(53) CYNODON Pers. 



Spikelets small; flowering glumes usually longer and broader than 

 the narrow empty ones, ciliate on the keel. Spikes slender, digitate, 

 divergent. 



Species 5, mostly Australian, 1 cosmopolitan in tropica] and warm regions; 

 2 in the Philippines. 



1. Flowering stems 20 cm. high or less; leaves 3 to 1 cm. long; spikes 



3 to 4, 3 cm. long or less (1) C. dactylon 



I. Flowering stems about 40 cm. high; leaves 7 to 9 cm. long; spikes 5 



to 7, 8 to 10 cm. long (2) C. arcuatufi 



(1) Cynodon dactylon (Linn.) Pers. Syn. 1 (1804) 85; Kunth Enum. 1 

 (1833) 259; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat 3 (1859) 382; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 310; 

 Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (18f>9) 159; Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 292; 

 Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 7 (1897) 288; Rendle in Forbes & Bemsl. Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. Lot. 36 (1904) 402; Me/ in Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 174; Merr. 

 in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1900) Suppl. 28. Panicum dactylon Linn. Sp. PI. 

 (1753) 58. Capriola dactylon (). Kuntze Rev. Gen. LI. (1891) 704. Cynodon 

 linearis Willd. Enum. ITort. Lerol. (1809) 90; Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 (1830) 290; 

 Scribn. in Rept. Mo. Bot. Gard. 10 (1899) 41. Panicum glwnaepatuhtm Steud. 

 Syn. 1 (1855) 41. /'. gUimaepetahtm F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 312. Digitaria 

 glumaepatula Miq. LI. Ind. Bat. 3 (1859) 439. 



Philippines (550 Owning). Luzon, Manila (24 Merrill) April, 1902: Prov- 

 ince of Benguet, Baguio (5772 Elmer) March. 1904: Province of Pampanga, 

 Bacolor (20 Parker) May, 1904. Panax, lloilo (Copeland) January, 1904. 

 Mindanao, Davao (5(58 Copeland) March, 1904. Sp.-Fil., drama. 



Widely distributed in the warmer parts of the World. 



(2) Cynodon arcuatus Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 (1830) 290; Kunth Enum. 1 

 (1833) 259; Miq. LI. Ind. Bat. 3 (1859) 383; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 320; 

 Scribn. in Rept. Mo. Bot. Gard. 10 (1899) 41. pi. .',<>; Merr. in Govt. Lab. 

 Publ. 17 (1904) 9; Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1900) Suppl. 28. 



LUZON, Province of Tarlae, (oncepcion (3619 Merrill) November, 1903: Prov- 

 ince of Bataan, Lamao (3171 Merrill) October, 1903: Province of Rizal, Morong 

 (1392 Ramos) August, 1906. 



Endemic. 



(Miorochloa setacea R. Br., has been reported from the Philippines by F.-Villar 



Nov. App. (1883) 319, but his record has not been verified. As the species is 



widely distributed in the tropics of both hemispheres, it is to be expected in 



the Philippines.) 



(54) CHLORIS Sw. 



Empty glumes narrow, very acute: flowering glumes usually 2-cleft 3 

 frequently ciliate, one to several empty glumes above the flowering 

 erlumes which are usually broadly truncate and often awned. 



Species about 50, in all warm countries; 1 (or more?) in the Philippines. 



(1) Chloris barbata (Linn.) Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. 1 (1797) 200; Kunth Enum. 1 

 (1833) 264; Miq. LI. Bid. Bat. 3 (1859) 387; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 320; 

 Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1S85) 159; Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 292; 

 Hook. f. LI. Brit. Ind. 7 (1897) 292; Rendle in Forbes & llemsl. Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. Bot. 36 (1904) 403; Pilger in Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 147. C. longi- 

 folia, Steud. Syn. 1 (1855) 205; Miq. LI. Ind. Bat. 3 (1859) 388; F.-Vill. Nov. 

 App. (1883) 320. C. rhachiiricha Steud. 1. c.?j Miq. 1. c.; F.-Vill. 1. c. Eleusinc 

 mucronata Llanos Frag. PI. Filip. (1851) 45. 



