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((i) Pollinia maritima Merrill, sp. now 



Glabra; culmis ascendentibus, 50—80 cm. altis, glaberrimis, apice 

 nudis; foliis 5— "J cm. longis, t-5 mm. latis, glaberrimis, plus minus 

 imolutis; racemis 3—5, articulis pedicellis spiculisque villis cinereo-fulvia 

 vest it is. 5—7 cm. Longis, subgracilibus j spiculis sessilibus oblongis, .'■>..> 

 mm. longis, gluma tertia carentibus, quartia hyalina, angusta, circiter 

 1 mm. longa, apice in lacinias aVuas cuspidatas fissa ; arista ad 6 nun. 

 longa : Btaminibus 3. 



An erecl or ascending rigid glabrous perennial grass from rather Long 

 creeping rootstocks. Culms glabrous, 50 to 80 cm. tall, rather slender; 

 nodes many. Sheaths rather loose, glabrous, crowded and imbricate 

 below, much exceeding the internodes, ligule very short, minutely ciliate; 

 blades Bmooth, glabrous, rather rigid, 5 to « cm. long, 1 to 5 mm. wide, 

 somewhat involute, the base contracted to the petiole-like sheath, the apex 

 acuminate. Racemes ^ to 5, approximate at the end of the glabrous 

 culm, usually exserted, 5 to 7 em. long, the rhachis, pedicels, ami Bpikelets 

 cinerous-fulvous with rather short villous hairs. Sessile spikolets oblong, 

 3.5 mm. long, the first and second glumes subequal, truncate, ciliate at 

 the apex, the hacks in the lower f { ami margins villous, the second 

 obovate. truncate, 3-toothed; third glume wanting; fourth hyaline, 

 narrow, about 1 mm. long, the apex cleft and bearing a Blender nearly 

 straight awn about (> mm. long. Stamens ,'> ; anthers oblong, about 3 mm. 

 long. Pedicellate Bpikelets similar to the sessile ones, the pedicels 

 about :5 mm. long. 



Lumbacan (near Balabag) (5277 MerriU) October 7. 1906. On sandy beach 

 associated with Bpiftifets squarrosus Linn. 



Evidently related to Pollinia cumingii Nees, differing from that species in its 



smaller spikelets, differently colored shorter, less dense pubescence of the inlloics- 

 cence, rigid habit, shorter leaves, much shorler awns, and in the culm being 



quite glabrous below the inflorescence. 



(7) Pollinia imberbis Nees. var. p. willdenowiana Hack., forma monos- 

 tachya (Franch. et Savat.) Hack, in Philip. Journ. Bci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 288. 

 Pollinia faponica var. monostachjfa Franch. et Savat. 



Luzon, Province of Benguet, Pauai (47()7 Merrill) November, 1906. 



The species and varieties extending from northern India to Japan, China, and 

 Java, the form from Japan and the Philippines. 



(S) Pollinia nuda Trin. in Mem. Acad. St. l'elersb. VI. 4 (lS:t:t) :t()7 ; Hack, 

 in DC. Monog. Phan. 6 (1889) 178; Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1908) Suppl. 205; 

 Hook. f. PI. Brit. In<l. 7 (1897) 117: Rendle in Forbes & Hemsl. Journ; Linn. 

 Soc. Bot. 36 (1!)()4) 366. Evlaliu nuda O. Ktz. Rev. Gen. PI. (18(H) 775. 



Luzon, Province of Benguet, Mount Tonglon (4842 Merrill) November, 1905; 

 Pauai (4727 Merrill) November, 1906. Samab, Catubig River (5212 Merrill) 

 October, 1908. IUi.it (5428 Merrill) October, 1908. 



Japan to China and northern India; a variety in sontli Africa. 



(!)) Pollinia tenuis Ti in. in Mem. Acad. St. I'etersh. VI. 2 (1833) :i<>7 ; Hack. 

 in DC. Monog. Phan. 6 (1889) 181; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (188:5) 315; Miq. PI. 

 Ind. Bat. 3 (1869) 521. P{europlitia products Griseb. in Ledeb. Fl. Ross. 4: 



