CLXIII. GRAMINE^. 
231 
Hymenachne^ 
long linear acuminate, base cordate, 4 to 14 in. long, -25 to i in. 
wide ciliate at base and mouth and edge of sheath. Panicle erect 
dense cylindric, spike-like, 8 to 14 in. long, branches (lowest 1-5 to 
2*5 in. long) closely appressed to rachis. Spikelets olive brown, 
•12 in. long, narrow acuminate. Hah. Grassy open swamps. 
mon. Singapore, Balestier plain (Hullett). Johor, Riwr Bank 
Sempang Kiri near Batu Pahat (Ridley); Parit Jawa (Feuding). 
Pahang, Mahang. Pahang River (Ridley). Malacca (Cuming, 
Griffith). Sungei Uiong, Burunang (Cantley). Perak, Gopmg 
(Kunstler). Province Wellesley, Permatang Bertam. Penang 
(Curtis). Disirib. Indo-Malaya, China. Native name: Rumput 
Kumpai. 
42 . ICHNANTHUS, Sw. 
Annual or perennial grasses with broad leaves and panicles of i- or 
2-flowered spikelets. Spikelets ovate or lanceolate terete, articulate 
on pedicels. Glumes I, II and III persistent, sub-equal, ner\^d, 
glume III paleate; glume IV smaller, stipitate paleate, with i 
simple or bifid or 2 appendages on the stipes. Gram coriaceous 
acute, articulate at base of stipes. Species 20, tropics generally. 
(i) I. pallens Munro, Benth. FI. Hongk. 414: Hook. fil. F.B.i. 
vii. 60; Ridl. Mat. iii. 142. Panicum pallens Sw. Prodr. 23. 
Culms slender ascending, 12 in. tall. Leaves lanceolate or ovate- 
acuminate, inaequilateral, base broad, hairy, 2 to 3 in. 
Panicle 2 to 3 in. long, compact, branches ascending. Spikelets 
green glabrous, lanceolate. Glume I lanceolate cuspidate, hs^H 3^® 
long as glumes II and III; glume II strongly nerved, hairy, 
glume IV obtuse elliptic. Hah. On banks in forests, not rare. 
Johor, Kota Tinggi. Pahang, Telom. Selangor, Batu Caves; 
Semangkok Pass; between Kajang and Sepan. Penang Hill. 
Distrih. Tropics of both worlds. 
43 . SACCIOLEPIS, Nash. 
Usually tufted annual or perennial grasses. Leaves narrow- 
linear acuminate. Spikelets crowded in a dense spike-like panicle, 
oblong to ovate or elliptic, more or less oblique, usually turgid, 
lower floret male or barren, upper bisexual. Glume I shorter than 
glume II ■ glume II with a curved gibbous or saccate back, ribbed, 
concave;’ glume III as long, back straight. Species over 30, both 
hemispheres. 
Panicle -5 in. long; spikelets pale, very turgid . • (^) furgida 
Panicle -5 to -75 in. long; spikelets often purple. 
curved.. d , ^ ^ ^ 
Panicle 3 in. long; spikelets purple, slightly gibbous, 
not curved.G) b. angusta 
Panicle 6 in. long; spikelets not gibbous or curved . (4) S. myosuroides 
(i) S. turgida Ridl. 
Short tufted grass, 6 to 12 in, tall, glabrous. Leaves long. 
