cLxiii. grAmine^. [Arundinella, 
Hab. Setul, Wang Bukit (Haniff). Distvlb. India, Cambodia, China, 
Malaya. 
51. ERIACHNE, Br. 
Tufted wiry grasses with very narrow convolute leaves. Pan¬ 
icles lax. Spikelets few, 2-flowered, on long pedicels not articulate 
with them; rachilla jointed at base, not produced beyond glume IV. 
Glumes I and II equal, keeled, empty; glumes III and IV narrow- 
stiff, usually awned. Stamens 2 or 3. Grain free within the 
glumes. Species about 24, all Australian except these 2. 
Spikelets i in. long; glumes TU and IV and palea awned (i) E. tdseta 
Spikelets-23 in. long; palea not awned . . . (2) E. pallescens 
(1) E. triseta Nees in Steiid. Syn, Glum. 237 ; Hook. ftl. F.B I 
vii. 269; Ridl. Mat. hi. 172. 
Stems 18 to 24 in. tall, slender. Leaves 4 to 6 in. long, mouth 
of sheath ciliate. Panicles 6 in. long, Spikelets with awns i in. 
long. Glume I lanceolate sub-aristate pubescent purple; glumes II^ 
III and IV yellow, hard, silky pubescent, long awmed. Palea 
awned. Hah. Sandy heaths and open spots, rare. Pahang at 
Pekan. Malacca at Pengkalan Bukit and Sungei Baru. Negri 
Sembilan, Port Dickson (Milsum). Disfrib. Tenasserim and 
Ceylon. 
(2) E. pallescens R. Br. Prodr. 184; Hook. fil. F.B.I. vii. 260- 
Ridl. Mat. hi. 172. 
A tufted grass, 6 to 24 in. tall. Leaves glabrous, except sheath¬ 
ing leaves and mouth of sheath hairy. Panicles narrow' or lax and 
^reading. Spikelets -25 in. long, purplish, hairy or glabrescent. 
Glumes III and IV villous, awms rather longer than glumes. Palea 
lanceolate W'ith very short points, imaw'ned. Hab. Common in dry 
exposed rocky or sandy spots. Singapore, Galang, etc., and islands 
in the south. Pahang, Pekan. Selangor Road, to Ginting Bidai; 
Klang Gates. Setul. Distrib. Chittagong, Nicobars, Cochinchina, 
Borneo to Australia. 
52 . PHRAGMITES, Trin. 
Tall reeds with long narrow leaves. Panicle large decompound. 
Spikes 3- to 7-flow'ered, jointed on the pedicels; rachilla jointed 
betw'een the flow'ering glumes, w'hite-silky. Glumes glabrous, 
membranous, pale to purple. Glumes I and II unequal, lanceolate* 
3-nerved; glume III much longer, lanceolate acute, male or barren! 
Flowering glumes much narrower, subulate. Species i, almost the 
whole world. 
(i) Ph. communis TnVG 134. P. Karka Lnw. 
Steud. Norn. Ed. 111. 324; Hook. fit. F.B.I. vii. 304; Ridl. Mat. iii 
175. Arundo Roxburghii Kimth, Enum. Rev. Gram i 70 • Griff 
Notules, iii. 47; Ic. PL As. t. 139, fig. 243. 
Stems 10 to 12 ft. tall, -25 to -5 in. through. Leaves linear 
