248 CLxiii. GRAMINE^. {EragfosUs, 
(7) E. elongata Jacq, Eclog. Gram. 3, t. 3; Siapf. in Hook. fil. 
F.B.I. vii. 319; Ridl. Mat. iii. 179. E. Browneana Nees, Nov. Act. 
Cur. xix.; Suppl. i. 205. 
A tall slender perennial 10 to 18 in. high. Leaves 1-5 to 3 in. 
long, very narrow, sheath-mouth ciliate. Panicle very variable, 
3 to 6 in. long, branches usually simple, i in. long or less. Spike- 
lets -12 in. long, shortly pedicelled. Glumes I and II lanceolate 
keeled sub-equal, tinted violet. Flowering glumes 10 to 25, ovate 
lanceolate, pale green, keel and a rib on each side dark green, 
tip violet. Hah. Common in waste ground and grass plots. Whole 
Peninsula from Singapore to Lankawi, Tringganu, and Setul. 
Distrih. Tropical Asia and Australasia. Native name: Rumpiit 
Kutu Kerbau (buffalo-tick grass). 
A dwarf form 3 in. tall occurred on paths, at Klang Gates, Selangor (Burkill). 
(8) E. elegantula Steud. Syn. Gram. 266; Stapf. in Hook. fil. 
F.B.I, vii. 318: Ridl. Mat. iii. 179. 
A perennial grass, stiff, 2 to 4 ft. tall. Leaves acuminate 
linear, 3 to 7 in. long. Panicle nodding, 3 to 6 in. long; branches 
2 in. long, usually sub-erect scabrid. Spikelets *25 in. long, dark 
grey. Glumes I and II sub-equal ovate keeled, scabrid. Flower¬ 
ing glumes ovate acute viscid, sides convex, side-nerves raised. 
Hab. Common in open spots, by streams and on heaths, Singapore, 
Chasseriau Estate. Malacca (Hervey). Selangor, Weld’s Hill. 
Kwala Lumpur (Burkill). Pahang, mouth of river. Perak, Thai- 
ping. Ipoh, Lahat Road (Burkill). Penang Gardens (Burkill). 
Kelantan, Kamposa. Setul Heath (Ridley). Distrih. India. 
62 . LEPTOCHLOA, Beauv. 
Annual grasses. Leaves lanceolate or linear. Panicle of slender 
spike-like branches bearing numerous small spikes, shortly pedi¬ 
celled or sessile. Spikelets i- to many-flowered; rachUla slender, 
produced among the flowering glumes, articulate at base. Glumes 3 
or more, thin. Glumes I and II unequal, lanceolate; glume HI 
and others following 3-nerved. Species 12, tropics and sub-tropics 
of both hemispheres. 
Slender plant; spikes 2 to 3 in. long; spikelets 2- or 
3- flowered. (i) L. polystachya 
More robust plant; spikes 2 to 4 in. long; spikelets 
4- to 6-flowered . . . . . . (2) L. chinensis 
(i) L. polystachya Benth. FI. Austral, vii. 617; Hook. fil. 
F.B.I. vii. 298. L. filiformis R. and S. Syst. ii, 580; Hook. fil. 
F.B.I. vii. 298. 
Stem 2 to 3 ft. tall, geniculate. Leaves flaccid, 4 to 10 in. 
long, -25 in. wide, acuminate. Panicle 6 to 9 in. long. Spikes 
very slender, 3 in. long. Spikelets pale green, very small, i- or 
2-flowered. Glumes I and II unequal, ovate-lanceolate acute; 
