Mnesithea.'] 
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linear acuminate pubescent abortive, one iertile. Glume I ovate- 
lanceolate, smooth, cream, tipped green; g ume H shortei ovate. 
Hab. Rare, Perak, on rocks in the lemengoh river (Ridley). Dis- 
trih. Tenasserim. 
17 . APLUDA, Linn. 
A tall slender perennial leafy grass forming clumps. Stems 
decumbent, branched above. Leaves narrow, petioled linear, 
upper ones spathe-like mucronate. Spikelets numerous, very 
small solitary or in threes on the ends of the branches, enclosed m 
a membranous petioled boat-shaped spathe. Spikelets 3, i sessi e, 
2-flowered bisexual, i pedicellcd imperfect and i terminal male. 
Sessile spikelet on the bulbous base of the rachis Glume 1 char- 
taceous lanceolate ribbed; glume II flattened ribbed; glume III 
ovate-lanceolate hyaline, male paleate; glume I\ much smaller, 
bisexual, ovate, awned or not. Species i, very variable, Indo- 
Malaya, China and Polynesia and Arabia and Mauritius. 
(i) A. varia Hack. Monogr. Androp. 196. var. intermedia 
Ridl. Mat. iii. 164. . ■ -a 
Stems I to 7 ft. tall. Leaves 6 to 9 in. long, -25 m. wide 01 
less glabrous. Spikes distant, -25 in. long. Spathes mucronate, 
pale green. Glume IV awned. Ilab. Forming clumps on river 
banks, not common. Pahang, River near Pekan Ivedah, Alor 
Sta. Kelantan, Kota Bharu (Ridley). Disinh. Of variety, 
Philippines. 
18 . CHRYSOPOGON, Trin. 
Perennial grasses with narrow leaves. Panicles lax of whorls 
of simple or divided branches. Spikelets in threes at the ends of 
branchlets, i sessile, 2 pedicelled. Flowers 2, lower, of one empty 
glume upper bisexual in sessile one, male or neuter in pedicelled 
one. Sessile spikelets awned. Glumes I and II sub-equal; glume I 
coriaceous or chartaceous involute; glume II boat-shaped. Species 
about 18, chiefly Old World tropics, i West Indies. 
(1) C. aciculatus 
(2) C. Wightianus 
(3) C. collinus 
Andropogon 
Culms 9 in. tall; panicle ascending; spikelets small; 
awn *5 in. long . . • • ■ • 
Culms 18 in. tall; panicle lax; spikelets large; awn 
2 in. long . . . . ■ * 
Xulms 2 to 3 ft. tall; panicle short; spikelets -25 m. 
long; awn 75 in. long. 
(i) C. aciculatus Trin. Fund. Agrost. 188. 
aciculatus Reiz. Obs. v. 22; Ridl. Mat, iii. 167. 
Perennial grass with a prostrate creeping stem. Leaves 
mostlv basal, linear, obtuse, 3 in. long, -12 in. wide. Culms 
o in. tall, slender; panicle narrow, 2 to 3 in. long, branches whorled. 
Racemes erect, purple, narrow lanceolate, -25 in. long. Spikelets 2 
pedicelled, i sessile. Sessile spikelet; glume I lanceolate acute 
