386 



(]) Lophatherum gracile Brongn. in Duperry Voy. Coqu. Bot. (1888) 50. 

 /. 8; Kunth Enum. 1 (1833) 391; Steud. Syn. 1 (1866) 300; L.-Yill. Nov. 

 App. (1883) 323; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. End. 7 (1807) 331 : Rendle in Forbes & Hemsl. 

 Journ. Linn. 8oc Bot. 36 (1004) 420; Pilger in Perk. Frag, Fl. Philip. (1004) 



14S. 



Luzon, Province of Nueva Ecija, Caraballo Sur Mountains (210 Merrill) 

 May. 100-2. 



British India to southern China and Japan and Malaya. 



(04) POA Linn. 



Spikelets '! to 6-flowered in open panicles. Rhachilla and callus as 

 well as the marginal nerves of the flowering glumes often clothed with 

 long soft hairs; all the glumes awnless. 



Species about 140, chiefly of temperate and cold countries, a few on the high 

 mountains in the Tropics; two in the Philippines. 



1. First and second glumes distinctly shorter than the flowering 



glumes; keel and nerves silky-ciliate below (1) /'• annua 



1. Second glume equaling the flowering glumes ; keel silky-hairy below, 



the nerves glabrous (2) P. luzoniensii 



(1) Poa annua I. inn. Sp. PI. (17r>:i) OS: Steud. Syn. 1 (IS.-).'.) 260; F.-Vill. 

 Nov. App. (1SS.S) 322; Llanos Frag. PI. Filip. (1861) 47; Hook. f. Fl. Brit 

 [nd. 7 (ISO?) 346; Rendle in Forbes & Semsl. Journ. Linn. Soc. Hot. 36 (1004) 

 422; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1806) Buppl. 181. 



Luzon, Province of Benguet, Bued Liver (4288 Merrill) November, 1006. 

 introduced. 



Widely distributed, chiefly in temperate and subtropical regions. 



(2) Poa luzoniensis Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sei. 1 (1000) Suppl. ISO. 

 Luzon, Province of Benguet, Pauai (4712 Merrill) November, 1000. 



Endemic. 



(66) BROMUS Linn. 



Spikelets paniculate, usually large. Flowering glumes 5 to 9-nerved, 

 usually "Moothed, awned or awnless, the awn never geniculate. Ovary 

 with a hairy cushion-like appendage on the summit. 



Species about 00. most abundant in the north temperate /.one, a few in tern 

 Derate South America and a few in the Tropics; one or two in the Philippines. 



(1) Bromus pauciflorus (Thunb.) Hack, in Pull. Herb. Hoiss. 7 (1890) 7 Li 

 et II, 3 (1003) 606; Rendle in Forbes & Hemsl. Journ. Linn. Soc. Hot. 36 (1004) 

 430. Fettuoa pauoiflora Thunb. Fl. .lap. (1784) 62. 



LUZOIT, Province of Benguet, Pauai (4714 Merrill) November, 1000. 



China, and Japan. 



The form here referred to BromUS paudflora may prove to be a distinct species 

 When more material is available for study and comparison. 



DOUBTFUL si'EClKS. 



BaOMUS pai.lens Cav. Icon. 6 (1801) 00. r. -VM. /. / : Kunth Enum. 1 (1833) 

 418; Miq. FL Ind Bat. 3 (1858) 388; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 322 



'•Habitat in Manilas viciniis, ibique Acanthus ilioifoliut, Nee legit." Cavanilles. 

 I have seen no specimens that agree with Cavanilles's description and figure. 



Possibly described from an introduced plant, or from one erroneously localised. 



