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Pahang — Banks of the river at Benchong. 



Siam — Klingtoi Biver, Bangtaphan (Dr. Keith). 



DIMERIA. 



D. ornitliopoda, Trin. Paths and dry open ground. Not rare in 

 Singapore. 

 Paths in the Grarden jungle, and in the grass plots, Tivoli, Selitar. 

 Var. subramosa, sub-var. imperfecta, Changi. 



EOTTBOELLIA. 



B. glandulosa, Trin. Not rare on the edges of woods, and in 

 thickets. 

 Singapore. 



Pulau Buru near Karimon Isles. 

 Selangor — Caves, Kwala Lumpur, Bukit Kudah. 

 Pahang — Pekan, Bum pin Biver. 

 B. geminata, Hackel. Open country in Pekan and Bumpin Biver. 

 Bare. 

 This is a new and curious species, which has not as yet been 

 found elsewhere. It was described from these specimens by 

 Professor Hackel. 

 B. sp. Changi. 



ISCRCEMUM. 



I. muticum, L. One of our commonest grasses, forming a good turf 

 and a good fodder grass. Very variable in height and form. 

 In long grass or fern, it becomes drawn up and tall, in open 

 dry spots, more prostrate, shorter and stirrer, creeping widery. 

 Singapore, Johor, Penang, Malacca, Sungei Ujong. Very com- 

 mon. 

 Pahang — Pekan, Sungei Meang. 

 Perak — Changkat Jerim (Wray). 

 Siam — Bangtaphan (Dr. Keith). 

 The natives call it Bum put Trutoos, B. Tamaga, and consider its 

 leaves a cure for headache. 

 I. ciliare, Betz. Common on roadsides in Singapore, and probably 

 elsewhere in the Peninsula. I have gathered it at Kranji, 

 Bukit Timah and Ang Mo Kio. 



1. timorense, Kunth. Boadsides. 



Singapore — Kranji, Tanglin. 

 Penang. 



2. aristatum, L. Dry open country. Not common. 



