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mucronatc. Flowering glumes longer. Palea longer 2-keeled. 
Lodicules 3, ovate acute, hairy. Gram ovate, long-beaked -5 in. 
long with the beak -25 in. long. Hah. Kiver banks, "ot rajre. 
Perhaps a fonn of 5 . chilimtlhum, Kurz. Singapore (Walhch). 
Tohorf Kota Tinggi; Tebrau River; Pahang, Pahang River. 
Malacca, Ayer Panas (Ridley). Kemaman (Vaughan Stevens) 
(2) S. chilianthum Kurz. Ind. Forester, i. 348; Journ. As. Soc. 
Ben^. xxxix. ii. 88; Gamble, Ann, Bot. Gard. Calc. vii. 115, pi. loi; 
Ho&. fil. F.B.I. vii. 416; Ridl. Mat. iii. 194. Melocanna gracilis 
Munro, Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvi. 133. u 1 j 
Culms slender, 15 to 20 ft. tall, *5 m. through; branches whorled 
at the lobes; sheaths 3 in. long, smooth truncate, brown, pubes¬ 
cent • mouth edge fringed with stiff pale bristles; limb triangular 
acuminate I-3 in. long. Leaves narrow lanceolate acuminate, 9 to 
12 in long -5 to i in. wide. Heads of spikelets 4 to 12 in the 
spike' -5 to I in. apart. Spikelets -5 in. long. Empty glumes 
ovate mucronate, glabrous. Flowering glumes lanceolate acumin¬ 
ate, pubescent on edges or glabrous HaF River banks and 
open damp spots, Singapore (Walhch) ; Bulat rimah Road, 
johor, Serom. Malacca, Batang Malaka (Derr>;). Selangor, 
4 pang Road. Perak. Mawar, Grit (Foxworthy); Sungei Kutim 
(Burkill). Province Wellesley, Krian. Disinh. Siam, Sumatra, 
Java. Native names: Buluh Akar; Buluh Rappen, Buluh 
S- Zollingeri Sieud. Syn. Glum. 332; Ridl. Mat. iii. 195- 
Melocanna Zollingeri Munro, 7 runs, Ltnn. Soc. xxvi. 134. 
Culms about 20 ft. taU; sheaths 4 m. long; limb triangular 
acute I in. long. Leaves lanceolate acuminate, 6 in. to i It. long, 
i'7S in. wide, pubescent beneath, sheaths cUiate on mouth and edges. 
Panicle 8 in. long, of about 10 heads of spikelets -5 m. apart. 
Spikelets -5 in. long. Empty glumes ovate, keeled, edges ciliate. 
Fertile glumes longer, lanceolate mucronate, ciliate. Lodicules 3, 
ovate acuminate, strongly nerved, and edged with silky hairs. 
Hab. Roadsides and open countr3^ m the south. Singapore, Bukit 
Timah Road; Yeo Chu Kang. Muar, Bukit Muar (Feilding). 
Tohor Road to the Reservoir. Malacca (Cantley . Kegri Sem- 
bilan ’Pantai. Perak, Mawar, Grit (Burkill). Distnb. Java. Native 
names: Buluh Tulo; Buluh Plang. 
I am not sure that this plant is really wild in all the above localities. 
U) S. subcordatiun Ridl. , , 1 j 
Stems slender. Leaves lanceolate acuminate, base broad, 
subcordate, auricles 5 to 6 in. long, in. wide; midrib slender 
petioles and ligules very short no bristles. Panicles simple m 
whorls 3 to 4 in. long, on the edge of short leafy shoots. Spikelets 
in 7 or 8 clusters -15 in. long. Bracts ovate, small. Glumes 
polished, lanceolate. Palea lanceolate, thin. Lodicules 0. Hab. 
