228 CLXIII. GRAMINE^. [Panicim. 
ovate amplexicaul cordate, -5 to 2 in. long, *5 to 75 in. wide, 
glabrous or hairy, mouth of sheath ciliate. Panicle sessile or nearly 
so, 2 to 4 in. long, lax, branches filiform sinuous. Spikelets •! in. 
long, solitary, on slender pedicels, green or purple, hairy, elliptic, 
blunt, slightly gibbous. Glumes I and II ovate obtuse ribbed 
hairy; glume III flat blunt glabrous, a little longer; glume IV 
much shorter, ellipsoid, coriaceous. Hah. Common on banks and 
damp shady spots. Whole Peninsula. Singapore, Government 
Hill. Johor, Kota Tinggi; Kwala Kahang (Kelsall). Malacca 
(Griffith); Bukit Bruang; Sungei Hudang (Goodenough). Selan¬ 
gor, Rantau Panjang (Hume). Perak, Larut Hills (Kunstler); 
Bujong Malacca. Province Wellesley, Permatang Bertam. Penang, 
Waterfall Hill. Distrib. Indo-Malaya, Africa, China. 
{13) P. hirtifolium Ridl. Mat. ii. 141. 
Culms decumbent, ascending 6 to 8 in. tall, leafy to the 
panicle. Leaves ovate-lanceolate acute, amplexicaul very hairy, 
edges long white-ciliate, -50 in. long, -25 in. wide, sheaths ribbed, 
pilose short. Panicle i to 2 in. long, white-ciliate, branches spread¬ 
ing. Spikelets small gibbous lanceolate, green. Glume I lanceolate 
hairy; glume II as large, broader, ribbed, hairy ovate; glume HI 
flat lanceolate, shorter; glume IV ovate blunt coriaceous, white. 
Hab. Rare. Selangor, at Semangkok Pass, edges of paths through 
the jungle (Ridley); Kwala Lumpur (Md. Niir). 
Near P. ovalifolium, but much more condensed and hairy. 
39 . HEMIGYMNIA, Stapf. 
Long half-scandent grasses with smooth slender geniculate 
culms. Leaves lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, papery. Panicle 
long narrow. Spikelets very numerous, oblong acute, dorsally 
compressed on very short racemes. Glumes I and H equal, very 
short, ovate or oblong, blunt; glume HI lanceolate, ribbed. Species 
3 or 4, Africa and Indo-Malaya. 
Panicle lax; spikelets remote, green , . • (i) H. multinodis 
Panicle strict, dense; spikelets brown . . . (2) H. fiisca 
(1) H. multinodis Stapf.- FI. Trop. Africa, ix. 742. Panicum 
nodosum Kunth. Eniim. PI. i. 97; Hook. fit. F.B.I. vii. 43. 
P. Arnottianum Nees in Stead. Syn. Glum. 59. 
A lax straggling grass. Leaves lanceolate acuminate, base 
broad, rounded, hairy on the edge and back when young, 3-5 in. 
long; sheaths hairy, hairs springing from minute pustules. Panicle 
6 in. long, very lax, of 5 or more slender branches. Spikelets 
remote, pale green, lanceolate, -5 in. long. Glume I short ovate 
ribbed, glabrous; glume 11 ovate-elliptic, 5-nerved; glume HI 
.similar, 2-nerved. Hab. Singapore, Freshwater isle (Ridley 79). 
Perak, Grit (Burkill). Distrib. India, Philippines. 
(2) H. fusca Ridl. 
A slender perennial grass, creeping and ascending, i to 4 ft. 
