Sacciolepis] CLXiii. graminejs. 233 
(Curtis). Kelantan, Kwala Aring (Yapp). Distrih. Indo-Malaya. 
Native names : Rumput Bijan; Rumput Humani. 
Hullett collected in Singapore a form in which the panicle is broken up 
into short racemes, the lowest and longest i in. long. 
44. CYRTOCOCCUM, Stapf. 
Perennial grasses, with lax or somewhat dense panicles of very 
small spikelets laterally compressed, dark brown, gibbous. Glume I 
small ovate; glume II twice as large, ovate, boat-shaped, strongly 
ribbed; glume III ovate ribbed, as long as glume IV. Gram 
strongly gibbous. Species 6, tropical Africa and Asia. 
(i) C. oxyphyllum 
(2) C. carinatum 
(3) C. accrescens 
Panicle dense, of many spikelets on short pedicels 
Panicle lax, branches filiform; spikelets few on long 
pedicels. . 
Dwarf plant; panicle i to i-5 m. long 
Tall plant; panicle 9 iii- ^ in. wide 
(1) C. oxyphyllum Stapf. MSS. Panicum pilipes Nees and 
Arn. in Miq. PI. Jmighuhn, iii. 276; Hook. fit. F.B.L vii. 57; 
Ridl. Mat. iii. 141- . , . ,1 t r - 
Long creeping grass ascending to i or 2 ft. tall. Leaves lineai- 
lanceolate acuminate, 4 to 6 in. long, nearly -5 in. wide, base 
narrowed, glabrous except the ciliate ligule. Panicles 3 m. long, 
compact, branches -5 to 1-25 in. long, moderately stout, angled 
Spikelets dark brown, small. Glume I ovate blunt; glurne II 
ovate blunt, twice as large, ribbed; glume III as large Gram 
semi-ovoid, gibbous. Hab. Common by wayside in shady spots. 
Singapore, Bukit Timah Road. Johor, Tebing Tinggi; Pulau Aur. 
Pahang. Tahan River (Ridley). Lubok Tamang, Bertam River 
(Henderson). Malacca, Sungei Hudang; Pulau Besar. Sungei 
Ujong, Bukit Sulu (Cantley). Selangor, Menuang Gasing (Kloss); 
Klang Gates (Hume). Bindings, Lumut. Perak, Gunong Bal, 
Gunong Kerbau (Haniff); Goping and Larut Kunstler); Relau 
Tuioh (Wray) Tapah (Burkill). Province W ellesley, Tasek Gelu- 
gur Distrib. Indo-Malaya. Australia-Polynesia. Native names: 
Rumput Miitubong; Rumput Kurubong Padi. 
(2) C. carinatum Stapf. MSS. 
Bwarf creeping grass with slender prostrate stems ascending 4 
to 6 in tall glabrous. Leaves lanceolate acuminate, -5 to 1-5 in. 
long -I in. mde, finely striate, glabrous or sparsely hairy on the 
under or both sides, sheaths sparsely hairy on edge. Panicle strict 
or later spreading. -5 to 2 in. long, branches and pedioels filiform, 
short. Spikelets brown, minute, glabrous, pyriforai, gibbous. Glume 
I very small ovate, half as long as glume II; glume II narrower 
than glume III, boat-shaped; glume III ribbed. Gram semi-ovate, 
yellovw Hab. Shady spots beneath trees, not very common. 
Malacca (Hervev) ; Flagstaff Hill (Griffith), Selangor, Weld s Hill, 
Kwala Lumpur (Burkill). Distrib, Indo-Chma, Malaya. 
