CLXIII. CRAMINE^. 
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Isch^mum.l 
(11) I. macrurum Stapf. MSS. 
Base of stems long creeping, ascending to 2 or 3 ft. high, slender, 
weak, nodes hairy. Leaves narrow thin, linear acuminate, hairy 
to glabrescent, 3 to 9 in. long, -i to *2 in. wide; ligule a tuft of 
silky hairs; sheath haiiy to glabrescent. Racemes 5 in. long, 
appressed. Spikelets -i in. long. Glume I thinly coriaceous, 
lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate acute, vertically ribbed and purplish 
at the top, below smooth not winged, tip notched or entire; glume II 
about as long, lanceolate subulate; glumes III and IV shorter, 
lanceolate hyaline. Awn very slender hair-like, -3 in. long, base 
brown, twisted. Pedicelled spikelet; glumes I and II subulate; 
pedicel and callus moderately long, hairy. Hab. Roadsides. Singa¬ 
pore (Hullett). Negri Sembilan (Ridley). 
( 12 ) I. apricum Ridl. 
Stem long creeping and rooting, throwing up slender branches 
3 ft. tall, nodes white silky. Leaves linear acuminate, hairy on 
both sides, 5 in. long, i in. wide, base blunt, not narrowed; ligule 
papery truncate. Racemes 2, appressed, 3 in. long, peduncle not 
longer than terminal leaf. Pedicel and callus with rather few long 
white hairs. Glume I ovate-lanceolate, strongly winged at the 
tip, acuminate, striate above with 2 transverse wrinkles, long white 
hairs on the keel edge, at tip ciliate; glume II as long, lanceolate; 
glumes III and IV lanceolate hyaline; glume IV almost cartilaginous. 
Pedicelled flower similar to sessile, but glume I is not winged. 
Awn slender, hair-like, -25 in. long. Hah. Open spaces. Penang, 
Waterfall Gardens covering sunny slopes (Burkill, 4629, 4630). 
(13) I. aristatum Linn. Sp. PI. 1049. 1 . ciliare Reiz. Obs. 6, 
p. 36; Hook. fil. F.B.I. vii. 133; Ridl. Mat. iii. 160. 
A slender creeping grass, tlie erect part about 6 to 12 in. tall, 
nodes white ciliate, base of stem usually red. Leaves flaccid, 
lanceolate, softly hairy, edges scabrid, i to 1-5 in. long, -12 in. wide, 
ligule and sheath ciliate. Spikes 2, rarely 3, appressed then spread¬ 
ing, I to 2 in. long, green or purplish, hairy; rachis angles and 
pedicel bases covered with short white bristles. Glume I papery 
oblong toothed, with 2 longer median processes, green, winged; 
glume II longer, lanceolate, awned keel serrate; glume III lanceo¬ 
late acuminate; glume IV thin bifid with long points; awn brown. 
Hab. Very common on waysidesmnd grass plots. Whole Peninsula. 
Distrib. Indo-Malaya, China. Native name: Rumput Gerek 
Telinga. 
The common form of this species is the var. malacophyllum Hack. Monogr. 
Androp, p. 939. It is very liable to the attacks of an Ustilago, U. tonglinensis, 
Tracy and Earle. 
(14) I. timorense Kunth. Rev. Gram. i. 369, t. 98; Hook. fil. 
F.B.I. vii. 136; Ridl. Mat. iii. 160. 
Stems decumbent, very slender, rising to i ft. tall, nodes silky 
ciliate. Leaves narrow lanceolate-linear acuminate, glabrous except 
