2i8 clxiii. gramine^. [Paspalum, 
(4) P. Commersonii Lam. III. i. 175, t. 43, fig. i. P, scrobi- 
culatum Linn. var. Commersonii Stapf FI. Trop. Africa, ix. 573. 
Tufted plant 6 in. to 3 ft. tall. Leaves lanceolate-linear acumin¬ 
ate, 3 to 9 in. long, -25 in. wide, quite glabrous, edge entire above 
the basal ones and sheaths of base hairy. Culm 6 to 8 in. long. 
Racemes usually 2, with 2 rows of spikelets, 2*5 in. long. Spike- 
lets pale, ellipsoid, -05 in. long. Outer glume sometimes pitted 
along the edge; nerves 3. Hah. Damp spots, not common, Singa¬ 
pore (Motley). Pahang, Kwala Tahan (Seimund). Negri Sembilan, 
Bukit Tangga Pass. Selangor, Weld’s Hill, Kwala Lumpur (Burkill). 
Distrih. Tropics generally. 
Stapf includes under his “variety” all the spontaneous forms of P. 
scrobiciilatuni, Linn., which species was based on the cultivated plant of 
India, var. frumentaceum. Stapf. This cultivated plant I do not remember 
to have ever seen in the Peninsula. 
(5) P. conjugatnm Berg. Act. Holm. vii. 129, t. 8; Hook fil, 
F.B I. vii. II ; Ridl. Mat. iii. 124. 
A stoloniferous grass, stolons very long and stout. Culms i 
to 2 ft. tall, leafy, slender. Leaves bright green, 6 in. long, -5 in. 
wide, linear lanceolate, edge ciliate. Racemes 2, very slender, 
divaricating, 4 in. long; rachis narrow; spikelets in 2 rows, orbi¬ 
cular. Glumes 11 and III thin, white, edged green, orbicular with 
long white hairs on the edge. Glume IV, pale coriaceous. Hab. 
Common in cultivated districts and along paths in forest; probably 
introduced from South America and dispersed by its adhesive 
spikelets. Distrih. All tropical regions. Names: “ Buffalo grass,” 
Rumput Kerbau. 
(6) P. distichum Linn. Amoen. Acad. v. 391; Hook. fil. F.B.I. 
vii. 12; Ridl. Mai. iii. 124. 
Stems creeping and ascending in tidal mud, about i ft. tall, 
pale-coloured, leafy. Leaves linear acuminate, distichous, 3 to 
4 in. long, -12 in. across. Racemes 2, glabrous, i to 2 in. long. 
Spikelets yellowish, lanceolate, in 2 rows, -24 in. long or less. 
Glumes II and III thin lanceolate; glume IV more coriaceous. 
Hab. Common on both coasts in tidal saline mud. Singapore 
(Kurz). Malacca (Griffith). Penang. All warm countries. 
29 . PASPALIDIUM, Stapf. 
Tall stout aquatic grasses with long narrow leaves. Racemes 
numerous, distant, sessile on the long terminal part of the culm; 
rachis flat. Spikelets globose or ovoid, in 2 rows. Glume I veiy 
small round; glume II shorter than IV; glume III ovate acute, 
3-nerved; glume IV as long, both thin membranous. Grain 
granulate. Species 20, all warm countries. 
(i) P. punctatum Stapf. MSS. Panicum punctatum Burm. 
Ft. Ind. 26; Hook. fit. F.B.I. vii. 29; Ridl. Mat. iii. 132. 
A stout grass, 2 to 4 ft. tall, glabrous. Leaves linear acumin- 
