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Luzon, .Manila (90 Merrill) .May. 1902; (63 McGregor) October, 1904: Prov- 

 ince of Nueva Ecija, ffumingan (289 Merrill) May. 1902: Province of Inion, 

 Bauang (6699 Elmer) February, 1904: Province of Ri/.al, Caloooan (3677 Merrill) 

 November, 1003. 



Nos. 90 and 289 Merrill were referred by Pilger I. c. to the aubvariety 

 hispidissimus Hack., which lias been found in the Philippines (1616 Cuming). 

 The two numbers arc. however, referable to the subvar. typious Hack. 



Generally distributed in the warmer parts of the World. 



Subgenus ( Iymbopoqon. 



(16) Andropogon nardus Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) L046 var. hamatulus (Nees) 

 Hack, in DC. Monog. Phan. 6 (1889) 606; Pilger in Perk. Frag. FI. Philip. (1904) 

 140; ,1. hamatulus Nees in Hook, el Am. Bot. Beechy's Voy. (1841) 244; Steud. 

 Syn. 1 (1865) 388 "hamulatus." .1. nardus Rolfe in Journ, Bot. 23 (1885) 

 210; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 158; Rev. PI. Vase, Filip. (1886) 291. 

 Cymbopogon nardus Rendle, var. hamatulus Rendle in Forbes & Bemsl. Journ. 

 Linn. Sdc Bot 36 (1904) 244. Anthistiria tortilis Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 (1830) 

 :S47; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 317. 



Phiufmnks (1000 Cuming). Luzon, Province of Nueva Ecija, Carranglang 

 (244 Merrill) May. 1902. Cagayan de Sim: (5307 Merrill) October. 1906. 



Formosa and southern China, i. e., variety. The species and other varieties in 

 tropical Asia, Africa, Malaya, and America. 



(171 Andropogon schoenanthus Linn. Sp. PI. (1763) 1040; Blanco. Fl. 

 Filip. ed. 1 (1873) 39; ed. 2 (1845) 27: ed. 3, 1 (1877) r>0; Hack, in DC. 

 Monog. Phan. 6 (1889) 609; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 7 (1897) 204; F.-Vill. Nov. 

 App. (1883) 316. Cymbopogon schoenanthus Spreng. PI. Min. Cogn. Pug. 2 

 (1815) 14; Rendle in Forbes A Hcmsl. Journ. Linn. Soc. Rot. 36 (1004) 377. 



Mindoro, Calapan (Merrill) December. 1906. 



This species is not a native of the Philippines and is only occasionally cultivated 

 for local use. and not on a commercial scale. I have previously doubted the 

 correctness of Blanco's identification." his description being very imperfect. I have 

 not seen flowering specimens from the Philippines. Well-informed natives state 

 that the species rarely (lowers. T.. Salai, Tain/lad. V.. Balii/oco. Sp.-Fih. I'aja 

 de meea. 'Hie source of Lemon-grass oil of commerce. 



Tropical Asia to China and tropical Africa. 



(18) Andropogon filipendulus Eochstett. in Flora 29 (184(i) 115. var. 

 lachnatherus (Benth.) Hack, in DC. Monog. Phan. 6 (188©) 03.")-. Philip. 

 . Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 207. Andropogon lachnatherus Benth. Fl. Austral. 

 7 (1878) 534. 



LUZON, Province of Benguet (4398 Merrill) October-November, 1905; (6392 

 Elmer) .May. 1904. 



Queensland and New South Wales, i. c the variety; the species and other 

 varieties in British India. Ceylon, and tropical Africa. 



Forma bispiculata Hack, in Philip Journ. Sci. 1 ( 1906) Suppl. 207. 



Lrzo.x, Province of Benguet, Bued River (42i)8 Merrill) November. 1904. 



Endemic. 



EXCLUDED SPECIES. 



ANDBOPOGOM EHIOBTACHYUfl Presl Rel. llaenk. 1 (1830) 330; Kunth Enum. 

 1 (1833) 496; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (185!)) 487; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 

 ZIG — Andropoyon ternatus Nees. var. eriostachyus (Presl) Hack, in DC. Monog. 



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