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Opiismenus compositus Bcaiiv.. var. lasiorhachis Hack., nov. var. 



Foliis subseiiceo-villosis. ciilmo superiie pubescente, rliachis communi et 

 spicaruni speciali villosa a reliquis formis hujus speciei diversa (Opiis- 

 menus burmamii Mez in Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. 144. 1904, non Beauv.) 



Separation Point, Paragua (826 Merrill), February 18, 1903. In open 

 dry places along trails. 



Hooker^ enumerates and describes several forms of Opiismenus composi- 

 tus, without names. The variety here described does not correspond with 

 any of these forms, but comes nearest to No. 1. Opiismenus burmanni 

 Beauv., is well represented by No. 3290 Merrill, Lamao River, Province of 

 Bataan, Luzon. October, 1903. A species very different from No. 826 

 Merrill, the type of the present variety, which was referred by Mez to that 

 species. 



Opiismenus minus Merr. Govt. Lab. Publ. 17:9. 1904. 



Til is species is not sufficiently distinct from Opiismenus undulatif alius 

 Beauv. var. inibeciUis (Kunth) Hack., and should be reduced to this 

 variety. 



Mount Mariveles, Province of Bataan, Luzon (3203 Merrill), Octo- 

 ber, 1903. 



Leptaspis cochleata Thw. ? Enum. PI. Zeyl. 357. 1864; Trimen, Hand- 

 book Fl. Ceylon 5:191. 1900; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 7:95. 1897. 

 Davao, District of Davao, Mindanao (703 Copeland), March, 1904. 

 This species is known only from the Island of Ceylon, and the material 

 here doubtfully referred to Leptaspis cochleata is too imperfect for accurate 

 identification. It is quite distinct from Leptaspis urceolata R. Br., and 

 L. banksii R. Br. The specimen here referred to L. cochleata differs from 

 that species in its much longer leaf stalks, but the hooked hairs of the 

 oblique flowering glume point strongly to that species. 



Monerma repens (Forst.) Beauv. Agrost. 117. 1812; Lepturus repens 

 R. Br. Prodr. 207. 1810. 

 This widely distributed grass has not previously been reported from the 

 Philippines, and is represented by No. 60G Merrill, Culion Island, December, 

 1902, and No. 3331 Merrill, Puerto Galera, Mindoro, October, 1903. Sea- 

 shores from Ceylon through the Malayan region to Australia and Polynesia. 



Eragrostis distans Hack. nov. spec. 



Annua. Culnii erecti, gracillimi, ad 30 cm. alti, compressi, glaberrimi, 

 3-nodes, simplices. Vaginae arctte, internodiis breviores, compressae, prae- 

 ter OS parce barbatum (raro glabrum) glaberrima;; ligula brevissima, 

 truncata, ciliolata ; laminae august* lineares, sensim tenuiterque acumi- 

 natae, 12-20 cm. longa?. circiter 1.5 mm. latae, planae vel complicata>, flacci- 

 dae, erectse, glabrae vel basi parce ciliatae, virides, tenuinerves. Panicula 

 ovata, patens, laxissima, 20-25 cm. longa, rhachi stricta, gracili, teretiuscula, 

 laevi, ramis paucis (5-8) solitariis, distantibus, tenuibus, strictis paten- 

 tibus, teretiuseulis, laevibus vel superne scaberulis in circ. i inferiore nudis 



>F1. Brit. Ind., 7:t;7. 189: 

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