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Sungei Ujong — Pantai. 

 P. (Echinochloa) crus-galli, L. Not common. 



Singapore. 



Penang — Waterfall, Bagan Jermal. 



Kelantan — Kamposa. 



Selangor — Bukit Kudah. 

 P. colonum, L. Common in waste grounds. 



Singapore — Tanglin, Lhangi. 



Penang — Near the coast. 



Malacca — Near the town. 



SETABIA. 



S. glauca, Beauv. Open country. Not very common. 

 Singapore — Aug Mo Kio, Tanglin. 

 Penang — Abundant in paddy-fields. 

 Malacca — Chenana Puteh. 

 Pahang — Pekan. 

 Native name, Rumput Julong-.Julong. Perhaps " julung-julung," 

 waving grass. 

 S. dasyura. Waste places, open country. 

 Singapore— Chan Chu Kang. 

 Pahang — Pekan. 



PENNISETVM. 



P. italicum, L. Millet, a plant rarely cultivated here, has turned 

 up now and again as a waif of cultivation, Malacca. 

 THVABEA. 

 Th. sarmentosum, Thouars. In sand on the sea shore. Pare. 

 Singapore — Changi near the Police Station. 

 Pahang — Common under the casuarinas on the shore at Eumpin 

 River, Cherating and Sungei Meang. 



SPINIFEX. 



8. squarrosus, Labill. Porcupine grass. Sandy shores of the East 

 Coast. Plentiful in places. 

 Siam — Bangtaphan (Dr. Keith). 



Pahang — Rumpin River, Cherating, Sungei Meang, Kwala 

 Pahang. 

 It is very curious to see the detached bristling heads of this grass 

 whirled along the sands by the wind. 



LEPTASPIS. 



L. urceolata. Damp woods. Local, but very widely distributed. 



