349 



(1905) 132. Eriochloa punctata F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 310, non Hamilt. 

 HeiopUs laevis Trin. in Spreng. Neue Entd. 2 (1821) 49; Miq. Fl. I ml. Bat. 3 

 (1859) 434. Piptatherum annulatum Presl Pel. Etaenk. 1 (1828) 2-21. fifper- 

 iiKH-liiioti involutum Llanos Frag. PI. Filip. (1851) 25. Milium zonatum Llanos 

 1. c. 24V Eriochloa- polystachya Rendle in Forbes & Hemal. Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 Bot. 36 (1904) 230, non 11. B. K. 



LUZON, Manila. (7 Mcnill) April, 1902: Province of Tayabas, Atimonan (136 

 Gregory) August, 1904; (695 Whitford) August, 1904. Palawan (4182 Curran) 

 May. 1906. 



Tropics of the Old World. 



Yar. involucrata Hackel, n. var. in herb. 



l'ilis pedicellorum densis, spiculam plus minus Lnvolucrantibus. 



MlNDOBO, Puerto Oalera (3333 Merrill) October. 1903. BOHOL (1247 Mc- 

 Gregor) June. 1 900. 



(28) ISACHNE R. Br. 



Spikelefe in panicles, two-flowered, both perfect, the fruiting glumes 



with the grain falling out of the persistent empty ones. Mostly low- 

 grasses. 



Species about 2.1. in the wanner parts of both hemispheres; in the Philippines. 



t. Empty glumes glabrous or nearly so. 



2. Spikelets 1.5 mm. long or less; panicles small, rather dense (1) /. minutula 



2. Spikelets 2 mm. long; panicles often large, diffuse (3) /. beneckei 



1. Empty glumes hispid. 



2. Spikelets 2 mm. long (5) /. pauciftora 



2. Spikelets less than 2 mm. long. 



3. Panicles spreading, lax (4) /. debilis 



3. Panicles reduced to few, 3 to 10 spikelets, scarcely 



spreading (2) /. myosotts 



(1) Isachne minutula (Gaudich.) Kunth Rev. Gram. 2 (1829) I. Ill; Enum. 

 1 (1833) 137; Nees in Nov. Act Xat. Cur. 19 (1843) Suppl. 1: 172; Miq. Fl. 

 Ind. Hat. 3 (185!)) 460; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (188.'}) 321; K. Sclnun. und Lautcrb. 

 Fl. Deutsch. Scbutz»eb. SUdsee (1901) 180; Mex in Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 

 141; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906)J3uppl. 27. /. pulchella Me/, in Perk. 

 Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 141, pro parte. Panicum minutulum Gaudich. in 

 Freycin. Voy. Hot. (1826) 410. Panicum macilentum Presl Pel. Haenk. 1 (1830) 

 llii; Knntb Enum. 1 (18.SH) 11(1; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (188:!) 312, ex descr. 



LUZOK, Manila (Merrill) January, 1906: Province of Benguet (4389 Merrill) 

 October, 1905: Province of Bataan, Lamao (Whitford) September, 1905: Prov- 

 ince of Rizal, Morong (1390' Ramos) August, 1906: Province of Nueva Viscaya, 

 Qaiangan (101 Merrill) dune. 1002. Cuijoh (462,467 Merrill) December, 1902. 

 Hasii.a.n (44 DeVore <(• lloorer) April, 1903; {Hallier) January, 1004. Min- 

 danao, Davao (583 Gopeland) March, 1004. BUCAS (5275 Merrill) October. 

 1900. 



British India to Malaya and Polynesia; also in South America. 



(2) Isachne myosotis Xees in Hook. Kew Journ. 2 (1850) 08; Miq, Fl. hid. 

 Bat. 3 (1850) 462; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 321; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. 

 (1885) 150; Rev. HI. Vase. Filip. (1880) 268; Ceron t'at. HI. Herb. (1802) 170. 

 Panicum myosotis Steud. Syn. 1 (1855) 90. 



Luzon, Province of Benguet, Pauai (4700 Merrill) November, 1905: District 

 of Lepanto, Balili (4626 Merrill) November, 1905, Mindobo, Mount Halcon 



