381 



(1) Phragmites vulgaris (Lam.) Trin. Fund. Agrost. (1820) 134; Pilger 

 in Perk. Fl. Philip. (1904) 147. P. communis Trin. 1. c. ; Kunth Enum. 1 (1833) 

 251; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. lnd. 7 (181)7) 303,: Rendle in Forbes & Ilemsl. Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. Bot. 36 (1004) 409; Usteri Beitr. Kenn. Philip. Veg. (1905) 133. 

 Arundo iccta Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 1 (1837) 48; ed. 2 (1845) 33, non Walt. 

 A) undo phragmites Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 81. A. vulgaris Lam. Fl. Franc. 3 

 (1778) 015. Phragmites phragmites Karat. Deutsch. Fl. (1880-83) 379. 



LUZON, Manila (382 Merrill) August, 1902: Province of Principe, Baler (1123 

 Merrill) September, 1902: Province of Benguet, Bagnio (5778 Elmer) March, 

 1904. Mindoro. Baco (1252 Merrill) January, 1903. Culion (405 Merrill) 

 December, 1902. 



Temperate, subtemperate and tropical regions of tlie World. T., Tambo. 



(2) P. karka (Betz.) Trin. ex Steud. Nomen. ed. 2, 2 (1840) 324; Hook. f. 

 Fl. Brit. lnd. 7 (1897) 304: Rendle in Forbes & Hemsl. Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 

 36 (1904) 410; Usteri Beitr. Kenn. Philip. Veg. (1905) 133; Merr. in Philip. 

 Journ. Sci. 1 (1900) Suppl. 29. P. roxburghii Stend. 1. c. ; Nees in Nov. Act. 

 Nat. Cur. 19 (1843) Suppl. 1: 173; Miq. Fl. lnd. Bat. 3 (1859) 412; F.-Vill. 

 Nov. App. (1883) 321, excl. syn. Blanco. Arundo karka Retz. Obs. 4 (1779-91) 

 21. 



Luzox, Province of Bataan, Lamao (3178 Merrill) October. 1903; (0851 

 Elmer) November, 1904. 



Tropical Asia, Africa, Malaya, and Australia. 



(59) NEYRAUDIA Hook. f. 



Similar to the preceding but the lateral nerves of the flowering glume 

 long-penicellate and the rhachilla short-hairy. 



Species 1, tropical Africa to Asia and Malaya. 



(1) Neyraudia madagascarensis (Kunth) Hook. f. Fl. Brit. lnd. 7 (1897) 

 305; Pilger in Forbes & Hemsl. Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 36 (1904) 409. Arundo 

 madagascarensis Kunth Lev. Gram. 1 (1829) 273. t. ,',8; Enum. 1 (1833) 247; 

 F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 321; Vidal Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1885) 159; Rev. PI. 

 Vase. Filip. (1880) 293; Ceron Cat, PI. Herb. (1892) 185. 



Philippines (623 Owning) fide Vidal; (4017 Vidal) fide Ceron. Not seen. 



British India to southern China and Malaya, tropical Africa, and Madagascar. 



(00) DIPLACHNE Beauv. 



Spikelets narrow, many-flowered, arranged in spike-like racemes which 

 are pauiculatelv disposed. Flowering glumes 1-nerved, keeled, usually 

 2-toothed, the keel mueronate or awn pointed. 



Species about 15, in the warmer parts of both hemispheres; 1 in the Philippines. 



(1) Diplachne fusca (Linn.) Beauv. Agrost, (1812) 103; Hook. f. Fl. Brit, 

 lnd. 7 (1897) 329; Rendle in Forbes & Hemsl. Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 36 (1904) 

 411. Leptochloa '} fusca Kunth Enum. 1 (1883) 271. Fcstuca fusca Linn. Sp. 

 PI. (1753) 109. 



Luzon, Manila (Merrill) January. 1900: Province of Laguna, Los Bafioa 

 (5104 Merrill) March, 1900. 



Tropical Asia. Africa, Malaya, and Australia. 



