22(1 Mi:UUlLL. 



CHLORIS Sw. 



Chloris mearnsii >i>. n<>\. 



C'ciL'Spitusa, pt'ivniiis, iisciuc ad 40 cm alta; i-ulniis u^iacililnis, jj^eiiicula- 

 tis; spieis 3, digitatis, <iiacilil)us. Ionise exsertis; foliis lincarihiis. aeuiiii- 

 natis, 5 ad <S em longis ; spiculis iiiihricatis. alropni puri'is. ;}..") mm 

 loiiiiis. ai'ista 1 cm loiii^a. 



A tutted j)ei-ennial 40 em lii*;ii or less. Culms very slender. <,dal)r<)us, 

 irenietUate below, the iiiHoreseeiiee long-exserted. Leaves 5 to 8 eiu long, 

 ■i to 4 mm wide, minutely seahrid, the sheaths longer than tlie inter- 

 nodes, the ligule consisting of a few long wliite hairs. "Spikes 3. digitate, 

 slender. ."> to 1 cm long, the spikelets imhricate. dark-purple. I%mpty 

 glumes hyaline, 1-nerved. scnKrid on the nei'ves, the first 1.'^ mm long, 

 lini'ar, the second 3 mm long, linear-lanceolate, mucronate-acuminate. 

 Flowering glume lanceolate, dark-pur])le, 3..") mm long, scahrid, the tip. 

 with a slender straight awn 1 cm long. I'alea etpialing the glume, 

 .scabrid; Seed iuirro\\]v ohiong. "i.-") uim long. Callus pilose. K'achilla 

 |)roduceil 1 lo I.";! mm and iieai-ing a minute. 0..") mm long, glume, the 

 awn slender, scahiid. 3 to 4 mm long. 



Luzon. Province of llocos Norte. Bur. Sci. Li'.).) M ranis, Jaiuun \ . I'.MiT. 

 A species allied to Chloris ci/nodoiUoidcs Bal.. fide Hackel in Hi., l>ut tliat 

 species lias hlunt leaves, while in tlie |)resent species tliey are lonj^-acuniinatc. 



CVI^EKACE.E. 



CAREX Linn. 



Carex cryptostachys IJinnjiii. in Dnix'it. \(i\. Uot. (1S2',») ].')-i ; Clarke in 

 Hook. f. I'l. J5rit. Ind. 6 ( IS'.M) 714. 



1.,1'ZON. Province of Rizal, Jim: Sci. IKK) Hhiiids. .lannaiy. 1!M)7: I'mvince of 

 Sorso<ron. Soisoj^on. Elmer l-iOd, November, 1!I05. 



.Malay i'eninstila to soutlieni China, sonth lo New (Iniiica: new to the l'liili|i- 

 pine^. 



The former inimber cited was compaicd hy me witii ant hemic material in Merit. 

 K<'\\. and the identification has also been conlinned by lleir (I. Kiikeiithal. 

 lOlmer's sjiccimen is manifestly the same. 



wiacka:. 



ALOCASIA Nick. 



Alocasia heterophylla i I'n-sl ) condi. iiov. 



Ciihi'liiini lirtrroiihiiihnii Vvr<\ Kd. Ilaciik. 1 (IS'iT) US. 



\l,,r,isi', iriirhiinjii Va\)s). I'.ot. .Iiiiirii. 25 (IS'.)Si -J.")-. Mcir. in l'hili|i. .bmin. 

 Sci. 1 ( I'.MKii Sii|)pl. :f:{. 



Presl's typ<-. preserved in the I'la.L'nc liciba liiini. is identical with the t.\pe of 

 Mocasia irarlnirfiii, direct comparison having: been niaije by me in the lierlin 

 herbarium. Dr. Kn«rler concurrinjr in the identity of tlie t \vn s|)ecie-. I'lfsl"- 

 name beiii" the older i> here retiiined. 



