ISO 



1."^^ nun. loiiii'. tlic liaii's "j iiiin. loiii;- or less. Awn of tlio lloworing jjluino 

 insei'tod at about tlie lower foiirtli, T nun. long, scahrid. soniewliat gen- 

 iculate and twisted below tlie goniculation. 



Lrzox, IMoviiu'i' of Honoiict. Mount Toutilon (4839 Merrill) Novombor 12. 

 IDO"). In dry open soils at tlio summit of tlio mountain at about 2,2")0 m. 

 ITackol states tliat tiiis species is closely related only to (Uilfinuiffronfia nardifolia 

 ((Jriseb.l Hack. (A(/rostis iiarilifolia (Jriseb.) of the Argentine Andes. A New 

 Zealand species Calumugrostis (Dcycuxia) selifolia has similar leaves but q\iitp 

 other inflorescence and spikelets. 



Hackel has suggested the name CfilfiuKtr/rostis filifolia forma clrislognma for 



specimens No. 45.37 and 471') .Ihrrill. tlie former from Mount Data, Lepanto. 



and the latter from Pauai. Benguct, the specimens differing from tyjjical ('. /ilifolid 



>in having the 0.5 n)m. long anthers persisting with the ripening fruit within 



the closed glumes and palea and lodicules 0.7 mm. long. 



If we exchule Dci/mxia iiimdrisrla Benth., credited to the riiilippincs by 

 F.-\'illar. and undouhtedly not a Philippine 'plant, tlie identification apparently 

 having been erroneous, then liie aiiove sjiecies is tlie lirst (nie of the genus to be 

 reported from tlie Philippines, tlic genus in geiiciaj being a imitlicrii one. or at 

 least characteristic of the more tcmpeiate regions. 



POA Linn. 

 Poa luzoniensis .Meiriil sj). now 



An ero^et perennial gt-ass from long rootstocks, not at all tufted. 

 Culin.^ 30 to 40 em. high, glabrous, smooth, geniculate below; nodes 

 glabrous; sheaths e<{ualing or shorter than the internodes, ratliei- loose, 

 the lower ones diw and brown: ligide short, truncate, cartilaginous; 

 blades (S to 14 cm. long, l.T) to "i.-") iimi. wide, flat, thin, glabrous, some- 

 what acuminate. Panicles la.v, comparaliNcly few llowered. slightly ox- 

 serted, al)Out !* cm. long, the branches few, wborled, ascending or 

 spreading-ascending, the longer ones 3 cm. or less, iilifoi'in, each bearing 

 few spikelets. S))ikelets about o..") mm. long, green or pur])lish, the 

 pedicels "i mm. long or less; first glume lanceolate, acuminate, about 

 2.1 mm. long, l-nerved. slightly scabrous on the keel ; second glume 

 similai- to the first but nearly ;') mm. long and ;!-iicr\c(l. Flowering 

 glumes 3, ovate, acule, o-nei'ved, about ;> mm. long, slightly silky hairy 

 on the keel below, otherwise glabi'ous. the paleas narrow, hyaline, about 

 •i.."» mm. long, the rachilla glabrous. 



Lr/.o.N. Province of Benguct, Pauai (4712 Merrill) Xovember S. ]!»05. 



'i'liis species was found in a large, open, natural incadnw along tlic bdi'deis of 

 a cold stream at an altitude of about 2, Km m.. licing vci y rare in tlie locality. 

 and associated with ('(lUniKUjrosliK, Brarhj/i/odiinu, lironnin. Aiil lio.rdii Ilium liiza- 

 niensc, Af/roslis cimcri, RannncuUiH sp., Viola sp.. various sjjecies of Ctircx and 

 other northern types. Single, scattered specimens only w<'rc found, the rhizomes 

 eree|»ing rather extensively and generally rooting at the lower nodes. This 

 decidedly northern type is an interest in;; addition to the known boreal element 

 in the (loia of norlheni Lu/.on. being the lii>t native s|>eeie< ot the genus to 

 be reported fidiii the I'liilippines. Dr. Ihiekel. to whom speciiiieiis were sent, 

 stales that it may be most (dosely related to the widely djsi rjluil ed I'mi iiniliiisis 

 Linn. 



