Eragrostis^ 
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country, variable in colouring. Spikelets dark pink in sunny places, 
pale whitish in the shade. Whole Peninsula from Singapore to 
Kelantan and Penang. Distrib. Tropical Asia. Native name: 
Rumput Kulam Padang. 
(5) E. malayana Stapf. in 
Hook. fil. F.BJ. vii. 317; Ridl. 
Mat. hi. 178. 
Annual grass 7 to 18 in. 
tall, very closely resembling 
E. amabilis but the spikelets 
are always pale whitish, rather 
smaller, -i in. long, ovate or 
linear-oblong, the sides convex 
with no raised ribs. Glumes I 
and II unequal. Hab. Way- 
sides and waste ground. 
Probably not rare, but diffi¬ 
cult to distinguish from E. 
amabilis, except by the 
absence of nerves on the 
glumes, not visible without a 
lens. Singapore and islands 
around. Malacca town (Her- 
vey, Ridley). Pahang, Pekan. 
Selangor, Weld's Hill (Burkill). 
Perak, Thaiping (Wray). 
Distrib. Borneo and Bangka. 
(6) E. pilosa Beauv. 
Agrost. 71: Stapf. in Hook. fil. 
F. B.l. vii. 323; Ridl. Mat. hi. 
179. 
A weak tufted annual 3 to 
6 in. tall. Leaves 3 in. long or 
more, very narrow linear 
acuminate; sheath mouth long 
ciliate. Panicle variable, 3 
to 6 in. long, very lax, branches 
filiform, I to 2 in. long, 
glabrous (rarely hairy) sub- 
whorled. Spikelets -12 to *2 
in. long, linear, grey, from 5- 
to i2-flowered; rachilla flexu- 
ous. Glumes I and II hyaline, deciduous. Flowering glumes ovate 
acute, keel scabrid. Palea narrow persistent, keels ciliate. Hab. A 
weed of cultivation, common. Singapore, Gardens. Johor (Feilding). 
Selangor, Batu Caves. Penang (Ridley). Distrib. Most warm 
countries. 
Fig. 224 .—Eragrostis amabilis. 
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