Luzon, Province of [aabela, Echague (139 Merrill) June, 1002: Province of 

 Benguet, Baguio (6523, 5758 Elmer) March, June, L904. Mindanao. Lake Lanao, 

 Camp Keithley (08 Clemens) January, 1 <>(>(>. 



'rro|iics of t he World. 



DOUBTFUL SPECIES. 



Spobobolus in mii.is Preal Rel. Eaenk. 1 (1830) 241; Kuntli Enum. 1 ( 1833) 

 217; Miq. PI. Ind. Bat. 3 (1860) 376; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 321; Scribn. 

 in Rept. .Mo. Bot. Qard. 10 (1800) 53. pi. SO. 



"Ilali. in insula Luzon ia" Presl. 



Perhaps nol a Philippine plant, or possibly a much-dwarfed form of Sporobolua 

 diandrua Beauv. Scribner, who lias examined Eaenke's specimen on which the 

 species was based, makes no statement regarding the validity or relationship of 

 the species. 



Spobobolus scopabius Presl Rel. Eaenk. 1 (is;«i) 24:*; Kunth Bnum. 1 

 (18.33) 216; Miq. PI. Ind. Bat. 3 (1850) 376; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 321. 



"llab. ad portnni Sorzogon" (Luzon) Presl. 



Judging from the description, a very characteristic species. 1 have seen no 

 Philippine material that agrees with i-t . Perhaps not a Philippine plant. 



(46) GARNOTIA Brongn. 



Spikelets small, in pairs along the branches of the strict or expanded 

 panicle Flowering glumes with slender awns or awnless. 



Species 8, British India to Japan, Malaya, and the Sandwich Islands; 1 in 

 the Philippines. 



(1) Garnotia stricta Brongn. in Duperry Bot. Voy. Coqu. (1820) 132. /. 21; 

 Eook. f. Fl. P.rit. Ind. 7 (1S07) 24:5; Merr. Philip, .lourn. Sci. 1 (1006) Suppl. 28. 



Luzon, Province of Benguet (6210 Elmer] April. 1004; (4716 Merrill) No- 

 vember, 1005: Province of Bataan. Mount Muriveles (6089 Elmer) November, 

 1004; (1146 Wkitford) .March. 1005: Province of Pampanga, Mount Arayal 

 (3003 Merrill) October. 1004, Mindanao. Province of Zamboanga (5484 lierrill) 

 October. 1006. 



British India to the Sandwich Islands. 



The Philippine form may represent a distinct species, characterized especially 

 by the long-awned flowering glume. 



(471 GARNOTIELLA Stapf. 



A slender grass with narrow strict panicles. Spikelets small, soli- 

 tary; empty glumes two, nerveless, subequa] ; flowering glume minute, 

 hyaline, the palea a small, hyaline nerveless scale. 



A monotypic endemic genus, 



(1) Garnotiella philippinensis Stapf in Hook. Icon. PI. IV. 5 (1806) 

 pi. .>',!>',. 



Panax, Miagao (3004 Vidal) fide Stapf 1. c. 

 Endemic. 



(48) AGROSTIS Linn. 



Panicles diffuse, many (lowered. Spikelets small; flowering glumes 

 thin-membranous or hyaline, awnless (in the Philippine representative), 

 equaling or smaller than the empty glumes. 



Species about 120. distributed over the entire globe, especially in the north 

 temperate regions; I in the Philippines, 



