CLXIII. GRAMINE.®. 
Phragmites,] 
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acuminate, bases broad, 18 in. long, i in. wide or narrower. Panicle 
over I ft. long, pale or brownish purple. Spikelets -5 in. long. 
Hab. Common on river banks. Johor, Bukit Murdom (Kelsall), 
Sempang Kiri, Batu Pahat. Pahang River at Pulau Chengei and 
Pulau Tawar. Malacca, Merlimau (Derry); Panchur (Good- 
enough). Selangor, Kwala Lumpur. Penang, Ayer Hitam (Curtis). 
Lanka\vi islands, Dayong Bunting (Robinson). Setul. Penis, 
Kanga. Kelantan, Kwala Aring (Yapp). Jalor, Biserat (Gwynne 
Vaughan). Native name: Gudabong. 
I cannot distinguish the Asiatic form P. Karka, Trin., from the common 
temperate-region reed P. communis, Trin. 
53. THYSANOL.ffiNA, Nees. 
A large tufted reed, culms solid. Leaves broad lanceolate. 
Panicle very large, lax pendent; branches numerous, slender, bear¬ 
ing very numerous short spikes. Spikelets dense, sub-secund, 
pedicelled, purple. Glumes I and II short ovate sub-equal, 
glume III lanceolate acuminate, thrice as long; glume IV shorter, 
lanceolate, covered with long white hairs. Stamens 2 or 3. Grain 
minute, free. Species i, Indo-Malaya. ... o 
(i) Th. agrostis Nees, Edinburgh Phil Journ. xviii. 180 ; 
Hook, fil F.B.I. vii. 61; Ridl Mat. m. I 43 - T. acarifera Am. 
and Nees, Nov. Act. Cur. xix.; Supp. i. 181. 
Culms stiff, 8 to 12 ft. tall. Leaves rigid, 18 to 24 m. long, 3 
to 4 in. wide, sheaths i to 1-25 in. long. Panicle 2 ft. long. Spikes 
•5 in. long. Spikelets -oi in. long, hairy. Glumes I and II round, 
very short; glumes III and IV lanceolate, hairy, purple, withering 
light brown, Hab. Abundant on dry banks in the hills, at 1000 ft. 
altitude and upwards. Negri Sembilan, Bukit Tangga. Selangor, 
Semangkok Pass (Machado). Perak, Hermitage Hill. Penang Hill 
(Curtis and all collectors). Lankawi, Dayong Bunting (Robinson). 
Native name : Buluh Tubaro. 
54. SPHIEROCARYUM, Nees. 
A dwarf creeping and ascending grass with leafy stems. Lea.ves 
ovate-cordate amplexicaul. Spikelets minute, in a close obpyramidal 
panicle of very slender branches; rachilla not prolonged beyond 
glume HI, jointed at base. Glumes 3. Glumes I and II short; 
glume I rounded; glume H longer, oblong, glabrous; glume HI 
hairy, ovate; palea as long, hairy. Stamens 3. Seed ovoid free. 
Species i, Indo-China, Cambodia. ^ t 
(i) S. elegans Nees, Steud. Nom. ii. 260; Hook, fil F.B.I. vu. 
246; Ridl Mat. iii. 170. 
Stems slender, 3 to 6 in. long. Leaves ‘25 to ’5 in. long, -i to 
•3 in. wide, base of sheaths ciliate, blade glabrous or hairy on 
edges. Panicle 75 to i in. long, branches numerous, capillary; 
Fl.M.P., 5 ^ 
