2o8 cLxiii. GRAMINE^. [Chrysopogon, 
pubescent and spiny on the keel; glume II thinner, white, keel 
spiny; glume III linear-oblong; glume IV lanceolate-linear with 
a scabrid awn -13 to -3 in. long. Pedicelled spikelets longer and 
narrower. Hab. A common turf grass, roadsides, etc. all over the 
Peninsula. Usually called “ Love grass ” by residents on account 
of its adhesive spikelets. Distrib. Tropical Asia and Australia. 
(2) C. Wightianus Thw. Enmn. PL Zeyl. 366. Andropogon 
Wightianus Steud, Syn. Glum. 395 ; Hook. ftl. F.B.L vii. igi; RidL 
Mat. hi. 167. A. aristulatus Hochst. Syn. Glum. 397. 
Stem stout woody creeping, culms slender, 18 in. tall. Leaves 
stiff linear subacute, 3 in. long, *13 in. wide, glabrous, mouth of 
sheath ciliate. Panicle narrow, 4 in. long, branches ascending; 
callus and pedicels red-bearded on the edge. Sessile spikelets 
brown, nearly -25 in. long without the awn. Glume I lanceolate 
acuminate, bifid, tip hairy; glume II lanceolate awned; glume III 
linear-oblong; glume IV oblong; awn 2 in. long, dark at base, 
bristly. Pedicelled spikelets longer, pale. Glume I pubescent, 
awned; glume II lanceolate awned; glume III oblong ciliate; 
glume IV very narrow, awn-like; awn 2 in. long. Hab. Local in 
sandy spots, Pahang, Pekan. Kelantan Heaths near Kota Bharu. 
Tringganu (Yapp). Setul heath (Ridley). Distrib. India, Indo- 
China. 
(3) C. collinus Ridl. 
Grass 3 to 4 ft, tall, branched. Leaves linear acuminate, 
scabrid, minutely thorny on edges and nerves at tip. Panicle 
shortly protruding from topmost leaf-sheath, 3 in. long; rachis 
slender, minutely hairy. Pedicels hairy on edge and callus, with 
a short tuft of brovTiish hairs. Spikelets -25 in. long. Glume I 
lanceolate narrow, shortly hairy, awn slender, about as long; 
glume II similar but with long white hairs on edge; glume III very 
thin sparsely long-hairy. Awn 75 in. long, base dark brown, 
above sparsely pale pubescent. Hab. Setul, Bukit Wangi (Haniff). 
19. VETIVERIA, Thouars. 
(i) V. odorata Virey. Journ. Pharm. Soc. I. xiii. 499. V. zizani- 
oides Stapf. Kew Bulletin, 1906, p. 346. Andropogon muricatus 
Retz. Ohs. hi. 43. 
The Kuskus or Vetiver, probably of African origin, occurs 
occasionally in gardens. A big grass forming thick clumps of 
narrow erect leaves, with tough aromatic roots. Culms several feet 
tall. Panicle 6 to 8 in. long or more, branches slender, whorled, 
ascending. Spikelets muricate, numerous. 
20. AMPHILOPHIS, Nash. 
Perennial grasses. Panicles of shortly peduncled digitate 
racemes. Spikelets small, binate, i sessile, i pedicelled, similar; 
rachis fragile, joints and pedicels filiform. Flowers in sessile 
