327 



47!^. Ainh'opogo)} pnuhirf ii.<i Kcsipl in l>ull. Aciul. St. Petersl). 5 (ISOG) TfiO. 

 /. .4?. /[. Il!-.^'i. IJiildlid Icinds <). Ktz. IWv. (U'w. PI. ( 1S91 ) 775. 



Li'Zo.N, I'roviiicc of l!eiimu'l, Huod Ivixoi' (4.S10 Merrill) Noveiiibor, 1905; 

 Anibiiklao to Daklaii (4382 Merrill) Octohov. 1005: Province of Bataan, l.amao 

 River (328(5 Merrill) October, 1!)03. 



Caroline Islands (l^alan). 



(10) Pollinia sp. near /'. in(t)i(i))1h<i Xees. 



LiZO.N. I'roviiice of P)engnct. l!ai:nio ( (i524 Ehner) .Time, 1004. 



(10) POLYTRIAS Hack. 



A low ]iostrate grass with shining' R'cl-ljrown liairv racemes, each joint 

 of the rhachis bearing two sessile and one pedicellate spikelets. Flower- 

 ing glume with a terminal awn. 



A monotypic ^enus, Java and Sinf>apore. apparently introduced into the 

 Philippines. 



(1) Polytrias amaurea (P.iise) O. Kuntze Rev. Gen. PI. (1801) 788. Andro- 

 pogon urnuurus Biise in Miq. PI. Jungh. (1854) 300. Polytrias praeniorsa Hack, 

 in DC. Monog. Plian. 6 (1880) 180; Merr. in Govt. Lai). Piibl. 6 (1004) 7: 

 Pilger in Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1004) 138. I'olliuia praemorsa Nees in Steiid. 

 Syn. 1 (1855) 400; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1850) 520. 



Luzon, Manila (380 Merrill) Decem1)er, 1002. 



Java, Singapore. 



(11) POGONATHERUM Beanv. 



Spikelets very small, the second empty glume and the liowering glume 

 with long delicate awns. Delicate grasses, with solitai'y sjdcate inflor- 

 escence. 



Species two, Britisli India to .lai)an and Malaya; one in tlie Plnlipjnnes. 



fl) Pogonatherum saccharoideum Beauv. Agrost. (1812) 0. /. // /'. 7 ,• 

 Hack, in DC. ^Nfonog. Phan. 6 (1880) 102; Hook. f. Fi. Brit. Ind. 7 (1807) 141; 

 Rendle in Forbes & Henisl. Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 36 (100(5) 357. 



Luzon, Province of Benguet, Baguio (5015 Ehner) Marcli. 1004. 



India, China, and Malaya. 



Var. monandrum (Roxb. ) Hack, in DC. Monog. Plian. 6 (1880) 103; Rendle 

 in Forbes & Henisl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 36 (100(1) 357; Pilger in Perk. 

 Frag. Fl. Philip. (1004) 138. P. saccharoideum F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 310; 

 Vidal, Plum. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 158; Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (188(5) 200; 

 Ceron Cat. PI. Herb. (18!)2) 182; Merr. in Philip. .Journ. Sci. 1 (1000) 

 Suppl. 20. /•". criiiihnn Trin.; Miq. FL Ind. Bat. 3 (1850) 510; LTsteri, Beitr. 

 Kenn. Philip. Veg. (1005) 133. Pogonopsis tencra Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 (1830) 

 133. f. .'iG; Scribn. Rept. Mo. Bot. Gard. 10 (1800) 52. pi. 2. Amlropngoa 

 iHonaiidriis Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey, 1 : 2(50. 



Luzon, Province of Benguet, Suyoc to Pauai (4721 Merrill) November, 1005: 

 Province of LTnion, Bauang (5580 Ehner) February, 1004: Province of Rizal, 

 Montalban (Merrill) March, 1000: Province of Bataan, Lamao River (021 

 Borden) April, 1904; (10 Whitford) April, 1904; (0000 Ehner) November, 1004; 

 Dinahipijan (1544 Merrill) February, 1003: Province of Nueva Ecija (200 

 Merrill) May, 1002. Mindobo, Baco River (252 McGregor) April, 1005. Pala- 

 wan (708 liferrill) February, 1003; (710 Foxworthy) March, 1000. Mindanao, 

 Lake Lanao, Canij) Keithley (140 Clemens) February, 100(5: District of Davao, 

 :\ronnt AjK) (302 r>e\ore d- Hoorer) May, 1003. 



Widely disi vilmlcd in the Pliilip|)iii('s. India to .iajjan and Malaya. 



