340 



Phan. 6 (1889) 42."">. Erroneously credited to the Philippines by Presl, but a 

 tropical American species. 



Hktkeopoqon tkm-.i.ms Bchult.; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 3l6=Andropogon 

 tenellua Roxb.= Andropogon oaricosua Linn. 



A species of British India and Malaya. F.-Villar's record of the plan! having 

 been found iii the Philippines lias never been verified, his identification undoubtedly 

 having been erroneous. 



(20) THEMEDA Forsk. 



Coarse or Blender grasses, the racemes united into the false panicles, 

 the lower spikelets of each raceme unawned, staminate forming a false 



whorl about the 1 to 3 middle perfect spikelets which are long-awned, 

 the fascicles included in a foliaceous bract. 



Species nine in the warmer countries of the Old World; two in the Philippines. 



1 lnvolucrant spikelets inserted en a level, all sessile : pinnies three. 



A slender grass. d> T - triandro 



1 lnvolucrant bristles in superposed pairs; glumes three or four. A 



very coarse erect (TaM - - ■■ ^ )T - J/'//"""'" 



ill Themeda triandra Forsk. Fl. Aeg.-Arab. (1775) ITS; Rendle in Forbes 

 & llenisl. Journ. Linn. Soc. Hoi. 36 (1904) :S77; Themeda fofafcoMi Hack, in DC 

 Mono-. Phan. 6 (1889) 859; Pilger in Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 140. 

 Anthistiria oiliata F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 317, non I. inn. A. depauperata 

 Andersa. Nov. Act. Upwd. III. 2 (1856) 243j F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 317. 

 Anthittiria imberbis Retz. Obs. 3: 11; Book. f. Fl. Brit. tad. 7 (1897) 211. 



Luzon, Province of Cagayan (His Bolster) August, L906: Province of Rical, 

 Bosoboso (1109 Ramos) duly. 1906: Province of Nueva Ecija, Carranglaqg (265 

 Merrill) May. 1902: Province of Hen-net (5764 Elmer) March. 1904; (4433 

 Merrill) October. 1905; (4928 Curran) August, 1906. Skmkkaka (4158 Merrill) 

 dune. 1905. Btjsuanga (3551 Cumin) December, 1905. Mindanao, Zamboanga 

 i Hollier) February, 1904. 



The above numbers are all referable to the variety imberbis Hack, in DC 

 Mono-. Phan. 6 (1889) 661. Variety vulgaris Hack., has also been found in 

 the Philippines, tide Hack. 1. c. I X<>. H>;57. 1873 Cuming), 



Warmer parts of the Old World. 



(2) Themeda gigantea (Cav.) Hack. var. genuina Hack, in DC. Mono-. 

 Phan. 6 (iss<») 670; Rendle in Forbes & llenisl. Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 36 (1904) 

 :S77; Pilger in Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 140. Anthistiria gigantea Cav. Icon. 

 5 (1799) 36. /. J.7.S.- Hook. f. Fl. Brit. tad. 7 i 1897) :?77 ; Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 1 

 (1837) 4!) ; ed. 2 (1845) 33; ed. 3, 1 (1877) <»2 ; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 

 317- Yidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 159; Rev. PI. Vase Filip. (1888) 

 •2)>2; (eron Cat. PI. Herb. (1892) 184. Perobaohne seeunda Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 

 (1830) 348. t. \8; Kunth Enum. 1 (1833) 485; Miq. Fl. End. Hat. 3 (1859) 

 507 ; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 317. Androscepia gigantea Brongn. in Duperr. 

 Voy. Coqu. Hot. (1829) 7S : Kunth Enum. 1 (is:r.!i 4S4 ; Miq. PI. In<l. Hat. 3 

 (1859) 506. Calamine <ii<i<nih<i R. ei B. Syst. 2 (1817) 810, non Beauv. 



Luzon, Province of Cagayan (135 Boltter) duly. 1905: Province of Benguet, 

 Twin Peaks ( (»42!i Elmer) dune. Hint: Province of Rizal, Tanay (2314 Merrill) 

 May. 1903; Bosoboso (961 Ramos) dune. 1906: Province of Zambalea, Bubic 

 (2086 Merrill) April, 1903: Province of Nueva Kcija. San dose ( 2!>4 Merrill) 

 May. 1902. Skmkkaka (4150 Merrill) dune. 1905. (Vi.ion (442 Merrill) De- 

 cember. 1902. 



Endemic, i. e., the var. genuina; other varieties extending from British India 

 to China and Malaya. 



