xi.c,b Merrill: Reliquiae Robinsonianae 255 



GARNOTIA Brongniart 



GARNOTIA STRICTA Brongn. Bot. Duperry Voy. (1829) 132, t. 21. 



Amboina, Salahoetoe, Rel. Robins. 1649, on rocks and on prostrate logs 

 by streams, altitude 250 meters, November 27, 1913. 



India to the Philippines and Malaya, and the Hawaiian Islands. 



CHLORIS Swartz 



CHLORIS BARBATA Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. 1 (1797) 200. 



Amboina, Batoe merah, Rel Robins. 1647, August 5, 1913, along road- 

 sides. 



A native of tropical America, probably introduced into Amboina since 

 Rumphius's time; now in all tropical countries. 



CENTOTHECA Desvaux 



CENTOTHECA LATI FOLIA (Osbeck) Trin. Fund. Agrost. (1820) 141. 

 Holcus latifolius Osbeck, Dagbok Ostind. Resa (1757) 247. 

 Cenchrus lappaceus Linn. Sp. PL ed. 2 (1763) 1488. 

 Centotheca lappacea Desv. in Nuov. Bull. Soc. Philomath. 2 (1810) 



189. 

 Centotheca malabarica Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 

 385, non Poa malabarica Linn. 

 Amboina, Negri lama, Soja, and near the town of Amboina, Rel. Robins. 

 164-6, July, August, and September, 1913. 



Tropical Africa and Asia through Malaya to Australia and Polynesia. 



ERAGROSTIS Host 



ERAGROSTIS UNIOLOIDES (Retz.) Nees ex Steud. Norn. ed. 2, 2 (1840) 

 364. 

 Poa unioloides Retz. Obs. 5 (1789) 19. 



Eragrostis amabilis Wight & Am. in Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beechey Voy. 

 (1841) 251, excl. syn. Linn. 

 Amboina, Koesoe koesoe sereh, Rel. Robins. 1650, August 12, 1913, along 

 roads. 



Tropical Africa, Asia, and Malaya, introduced into Florida. 



BAMBUSA Schreber 



BAMBUSA GLAUCESCENS (Willd.) Sieb. ex Munro in Trans. Linn. Soc. 



26 (1868) 89, in syn.; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 7 (1912) Bot. 



230. 

 Ludolphia glaucescens Willd. in Ges. Naturf. Fr. Berl. Mag. 2 (1808) 



320. 

 Bambusa nana Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) 25, Fl. Ind. ed. 2, 2 (1832) 



199. 

 Amboina, Koeda mati, Rel. Robins. 1605, September 3, 1913, introduced 

 and probably cultivated but left to grow naturally. Locally known as 

 bulu china. 



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