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328 MERRILL AND MERRITT, 
MICROLAENA R. Br. 
1. M. stipoides (Labill.) R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 210. 
In the upper pine region at the lower border of the mossy forest, Merrill 6570. 
Known in the Philippines only from high altitudes in the Benguet-Lepanto 
region; Australia and New Zealand. The only species of the genus known outside 
of Australia and New Zealand. 
ANTHOXANTHUM Linn. 
1. A. luzoniense Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 178. 
In open grass lands of the summit, 0. VM. Z. 16188, Merrill 6614, McGregor 
8890. e ; 
Known only from high altitudes in the Benguet-Lepanto region. 
ARISTIDA Linn. 
1, A. cumingiana Trin. & Rupr. in Mém. Acad. St. Pétersb, VI 7 (1849) 141, 
In the pine region at an altitude of about 1,500 m, 0. M. Z. 16158. \ 
At low and medium altitudes in central and northern Luzon, not common; 
northern India to China. ° 
SPOROBOLUS R. Br. 
1, S. indicus (Linn.) R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 1810. 
Habitat not given, probably in the pine region, C. M. Z. 16206. 
Widely distributed in the Philippines at low and medium altitudes; Tropies 
of the world. The form enumerated above is apparently the one described by 
Robert Brown as S. elongatus. 
AGROSTIS Linn. 
1. A. elmeri Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 29 (1905) 7. 
In open grass lands of the summit, McGregor 8832, Merrill 6492, and in the 
mossy forest, Merrill 6483a. 
Widely distributed at high altitudes in the Benguet-Lepanto region, but un- 
known outside of this area. The species is manifestly allied to Agrostis perennans 
(Walt.) Tuckerman, of the eastern United States, Japan, Korea, and central 
China. For a full discussion of the latter species and its forms, see Hitehcock 
“North American Species of Agrostis” 47-50, pl. 31-33. 
ANISELYTRON Merrill gen. nov. 
Spiculae parvae, uniflorae, paniculatae, rhachilla supra glumas in- 
feriores articulata, sub flore obconica, ultra florem in stipitem producta, 
flore hermaphrodito. Glumae 2 inferiores vacuae, valde inaequales, sub 
articulatione persistentes; I subobsoleta, hyalina, truncata, vix 0.10 mm 
longa; II lanceolata, acuminata, uninervia, quam tertia dimidio brevior ; 
III florens, subhyalina, ovata, tenuiter 5-nervia, acuminata, exaristata; 
palea subhyalina, glumae III subaequilonga, bicarinata. Stamina 3. 
Styli distincti, stigmatibus plumosis. Caryopsis palea involuta, libera. 
Gramen perenne, laxe caespitosum, humilum, foliis planis. Panicula 
terminalis laxe effusa, ramulis filiformibus. Spiculae parvae, numerosae. 
°U. S. Dept. Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry, Bull. 68 (1905) 1-68. 
