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278 GAMBLE. 
3, ovatae, longe mucronatae, I 7 mm, II 8 mm, III 7 mm; fertilis 5 ad 
6 mm; palea 4 ad 5 mm, hyalina, convoluta; omnes 5—9-nervatae, 
marginibus eximie albo-ciliatis; lodiculae ovatae, longe fimbriatae. 
Stamina 6, linearia, glabra, 2 mm longa, apice obtusa, rotundata, scabra. 
Ovarium (immaturum) complanatum, puberulum, stigmatibus brevibus 
pilosis. Fructus ignotus. 
Luzon, Province of Zambales, altitude 800 m, For. Bur, 8411 Curran & M erritt, 
December, 1907, For. Bur. 5926 Curran, January, 1907, in moist places on rocky 
hills. 
A remarkable reed-like species, noticeable by the coriaceous leaves and the— 
long-white-ciliate margins of the glumes. It seems to have no resemblance to 
any of the other species I have seen. 
10. Schizostachyum Merrillii Gamble sp. nov. 
Culmus fruticosus, fistulosus, scaber, 2 cm diametro. Folia chartacea, 
pallida, glabra, anguste linearia, apice acuminata, basi acuta, marginibus 
scabra, 7 ad 15 cm longa, 7 ad 10 mm lata, longitudinaliter corrugata, 
nervi obscuri, utrinque 3; petioli 2 ad 3 mm longi; vaginae nitidae, ore 
truncatae, parce ciliatae, ligulis brevibus fimbriatis. Flores terminales in 
ramulis foliiferis, in spicis gracilibus vaginatis parce ramosis vix 10 
em longis. Spiculae 1 ad 5, distichae, in spicis parvis ad nodos vaginatos, 
rachillis minutis separatae, ultima major fertilis, rachilla terminali, 
inferiores aliquando imperfectae; vaginae muticae, stramineae, 8 mm 
longae ; glumae vacuae parvae, 1 vel 2, aristatae, florens 1 cm longa, dorso 
minute sericea, longe aristata; palea subaequilonga, aristata, convoluta. 
Stamina 6, libera, 5 mm longa, apice obtusa. Ovarium lineare in stylum 
longum productum, stigmatibus plumosis. Fructus ignotus. 
Luzon, Province of Rizal, Antipolo, Merrill 1744, March, 1903. 
Only one specimen of this is available, but it is sufficiently good to indicate a 
well-marked species. 
7. DINOCHLOA Biise. 
Climbing shrubs. 
Leaves broad. 
Lodicules absent; caryopsis globose; floral rachis glabrous........1. D. scandens 
Lodicules present; cayyopsis oblong; floral rachis pubescent.. 2. D. pubiramea 
Leaves narrow; no lodicules. 
Culms smooth; caryopsis globose.................. 1. D. scandens var. angustifolia 
Ceabenia roughly CATO peae OR 3... cnceapaiks daheesscckaw svensdlagasene-shibcatin 3. D. Aguilarit 
Herbaceous undershrubs; lodicules present...................2.:-0---1-eeeeeeee 4. D. Elmeri 
1. Dinochloa scandens QO. Kuntze Rev. Gen. Pl. (1891) 778. 
Bambusa scandens Bl. ex Nees in Flora 7 (1824) 291. 
Dinochloa Tjankorreh Biise in Miq. Pl. Jungh. (1854) 388; Mig. Fl. Ind. 
Bat. 3 (1859) 415; Munro in Trans. Linn. Soe. 26 (1868) 153, t. 5 (eel. 4, 5); 
Kurz in Ind. Forester 1 (1876) 352; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1880) 324; Gamble 
in Ann. Bot. Gard. Cale. 7 (1896) 112, et in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 7 (1897) 
414; Pilger in Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 150; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 
1 (1906) Suppl. 29, 392. 
