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57 . ZOYSIA, Willd. 
A small tufted glabrous grass, culms leafy, branched. Leaves 
subulate pungent. Panicle slender, spiciform. Spikelets very small, 
i-flowered, lanceolate or ovoid, pedicelled. Glume I coriaceous- 
lanceolate involute; glume II shorter and narrower, thin; glumes 
III and IV absent. Stamens 3. Species i, Mauritius, tropical 
Asia and Australia. ^ ... 
(i) Z. pungens Willd. Ges. Ncifur. fr. Neue Schnfte, 111. 44^ * 
Hook. fil. F.B.I. vii. 99; Ridl, Mat. iii. 149. 
Culms wiry, often matted, 3 to 12 in. long. Leaves *5 to 1-5 in. 
long. Panicle -5 to i in. long. Glume I pale green, edges darker, 
or violet, pubescent, Hab. Very common, especially in sandy 
spots, often forming a dense turf variable according to locality, taller 
and softer in wet places. Singapore, Balestier plain ; Tanjong Ru. 
Johor, Hulu Sedili (Kelsall). Malacca, Tanjong Khng and town. 
Pahang, Kwala Pahang (Ridley). 
58 . PEROTIS, Ait. 
A short creeping grass with broad lanceolate leaves. Spikelets 
in a single terminal spike, shortly pedicelled or sub-sessile, i- 
flowered. Glumes I and II empty, tapering into long awns ; 
glume III minute paleate; glume IV absent. Species i, tropical 
Africa, Asia and Australia. 
(i) P. latifolia Ait. Hort. Kew, i. 85: Beauv. Agrost. t. 4. 
fig. 9; Hook. fil. F.B.I. vii. 98; Ridl. Mat. iii. i 49 - P- I'^^a R. Br. 
Prodr. 172. . 1 . • 
Stems 3 to 12 in. tall. Leaves -25 to 75 in. long, ’I2 to ;I3 in. 
wide, base broad, ciliate, tip acute. Spike 3 to 5 in. tall. Spikelets 
purple, nearly -5 in. long with the awns. Hab. Sandy places chiefly 
near the sea. Singapore, Changi. Pahang, Kwala ^hang. 
Malacca, Bukit Sabukor. Penang, Tanjong Bunga (Curtis). 
Kelantan, Kota Bharu. Tringganu (Yapp). 
59 . SPOROBOLUS, Br. 
Perennial, rarely annual, grasses. Leaves narrow. Spikelets 
very small, i- (rarely 2-) flowered, in spreading or compact panicles. 
Glumes I and II unequal; glume III longer or shorter, i-nerved; 
glume IV absent. Stamens 2 or 3. Grain loose within the glume 
and palea; pericarp deciduous. Species about 80, mostly tropical. 
Perennials; glumes I and II much shorter than glume 
III. / ^ e ^ 
Stem slender, wiry: panicle pyramidal . . • (i) S. ttianaer 
Stem stout; branches of peduncle appressed; spike- „ . 
lets larger., . * " m^cus 
Annual; glume II longer than glume III; spike dense. (3) S. piliierus 
Annual; glume II as long as glume III; spike spreading (4) S. pulcnellus 
