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Chloris inflata Link
syn. C. barbata sensu auct. non (L.) Sw.
"finger grass"
Recent introduction. Trop. America. Occasional. Tufted perennial grass, up to 90
cm tall, erect or somewhat bent at the base, rooting at the lower nodes, which are often
purplish; leaves, up to 3 to 20 cm long and 2 to 6 mm wide, flat, usually bluish-green,
rough on the edges, often hairy near the base on the upper side; inflorescence, flower
heads of 2 to 11 conspicuous, purplish, finger-like, feathery terminal flower spikes, 2.5
to 7.5 cm long, with spikelets, about 3 mm long, with 3 slender bristles, borne at the tips
of flowering stems (culms), up to 60 to 90 cm high. Weed occurring locally in isolated
clusters or tufts in open and ruderal places on the coastal strip. 3(58519), 4(151N),
5(40), 6, 7, 8(9549).
Chrysopogon aciculatus (Retz.) Trin. "needle grass", "seed grass", "golden beard grass"
syns. Andropogon acicu.latus Retz.; Rhaphis aciculatus (Retz.) Desv.
Recent introduction. S. E. Asia and Pacific Is. Occasional. Perennial grass, up to
60 cm high, usually with prostrate or creeping stems; leaves, 2 to 5 cm long and 3 to 6
mm wide, flat or folded, linear-lanceolate, rough on the edges; inflorescence, a finely-
branched flower stem, up to 25 cm long, bent at the base, bearing slender erect clustered
purplish panicles, 2.5 to 6 cm long, with awned or barbed, spikelets, 3 to 6 mm long.
Weed occurring locally on bare soil, roadsides, waste places, and occasionally in lawns.
3(58625, 58709), 5(82), 6, 7.
Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. "Bermuda grass"
ibugibugi (N); te uteute (K); mouku (T)
syns. Panicum dactylon L. ; Capriola dactylon (L.) 0. Ktze.
Recent introduction. Old World. Common. Small, low creeping perennial sod-
forming grass, rooting at the lower nodes; leaves, 2.5 to 10 cm long and 3 to 6 mm
wide, rough on the edges; inflorescence, a somewhat ascending or erect flowering stem
(culm), up to 10 to 15 cm, bearing 2 to 6, often 4 to 5, slender, radiating purplish finger-
like terminal flower spikes, 2.5 to 7 cm long, and spikelets, up to 3 mm long. Common
in open places forming mat or sod and in lawns. 3(58625), 5, 6(270), 7.
Dactyloctenium aegyptium (L.) Beauv. " four-finger grass", "beach wire grass",
"crowfoot grass" -
syns. Qnosurus aegyprius L. ; Dactyloctenium aegyptiacum - (L.) Willd. (orth .
mut.); Elcusine aegyptiaca (L.) Desf
grass,
Recent introduction. Paleotropics. Occasional. More or less prostrate annual
15 to 60 cm high, rooting from the lower nodes; leaves, up to 15 cm to 30 cm