CLXIII. GRAMINE^. 
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Daciyloctenium^ 
prolonged to a short point. Glume I boat-shaped; glum^e II 
ovate awned. Seed orbicular tubercled. Species several, chiefly 
D.’seffvptiacum Willd. Emm. Hori. Berol. 1029. Eleusine 
Kgyptiaca FI. Atlant. i. 85; Hook. fil. F.B.I. vii. 295; Gnff. 
NoUdce/m. 51; Ic. PI. As. t. 139; Eidl. Mat. iii. 174- E. cruciata 
Lam. III. i. 203, /. 48, fig. 2. . ^ . n 
Stem elongate creeping, ascending portion 6 to 12 m tall, 
geniculate slender. Leaves hairy, 3 in. long, -12 in. wide Spikes 
2 to 5 digitate, i in. long, thick, bearded at the base. Spikelets 
very many in several rows, -i to -12 in. long, flattened 3- or 
4-flo\vered ; rachis triangular. Glume I boat-shaped acute keded 
glume II ovate awned, awn as long as glume or shorter. Seed 
orbicular tubercled. Hab. In sandy spots especially near towns, 
not rare. Singapore, Gelang; Holland Road. Pahang River, 
Pekan- Leban Chondong, Rumpin River (Evans). Selangor. 
Kwala Lumpur, Province Wellesley, Telok Ayer Tawar. Penang 
\\^aterfall (Curtis). Tringganu (Yapp). Distrih. All warm countries. 
68. TRIRAPHIS, R. Br. 
Tall slender reed, with long linear leaves (or shorter wiry grasses). 
Panicle long lax decompound. Spikelets small laterally, 
pressed. pedicelled; rachilla short, bearded with a few hairs below 
the flowering glumes, jointed at the base above the barren glume 
and between the flowering glumes. Glumes I and II unequal 
lanceolate empty; glume III empty. Flowering glumes lanceo¬ 
late subulate with two very short points on each side of the awn, 
back ciliate. Species several, chiefly Australian. 
(I) T. madagascariensis Stapf. MSS. Neyraudia madagas- 
cariensis Hook. fil. F.B.I. vii. 3^5 J Ridl. Mat. iii. i 75 - Aiundo 
madagascariensis Kunth. Rev. Gram. i. 273. it 
Stems 6 to 12 ft. long, solid, -12 to -5 m. through Leaves 
I to 2*5 ft. long, *5 in. wide, bases broad. Panicle nodding, 2-5 
to 2 ft long, branches very slender, 6 to 9 in, long. Spikelets 
long narrow, pale. 4- to 8 -flowered. Hah. Damp rocky spots. 
Malacca. Selangor (Cantley). Negri Sembilan, Seremban. Perak, 
Thaiping Waterfall. Penang Hill, Ayer Hitam (Curtis). Lankavvi 
isles. Distrih. Siam, Malay islands. Native name : Rumput Mata 
Burong Priding. 
69 . ORYZA, Lmn. 
Tall annual or perennial grasses. Leaves linear. Spikelets 
i-flowered in racemes or loose panicles, disarticulating from the 
pedicels, laterally strongly compressed. Glumes 3. flumes I and 
II minute or absent; glume III oblong hard keeled, 5-nerved, 
awmed or awnless. Palea linear coriaceous, edges membranous. 
Stamens 6. Grain narrow-oblong compressed, closely invested 01 
adnate to the glume. Species 5 or 6, tropical Asiatic. 
