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THE FLORA OP AIOUNT HALCON. 201 
PANICUM Linn. 
Panicum sarmentosum Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1 {1820} 308; Merr. in Philip. Joiirn 
Sci. 1 (190G) Suppl., 300. 
In old clearings at 750 m. alt. (No. 5558). 
• Widely distributed in the Philippines. 
India to southern China and ^lalaya. 
Panicum palmaefolium Koenig in Naturforseh. 23 {1788} 208; Merr. 1 o 
301. 
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In an old dealing at 900 m. alt. (No. 55So}, 
Widely- distributed in the Philippines. 
Tropical Africa to India, Japan and Malaya. 
ISACHNE R. Br. 
Isachne beneckei Hack, in Oesterr. Bot. Zoitsohr. 51 (1901) 459; Merr. in 
Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (190C) Suppl., 350. . 
In an open heath at 2,400 ni. alt. (Nos. 0203, 0221). 
In the Philippines previously known only from Luzon. 
Java. 
Isachne myosotis Nees in Hook. Kew Journ. 2 (1850) 98; Merr. 1. c. 349. 
In an open heath at 2,400 ni. alt. (No. 6107); also collected by Merritt, No. 
4405, at 1,500 m. alt. June, 190C. 
Endemic to the Philippines. 
ICHNANTHUS Beauv. 
Ichnanthus pallens (Sw.) Munro in Benth. FI. Hongk. (1801) 414; Merr. in 
Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 203. 
In an old clearing and in forests at 900 m. alt. (No. 5538); on semisliaded 
cliffs overhanging the Alag River at 380 m. alt. (No. 5498). 
Previoiisly known in the Philippines only from Luzon. 
Tropics of both hemispheres. 
LOPHATHERUM Brongn. 
Lophatherum gracile Brongn. in Duperry Voy. Coqu. Bot. (1820) 50. f. 8; 
Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 308. 
In an old clearing at 700 m. alt. (No. 5543). 
Previously known in tlie Philippines only from Luzon. 
British India to southern China and Japan and Malaya. 
BAMBUSA Schreb. 
Bambusa sp. near B. pi/gmaea Miq. 
In sphagnnm in dense thickets at 2,000 m. alt. (No. 0222). 
A remarkably small species, full-grown plants never exceeding 1.5 m. in height, 
and frequently less than I m. tall. I have the same form from similar hal>itat 
in northern Luzon (Pauai, Merrill (No. 4733), NovemlxT, 1905). I'nfortunately 
both numbers are Avitliout flowers or fruits. 
