254 CLXiii. GRAMiNE^. [Lophatherum. 
shorter and herbaceous. Leaves lanceolate acuminate, glabrous^ 
6 to 12 in. long, 1-25 to 2-5 in. wide, finely ribbed. Panicle 4 to 8 in. 
long, branches 2 to 3 in. long. Spikelets green, *25 in. long, ciliate 
at base. Glume I oblong obtuse ciliate at tip; glume II longer; 
glume III lanceolate, twice as long; awn short, upper glumes 
about 9, with scabrid awms. Hab. Common along forest paths, 
wLole Peninsula from Singapore to Kedah from the plains to 
5000 ft. altitude in the Thaiping Hills and Pahang. Dispersed 
by its spikelets, adhesive to cloth of natives and to fur of wild 
beasts. Singapore, Garden Jungle; Chan Chu Kang. Johor, 
Bukit Banang; Gunong Belumut (Holttum). Malacca, Mount Ophir. 
Pahang, Kwala Pahang; Gunong Berumban, Cameron Highlands 
(Henderson). Selangor, Rantau Panjang (Kloss). Perak, Thaiping 
Hills to 5000 ft. altitude. Kedah Peak. Distrib. China, Japan, India, 
Malay islands. Native names: Rumput Kelurat; Rumput Jarang; 
Rumput Ubi Buluh. 
73 . POA, Linn. 
Annual or perennial grasses. Leaves narrow' linear acuminate. 
Culms slender. Panicles lax, spreading. Spikelets small, 2- to 
6-flowered, laterally compressed; rachilla jointed at base and 
betw'een the flow'ering glumes. Glumes 4 or more. Glumes I and II 
empty, keeled, i- to 3-nerved. Flowering glumes 5- to 7-nerved. 
Palea shorter, 2-keeled. Lodicules 2, Stamens 3. Styles short. 
Stigma plumose. Grain free or adherent to palea, ovoid or oblong. 
Species 80 or more; temperate regions; rare in tropics. 
(i) P. annua Linn. Sp. PI. 68; Eng. Bot. 1141; Hook. fit. 
F.B.I. vii. 348. 
Annual (or perennial) grass, 6 in. tall or more. Leaves narrow, 
flat linear acuminate, 1*5 to 3 in. long. Culms slender, wdth one or two 
leaves. Panicle i to 1*5 in. long, about -75 in. wade; branches 
few spreading, distant. Spikelets green, -08 in. long, of 3 to 7 
flowers. Glumes I oblong-lanceolate, acute, i-nerved; glume II 
longer, 3-nerved. Flow'ering glumes blunt. Grain oblong. Hab. 
In cultivated ground; Perak, Maxw'ell’s Hill at 3750 ft. altitude 
(Ridley, Burkill). Distrib. Europe and Temperate Asia. 
Introduced probably with imported plants; it has several times appeared 
about the gardens of Maxwell's Hill, often in abundance. 
74 . LEPTURUS, Br. 
Annual or perennial grasses, slender. Spikes simple, straight 
or curved; rachis hollow'ed. Spikelets i- or 2-flow'ered, sessile, 
solitary, imbedded in the hollow's of the rachis. Glume I minute or 
absent; glume II longer than the flowering glumes, which are elliptic 
concave. Rachilla elongate, bearing an imperfect flower. Palea 
2-keeled. Species 6, tropics and temperate regions of the w'orld. 
(i) L. repens R. Br. Prod. 207; Brngn. Duperr. Voy. Bot. 57, 
t. 16; Hook. fit. F.B.I. vii. 365; Ridl. Mat. iii. 182. 
Perennial grass, creeping ascending stems, W'oody, i ft. tall. 
Leaves 3 to 6 in. long. Spikelets 2-flowered. Glume I absent; glume 
