348 



Regarding Paspalum fusoum Presl, the place of origin of the type specimen 

 is quite uncertain, Presl Btating: "Hab, in Liusonia '.' in Peruviae montania hna- 



nocccnsibus '.' Mexico'.'" Scribner, who has examined Haenke's specimen on which 

 the species was based, considers it a good species and transfers it to Si/nt hcnxma. 



Judging from Presl'a description and Scribner's figure, the latter based on the 

 type, 1 should refer Paspalum fuscum to Digitaria violascens Kink. 



(5) Digitaria pedicellaris (Trin.) Paspalum pedicellate Trin. ex Bteud. 

 Nomen. ed. 2 (1840) 272 ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Iml. 7 ( 1 S1>7 ) 19. Panicum pedi- 

 oellare Hack, in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1900) Suppl. 2(>s. Panicum puberulum 

 Me/ in Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 14:5, non Kunth? 



Luzon, Province of Nueva Viscaya, Bagabag (105 Merrill) June, 1902: Prov- 

 ince of Bataan, Lamao (3164 Merrill) October, 1903: Province of Pampanga, 

 Mount Arayat (422.-) Merrill) September. 1905. 



British India. 



I can not distinguish the specimen determined by Mez as Panicum puberulum 

 from those determined by Hackel as /'. pedioellare, the specimens a<rreein<r more 

 closely with the description of the latter. Hooker f.. cites the older name Panicum 

 granulare Trin.. as a synonym, hut the description of that species available does 

 not closely apply to our material. 



DOUBTFUL AND EXCLUDED SPECIES. 



Panicum elytboblephabum Steud.; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 311. Credited 

 to the Philippines by F.-Villar, hut the record not verifLed= Digitaria barbata 

 Willd. (Paspalum heteranthum Hook. f. ) . A species of the Malayan Peninsula, 

 .lava, and China. 



Panicum btipatum Presl. Rel. Haenk. 1 (1830) 297; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 

 311. "Hah. in Mexico, Luzon?" Presl. == Digitaria setosa Desv. ( Syntheristna 

 tetosa Nash) teste Scribn. Kept. Mo. Bot. Gard. 10 (IS!)!)) 4S. pi. 22. An Amer 

 ican species. 



I'ASi'Ai.l M FII.IIOKMK Sw . ; Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 (1830) 214 F.-Vill. Nov. App. 



(1883) :\]i) = l)i<iit<ii in fUiformis Delile (Syntherisma filiforme Nash), teste 



Scribn. Kept. Mo. Hot. Card. 10 (IS!)!)) 49. "Hab. in Lu/.onia ? Mexico" l'rcsl. 



An American species. 



Paspalum molle Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 (1830) 21:!. Paspalum mollicomum 

 Kunth Enum. 1 (1883) 310; Miq. Fl. 1ml. Hat. 3 (is.")!)) 4:5:5; F.-Vill. Nov. 

 App. (is:5:5) :si<). Syntherisma molle Scribn. Rept. Mo. Bot. Gard. 10 (lS!i!i) 

 .">(>. "Hab. in Lu/.onia" Presl. Considered by Scribner to be a valid species, but 

 from the description it seems probable that this was an American, and not a 

 Philippine plant, and is possibly referable to Digitaria serotina Mich. 



(27) ERIOCHLOA Kunth. 



Spikelets in racemes and these again arranged in simple or compound 

 racemes. Spikelets as in Paspalum, l>m the callus annulate. Flowering 

 glume mucronate or short awned. 



Species live, tropical and subtropical regions of both hemispheres; one in the 



Philippines. 



(I) Eriochloa ramosa (Retz. i 0. Kimtze, Rev. Gen. PI. (1S!)1) 77."); Hack, 

 in Bull. Acad. Int. Hot. 16 (1906) 1!). Millium ramosum Retz. Oba. 6 (1791) 

 22. Paspalua annulatus Fltigge Monog. (1810) 133, Eriochloa annulata Kunth 

 Rev. Gram. 1 (1829) 30; Enum. 1 (is:5:5) 7:5; F.-Vill. Nov, App. (1883) 311; 

 Mez in Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 141: I'steri Beitr. Kenn. Philip. Veg. 



