulau Aor (Feild- 

 ing) ; Malacca: Pulau Besar (Eidlcy), Ayer Panas (Cantley's Coll.) ; 



