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times hairy, 3 to 8 in. long, -25 in. wide. Panicle 2 to 8 m. long; 
pedicels as long as spikelets. Spikelets pale green or whitish, 
ellipsoid-ovate acute, -08 to -i in, long. Glume I ovate broad, 
3- to 5-nerved, half as long as glume III; glume II ovate acmmnate, 
Q- to ii-nerved, as long as glume III; glume IV oblong blunt. 
Hah Waste ground. Rare. Selangor. Once collected at Port 
Swettenham by Bishop Hose, certainly introduced. Dtstnb. 
India and Ceylon. , rr . -n t 
(3) P. caesium Hook. Kew Journ. 11. {1850) 97; Hook. fil. r .B.i. 
vii. 48. P. luzonense Presl. Rel. Haenk. i. 308; Ridl. Mat. 111. 
^^^An annual grass, 6 in. to 2 ft. tall, hairy; stems simple or 
branched, leafy to the panicle. Leaves linear acuminate, base broad, 
3 to 4 in.’ long, *25 in. wide, hairy on both sides and on the sheath. 
Panicle 6 to 12 in. long, with many spreading capillary ciliate 
branches. Spikelets ellipsoid acute, -05 in. long, outer glumes 
purple. Glume I ovate blunt, half as long as glume III; glume II 
oblong shorter than glume III; glume IV shorter, oblong, shining, 
coriaceous. Hah. Waste ground, paths, etc., common. Singapore, 
Tanglin; Balestier plain. Johor, Sempang Kanan, Batu 
Tebrau River; Castlewood. Malacca (Griffith). Pahang, Pekan. 
Perak, Blanja (Wray). Penang, Waterfall Gardens (Curds). 
Perils, Kanga. Kelantan, Kwala Aring (Yapp); Sungei Ketah 
(Foxworthy). Distrib. Indo-Malaya. .r t c- d 7 
(4) P. repens Linn. Sp. PI. Ed. 11. 87; Hook. fil. F.B.I. vii. 
40; Ridl. Mat. iii. 139. P. ischaemoides Retz. Ohs. iv. 17. 
’Rhizome subterranean long-creeping, throwing up stems, soine^ 
times swollen at base, i to 2 ft. tall. Leaves distichous, 6 to 12 in. 
long ’I to -25 in. wide, narrowly linear, glaucous, glabrous or hayy, 
lower sheaths loose. Panicle strict narrow, 3 to 6 in. long. Spike¬ 
lets pale, -I in. long. Glume I very short, orbicular only one-sixth 
the length of glume III; glume II sub-equal to glume III, ovate 
acute; glume IV elliptic-ovate. Hah. Sea coasts, but frequently 
found inland in sandy spots. Singapore, Tanglin; Changi. Johor, 
Sungei Tebrau. Pahang, Pekan. Malacca, Tanjong Klmg; Ching. 
Bindings Lumut. Province Wellesley, Permatang Bertam. Kelan¬ 
tan, Kamposa (Ridley). Disirib. Both hemispheres, tropical and 
sub-tropical coasts. rr 7 7:/ 17 d r 
(s) P. proliferum Lam. Encycl. iv. 747 ’ Hook. fit. r.B.l. 
vii 50- Rtdl. Mat. iii. 139. P. paludosum Roxb. FI. Ind. i. 307; 
Griff. NotulcB, 37; Ic. PI. As. t. 139. 127^^ 
An aquatic floating grass with stout fleshy stems, ascending 
about 12 in. tall, leafy to the panicle. Leaves broad flaccid, linear 
acuminate, glabrous, 6 to 7 in. long, -45 in. wide. Panicle 6 to 7 m. 
long strict, branches rather slender, sometimes spreading. Spike¬ 
lets pale green, lanceolate acute, *12 in. long. Glume I ovate blunt, 
one-fourth the length of glume III; glumes II and III acuminate 
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