92 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS l»22 



Liizon (Nueva Ecija, Laguna, Tayabas, Camarines, Sorsogon), Polillo, 

 Mindoro, Palawan, Leyte, Mindanao, Basilan, Jolo. In forests, along trails, 

 and in old clearings, chiefly at medium altitudes. India to Japan, south- 

 v/ard through Malaya to New Guinea. 



The Philippine form is referable to var. pilosum Camus in Bull. Mus. 

 Hist. Nat. Paris 25 (1919) 495. 



66. PGA Linnaeus 



PGA ANNUA Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 68; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 

 (1906) Suppl. 181, 386. 



Luzon (Benguet), Merrill i288, B. S. 320U Santos. Naturalized in 

 open waste places, altitude 1,500 to 2,400 m. Temperate and sub temperate 

 regions generally. 



The form reported from the Philippines as Poa armua by Llanos, Frag. 

 PI. Filip. (1851) 47, and by F.-Vill., Novis. App. (1882) 322, was probably 

 Eragrostis unioloides Nees; there is no description. 



POA LUZGNIENSIS Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 180, 386. 

 Luzon (Benguet), Merrill wfl^, B. S. 81911 Santos. Borders of cold 

 marshes and streams, altitude about 2,400 m. Reported by Ridley from 

 New Guinea, but the specimens should be compared. 



67. FESTUCA Linnaeus 



FESTUCA MEGALURA Nutt. in Journ. Acad. Sci. Phila. II 1 (1847) 188; 



Piper in Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 10 (1906) 17, t. 5. 



Festuca myuros Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 14 (1919) 369, non .Linn. 



Luzon (Benguat), E. S. 31913 Santos, Hitchcock. In open grassy places, 



altitude 1,400 to 2,300 m. A native of the west coast of North and South 



America, introduced in Portugal, and a recent introduction in Benguet. It 



is very similar to Festuca myuros linn, and by some authors is treated as 



a variety of that species. The identification is by Professor Hitchcock. 



68. MGNGSTACHYA Merrill 



MGNGSTACHYA CENTRGLEPIDGIDES Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 

 (1910) Bot. 331. 

 Luzon (Benguet), F. B. 16088 Curran, Merritt, & Zschokke. In open 

 grasslands near the summit of Mt. Pulog, altitude about 2,800 m. A 

 monotypic endemic genus. 



69. RAM OS I A Merrill 



RAMGSIA PHILIPPINENSIS Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 11 (1916) Bot. 2. 

 Luzon (Sorsogon), B. S. 23607 Ramos. In swampy places, border of 

 Lake Polog, at medium altitudes. A monotypic endemic genus. 



70. BRGMUS Linnaeus 



BRGMUS PAUCIFLGRUS (Thunb.) Hack, in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 7 (1899) 

 713; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 386. 

 Festuca pauciflora Thunb. Fl. Jap. (1784) 52. 

 Luzon (Bontoc, Benguet), Merrill U71U, Clemens 920U, 9091, Vanover- 

 hergh 3938. In, wet open grassy places, altitude 1,500 to 2,400 m. Japan, 

 China. 



