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ISACHNE R. Brown 



ISACHNE MILIACEA Roth Nov. PL Sp. (1821) 58. 



Amboina, in wet places near the town of Amboina, Rel. Robins. 165b, 

 July 25, 1913. 



India to Malaya and Polynesia, reported also from South America. 



PANICUM Linnaeus 



PANICUM PILIPES Nees & Arn. ex Biise in Miq. PL Jungh. (1854) 376. 

 Panicum hermaphroditum Steud. Syn. 1 (1854) 67. 

 Ambsina, Hatiwe, Rel. Robins. 16^8, September 15, 1913. 

 India to Madagascar, Malaya, tropical Australia, and Polynesia. 



PANICUM PATENS Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 86. 



Amboina, Kati-kati, in wet meadows, Rel. Robins. 16^0, October 19, 1913. 



Linnaeus, Mantissa 2 (1771) 232, adds to Panicum patens a reference 

 to Panicum patens Burm., FL Ind. (1768) 26, t. 10, f. 3, who in turn cites 

 Rumph. Herb. Amb. 6, t. 5, /. 3. Panicum patens Burm., however, is a 

 species entirely different from Panymm patens Linn.; Rumphius's figure is 

 Oplismenus compositus Beauv. 



India to southern China, Malaya, and Polynesia. 



OPLISMENUS Beauvois 



OPLISMENUS BURMANNII (Retz.) Beauv. Agrost. (1812) 54. 

 Panicum, burmannii Retz. Obs. 3 (1783) 10. 

 Amboina, Ayer putri, Rel. Robins. 16^5, July 29, 1913, in forests. 

 Tropical Africa and Asia to Japan and Malaya. 



PENNISETUM Persoon 



PENNISETUM MACROSTACHYUM Trin. in Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. VI 

 3 2 (1835) 177. 

 Saccharum caninum Reinw. in Blume Cat. Gew. Buitenz. (1823) 38, 

 nomen nudum. 

 Amboina, Hoenoet, on dry hills, Rel. Robins. 1643, October 7, 1913. 

 Luzon to Java, New Guinea, and Polynesia. 



SPOROBOLUS R. Brown 



SPOROBOLUS INDICUS (Linn.) R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 170. 

 Agrostis indica Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 63. 

 Amboina, Koesoe koesoe sereh, Rel. Robins. 1656, along roadsides. 

 Tropics of the World. 



LEPTASPIS R. Brown 



LEPTASPIS URCEOLATA (Roxb.) R. Br. in Benn. PL Jav. Rar. (1838- 

 52) 23, t. 6. 



Pharus urceolatus Roxb. FL Ind. ed. 2, 3 (1832) 611. 

 Amboina, Wae, Rel. Robins. 1655, November 26, 1913, in thin forests, 

 altitude 10 to 20 meters. 



Malay Peninsula and Archipelago, the Philippines, and New Guinea. 



