250 CLXiii. GRAMiNE^, [Cynodon. 
Tampin. Selangor, Port Swettenham (Burkill). Penang, Sepoy 
lines (Curtis). Distrib, All tropical and sub-tropical countries. 
65 . CHLORIS, Sw. 
Perennial grasses; leaves linear. Spikes i or several, fascicled, 
terminal; spikelets in one or two rows, i-flowered; rachilla prolonged 
beyond glume III and bearing 2 empty glumes. Glumes 3. Glumes 
I and II the smallest. Species about 40, all parts of the world. 
(i) Ch. barbata Sw. FI. hid. Occ. i. 200; Hook. fil. F.B.I. 
vii. 292; Ridl. Mat. hi. 173. 
Stems creeping ascending to i ft. or more, geniculate. Leaves 
3 to 8 in. long, edges and keel scabrid, tufted at the base. Spikes 
fascicled, 5 to 20, purple, 1-5 to 3 in. long; rachis scabrid. Spike- 
lets crowded, -i to *12 in. long without the awms. Glumes I and II 
lanceolate acute, purple or green; glume III ovate, edge ciliate, 
awn *25 to *3 in. long. Rachilla rather thick, prolonged with 2 
semi-globose awned glumes. Hah. Docks and wharves, doubtless 
introduced but well established. Singapore Harbour. Johor, Saw¬ 
mills. Selangor. Port Swettenham (Burkill). Province Wellesley, 
Batu Kawan, Penang, Fort Cornwallis (Burkill). Distrib. All the 
tropics. 
66. ELEUSINE, Gaertn. 
Annual or perennial grasses, with narrow linear leaves, and 
digitate or whorled terminal spikes, laterally compressed. Spike- 
lets sessile secund in two or three rows, 3- to 12-fiowered, all but the 
terminal ones perfect; rachilla continuous between the glumes. 
Glume I lanceolate; glume II ovate-lanceolate, awned or not. 
Species about 7, all warm countries. 
(i) E. indica Gaertn. Fruct. i. 8; Hook. fit. F.B.I. vii. 293; 
Ridl. Mat. hi. 174. 
Annual grass. Stems erect, 1 to 3 ft. tall or less, glabrous. 
Leaves up to i ft. long, and -25 in. wide. Spikes 5 to 10, whorled, 
light green, spreading or sub-erect, 3 to 6 in. long. Spikelets -4 
to *8 in. long, 3- to 5-fiowered. Glumes membranous, pale green 
with darker veins. Glume I oblong-ovate; glume II twice as big, 
acute, keeled. Grain oblong, pericarp loose, seed tubercled in 
waved ridges. Hah. Common in waste ground, etc., all over the 
Peninsula as it is all over the tropics. Native name: Rumput 
Sambau. 
The cultivated form var. coracana, Gaertn., Fruct. i, 8, t. i. a stouter 
and broader-leaved form, with spikes 6 in. long and >5 in. thick and globose 
grain, occurs occasionally in waste ground or near Tamil cultivation, at 
Kwala Lumpur and elsewhere. 
67 . DACTYLOCTENIUM, Willd. 
Creeping grasses with ascending branches. Leaves linear. 
Spikes 2 to 5, digitate; spikelets very many in several rows; rachis 
