xm] PASPALUM CONJUGATUM 



Europeans, and that before Rajah Brooke's time it was unknown 

 in Sarawak. It is, nevertheless, widely spread throughout the whole 

 of tropical America, Brazil, Mexico, etc. ; and now in Borneo 

 it has spread into the interior on cleared lands of a fertile kind, 

 especially along the river banks. It is a plant which cannot 

 escape the notice of anybody who goes about in Borneo, for its 

 small eared seeds get easily detached when ripe, and stick on to 

 the dress and shoes, especially when the grass is damp. This 

 is a very efficient method of distribution, which is obtained neither 

 by viscosities, nor by awns or hooks, as in other widely spread 

 grasses, but simply by the long hairs on the margins of the glumes, 

 which, when wet, adhere to any passing object. 



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