XIV, 4 Merrill: Noteworthy Philippine Plants, XV 369 



cal form of the species certainly does not occur in the Archi- 

 pelago, nor can I refer the specimens cited above to any of the 

 described varieties of it. It is apparently most closely allied to 

 the Australian Andropogon gryllus Linn, subsp. genuinus Hack., 

 var. pallidus (R. Br.) Benth., but has distinctly smaller spikelets 

 than this variety, while the pedicellate spikelets are empty and 

 not awned. 



ANDROPOGON SANGUINEUS (Retz.) Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 12 

 (1917) Bot. 101. 



Rottboellia sanguinea Retz. Obs. 3 (1783) 25. 

 Thelepogon sanguineus Spreng. Syst. 1 (1825) 299. 

 Andropogon pseudograya Steud. Syn, 1 (1855) 365. 



Luzon, Ilocos Norte Province, Burgos, Bur. Sci. 32777 Ramos, 

 August 5, 1918, on open grassy slopes at low^ altitudes. 

 Southern China, India, Ceylon, and Madagascar. 



FESTUCA Linnaeus 



FESTUCA MYUROS Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 74; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 7 

 (1897) 356. 



Luzon, Benguet Subprovince, Pauai, Bur. Sci. 31913 Santos, 

 April 25, 1918, in open grassy places, altitude about 2,300 

 meters. 



A grass of w^ide distribution in the North Temperate Zone, a 

 native of Europe or Asia, now also abundant in North America ; 

 undoubtedly a recently introduced plant in Benguet. 



TRIPOGON Roth 



TRIPOGON CHINENSIS (Franch.) Hack, in Bull. Herb. Boiss. II 3 

 (1903) 503. 

 Nardurms filiforniis Steud. var. chinensis Franch. in Nouv. Arch. 

 Hist. Nat. Paris. II 7 (1894) 149. 



Luzon, Ilocos Norte Province, Mount Nagapatan, Bur. Sci. 

 33237 Ramos, August 8, 1918, on dry, open, rocky slopes. 



This genus is new to the Philippines, the specimen cited above 

 agreeing perfectly with the descriptions and with a series of 

 specimens from Chili Province, collected by Mrs. Clemens. It 

 is reported from as far south as Formosa. 



CYPERACEAE 



MARISCUS Gaertner 

 MARISCUS NIVEUS (Murr.) comb. nov. 



Schoenus niveus Murr. in Linn. Syst. Veg. ed. 13 (1774) 81. 

 Scirpus glomeratus Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 52, excl. syn. Gronov., non 



Mariscus glomeratus Barton. 

 Schoenus coloratus Linn. var. /3 Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2 (1762) 64. 



