Paspalidium.] CLXiii. gramine^, 219 
ate, I ft. long, -5 in. wide, scabrid; sheaths large swollen; ligule 
a ring of hairs. Racemes 12 to 20 on a culm, I in. long, pale. 
Spikelets about 30 on a raceme, ovoid. Hab. Rare, in wet grassy 
fields by rivers, Johor, Sempang Kiri River (Ridley). Distrib. 
Indo-Malaya. 
30 . BRACHIARIA, Griseb. 
Ascending, often stout, grasses. Racemes usually solitary, 
scattered on the culm, or numerous crowded towards the end of 
the culm; rachis filiform triquetrous or slightly flattened, undulate. 
Spikelets in pairs, lanceolate pcdicelled. Glume I short; glume II 
longer, 5- to 7-nerved; glumes III and IV oblong, firmer in texture. 
Species about 80, both hemispheres, but mostly African. 
Glabrous, slender grass; racemes lew, distant . . (i) B. distachya 
Hairy, robust grass; raceme numerous, crowded at top (2) B. mutica 
(1) B. distachya Siapf. MSS. Panicum distachyum Linn. 
Mant. i. 138; Hook. fd. F.B.I. vi. 37; 43 - kg- 2; Ridl. 
Mat. hi. 133. P. subquadriparum Trin. Gram. Pan. 145; Sp. 
Gram. Ic. t. 186. 
A tall rather slender tough grass, with long subterranean stolons, 
3 ft. tall. Leaves linear or lanceolate, glabrous or hairy, 3 to 5 in. 
long. Racemes 2 to 4, distant, 1-5 in. long, Spikelets small 
ellipsoid, pale, in one or two rows sessile or short-stalked on a narrow 
rachis. Glume I ovate sub-acute, half as long as glumes II and 
III which are sub-equal, lanceolate acute, ribbed; glume IV 
shorter, coriaceous, strongly punctate and wrinkled, ellipsoid. 
Hab Common in sandy open ground, often a troublesome weed. 
Singapore, Tanglin (Hullett). Pahang, Selangor. Perak, Gunong 
Pondok Pass (Burkill). Province Wellesley, Telok Ayer lawar. 
Distrib. India, Malaya, China, Australia. 
(2) B. mutica Stapf. FL Prop. Africa ix. 526. Panicum muti- 
cum Forsk. FI. A eg. Arab. 20. P. numidianum Lam. III. 1. 172. 
Tall and stout grass over 3 ft. tall. Leaves linear acuminate, 
6 to 8 in. long, -2 in. wide, base broad, hairy as are the sheaths, 
or occasionally glabrous. Racemes many in strongly grown plants, 
1-5 in long. Spikelets pale or purple, very numerous, crowded. 
Rachis undulate stout, slightly flattened. Hab. Cultivated and 
waste ground in wet spots, formerly cultivated as horse-fodder 
here as in most parts of the tropics under the name of Para Grass, 
or Numidian Grass, and often occurring as an escape from cultiva¬ 
tion or in abandoned ground, Singapore, Bukit Timah road by the 
Gardens; Gelang. Selangor, Petaling road swamp near Kwala 
Lumpur (Ridley). Kedah, Kota Serang Semut (Haniff). Distrib. 
All tropics, probably a native of South America and West Africa. ' 
31 . UROCHLOA, Beaiiv. 
Leaves linear-lanceolate, base broad, ligule a ciliate rim. 
Racemes simple (or nearly so), crowded, rachis narrow, flat (or 
