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aristam perfectam circ. 12 mm. longam, cujus columna glaberrima quam 

 subula ^ brevior est. Palea ghiman aequans, ovato-lanceolata, acuta 

 intcgra enervis. Spiculae pedicellatae pedicellis circ. 4 mm. longis arti- 

 eulis simillimis sed obtuse trigonis fultae, suboblique lanceolatae, circ. 

 6 mm. longae, violascentes ; gluma I acuta integra marginibus anguste 

 inflexa flexura interiore a basi ad apicem anguste alata, exteriore anguste 

 marginata, 7-nervis, scaberula; II et III ut in spiculis sessilibus; IV, 

 integra mutica acutiuscula, 3-nervis, flore inf. 6*, superiore § . 



Luzox, Lepanto, monte Data (Balili). In locis apertis udis, 1,500 m. s. m. 



(4G22 Merrill) November, 1905. 



Affinis /. arundinaceo F. Mucll., quod differt ligula brevi glabra, laminis basi 

 angustatis quidem sed non petiolatis, racemosum articulis longius ciliatis et impri- 

 mis gluma I spiculae sessilis in ) superiore utrinque distincte alata ncrvis 5 infra 

 apicem evanidis supernc reticulatim anastomosantibus pcrcursa. 



ANDROPOGON Linn. 



Andropogon fastigiatus Sw.; Hack. 1. c. 393. 



Luzon, District of Lepanto, Cervantes to Balili (44G1 Merrill) November 3, 

 190G. Dry open grassy slopes at about 1,000 m. Not previously reported from 

 tbe Philippines. Tropical America, Asia, and Africa. 



Andropogon frag i I is R. Br. var. luzoniensis Hack. var. nov. 



Differt a typo gluma I in spieula § hirtula, pediccllo spiculae tabescentis 

 glabro. 



Luzon, Province of Benguet, Ambuklao to Daklan (438G Merrill) October 25, 

 1905; District of Lepanto, Cervantes to Mancayan (44G8 Merrill) November 3, 

 1905. 



Tbe species is known only from Australia. 



Andropogon micranthus Kunlli, var. spicigerus Hack. 1. c. 489. 



Luzon, Province of Benguet, Mount Tonglon (483G Merrill) November 12, 

 1905 j Baguio (5918 Elmer) March, 1904. This variety lias not previously been 

 reported from the Philippines. Southern China to Australia and New Caledonia. 



Andropogon Baileyi F. Muell. in Victorian Naturalist 7 (1891) 1G. Sorghum 

 laxiflorum Bailey. 



Luzon, Province of Benguet, Ambuklao to Daklan (4399 Merrill) October 25, 

 1905. 



A very rare Australian species, the Luzon plant agreeing with the cotype of 

 the species. 



Andropogon filipendulus Hochst. var. lachnatherus Hack. 1. c. G35. 



Luzon, Province of Benguet, Ambuklao to Daklan (4398 Merrill) October 25, 

 1905. Queensland and New South Wales. 



Andropogon filipendulus Hochst. var. lachnatherus Hack., forma bispiculata 

 Hack. 



Racemo utroque spiculas § duas continente. 



Luzon, Province of Benguet, Bued River (4298 Merrill) November 14, 1905. 

 In true var. lunchnatherus the longer peduncled raceme has only one § apikelet. 



