35i ; 



ramosum Mez in Perk, Frag, Fl. Pliilip. (1004) 14.'!. non Linn. Panioum poll- 

 gonatum Llanos Frag. PI. Filip. (1851) 41. Panicum umbroswn F.-Vill. Nov. 

 App. ( 1 SSM ) 3111 noii Retz. Panioum distachyum F.-Vill. Nov. App. (iss:i> 

 3111 noti I. inn. Pawioum mi liiforme Presl ltd. llaenk. 1 (1830) 300j Kuiith 

 Knmn. 1 (1833) 96; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1859) 44S ; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 

 312; Scribn. Rept. Mo. Bot. Gard. 10 (1899) 47. pi. 20. 



Luzon, Manila (352 Merrill) July, 1902: Province of Zambales, I ha. (332 

 Mcnilh .Mine. 1902. Mindanao. Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley [Clemens) Decem- 

 ber, 1906. 



British India. 



Ilaekel notes on No. 352 Merrill, that the plant is Panicum remotum Retz., 

 and not /'• ramosum Linn., proper, ;' s determined by Me/,. Scribner is of the 

 opinion that Panicum miliiforme Presl is a distinct species, hut I can find no 

 characters in the description as given by Presl, or in the figure given by Scribner, 

 drawn from Presl's type material, by which the species can be distinguished 

 from Panioum remotum Let/. 



(11) Panicum crassiapiculatum Merrill, oom. nov. Panicum latifolium 

 I look. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 7 (1897) 39, excl. Byn. el var. ma jus-, mm Linn. 



Balabac (5387 Merrill] October, 1906. 



Bengal to the Malayan Peninsula. 



Panioum latifolium Linn., is confined to North America, the first reference 

 in Linnaeus' Species Plantarum under the description of the species being to 

 Morison's Hist. PI. 3: 196. I. 8. /'. L a Virginian plant, of which Panioum por- 



lerianum Nash is a synonym. The second reference given by Linnaeus is to 

 Sloane Hist. .lam. 1: 114. /. 71. /'. ,J, an entirely different plant of the West 

 Indies, which is Panicum dirarieatum Linn. The Asiatic plant referred by 

 Hooker f., to Panicum latifolium Linn.. i> not at all related to that species and 

 has in my opinion little affinity with Panicum ilirai icalum Linn., of the West 

 Indies. As noted by Hooker f., the compressed thickened tips of the empty 

 glumes are very characteristic of the Asiatic form, the llalahac plant closely 

 matching specimens from the Malayan Peninsula. 



Sect. llYMKNAt ll.NK. 



(L2) Panicum amplexicaule Rudge PI. Guian. (1805) 21. /. 27. Rendle in 

 Forbes & Eemsl. Journ. Linn. Soc. Lot. 36 (1904) 327. Panicum myurus 11. B. 

 K. Nov. Gen. el Sp. PI. 1 (1815) 98, excl. syn. Lam.; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 7 

 (1697) 39; Merr, Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 27: Usteri Beitr. Kenn. 

 Philip. Veg. (1905) 133. 



LrzoN. Manila (Merrill) May. L902: Province of Bataan, Lamao (Whit ford) 

 September, 1905. 



British India to Formosa, Malaya, tropical Australia and South America. 



(13) Panicum auritum Presl Pel. Ilaenk. 1 (1830) 305 et var. procerius 

 Presl 1. c.j Nces AgTOSt. P.ras. (1829) L76; Kunth Kiiuin. 1 ( LS.Ti I ILL Steud. 

 Syn. 1 (1855) 70; Miq. LI. Ind. Pat. 3 (1859) 466; Nces in Nov. Act. Nat. 

 Cur. 19 (1843) Suppl. 1: 172; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 312; Vidal Phan. 

 Cuming. Philip. (1885) L">7 ; Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 287; Hook. f. LI. 

 Brit. Ind. 7 (1897) 40; Me/, in Perk. Frag. LI. Philip. (1904) 142; Scribn. 

 Rept. Mo. Hot. (lard. 10 (1899) 4(1. />/. t5. 



PHILIPPINES (1274 Owning). Luzon, Manila (27 Merrill) May. 1902: Prov- 

 ince of Tayahas. Atimonan (667 Whitford) August, 1904: Province of Bataan, 

 Dinalupijan (1599 Merrill) January, 1903: Province of Rizal, Morong (1442 

 h'amos) August, 1906. IVi.kin <47(» Merrill) December, 1902. Mindanao. Dis- 



