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Hah Not rare, in cultivated ground. Singapore, Tanglin; Jurong 
Road (Burkill). Selangor. Penang, Ginting Pass (Burkill). Dis- 
trib. Tropical Asia and Africa. 
(4) D. chinensis Hornem. Hort. Hafn. Supp. 8. 
Stems tufted with culms 18 in. tall. Leaves glabrous, linear- 
lanceolate acuminate, 2 to 3-5 in. long, -i in. vdde, base rounded. 
Culms slender, with 2 to 4 slender racemes 3 in. long. Spikelets 
small, elliptic-oblong, pedicelled, whitish. Glume I absent; 
glume II finely striate, oblong-lanceolate, pubescent, with 3 
prominent ribs. Grain oblong acute black. Hah. Waste ground, 
paths etc. Not rare. Singapore, fanglin; Tana Merah Besar 
(Burkill). Selangor, Batu Caves (a very slender drawn-out form 
with narrow leaves). Perak, Birch's Hill at 40 ®*^ 
(Burkill), Penang Hill (Burkill), Distvib. India, Malay isles, China. 
(5) D. caespitosa Kidl. . 
Small tufted and creeping ascending grass, 3 to 12 in. tall. 
Leaves grey-green, lanceolate acuminate, with numerous white 
hairs from enlarged bases, i in. long, hardly -i in. wide, sheaths 
short hairy. Culms very slender, 4 to 6 in. tall. Racemes very 
slender 3' rachis narrow, winged. Spikelets very small, oblong, 
woolly • pedicels distinct scabrid. Glume I thin lanceolate silky- 
woolly hairy, white; glume H longer and broader, ribbed; glume HI 
smooth glabrous. Styles pink. Hab. Open places, Singapore 
Tanglin, grass plots in the gardens (Ridley). Johor, summit of 
Gunong Pulai (Burkill). Selangor, Salak South Road near Kwala 
Lumpur (Seimund). 
The Gunong Pulai plant has slender culms i ft. all. 
(6) D. pusilla Ridl. , , , t. u • W4- 
Stems very slender creeping, branched, branches bearing tufts 
of leafy branchlets with culms 6 in. tall. Leaves narrow-linear 
acuminate, 1-5 in. long, -05 in. wide, with the sheaths very hairy. 
Culms very slender, glabrous, with 2 slender racemes 75 f^ng; 
rachis hardly flattened, very narrowly winged, sinuous. Spikelets 
very small, pale, ellipsoid, hardly flattened on slender pedicels as 
long or longer than themselves. Glume I absent; glume 11 white, 
ellintic vdth 3 ribs, shortly white-hairy. Gram dark brown. 
Hab. Sandy heaths, Setul (Ridley). Distrib. Borneo, Banjermasin 
(Motley^ barbata Willd. Enum. Hort. Berol. 91. Paspalum 
heteranthum Hook, fil F.B.I. vii. 16; Ridl. Mat. hi. 126. 
A stout creeping ascending plant, stems i ft. tall or more, 
leafv Leaves narrow lanceolate acuminate, 4 in. long, -i in. wide, 
glabrous. Culms long; racemes 3 to 7 straight or flexuous, 6 in. 
long; rachis trigonous, not winged. Spikelets distant m pans, on 
Stout rather long pedicels as long as the spikelets, -i 
longer; lower spikelet lanceolate, glabrous; upper one with glumes 
