328 



(12) ROTTBOELLIA L. f. 



False spikes c-ylindrical or slightly c-oin])i(.'ss('(l ; first <i:luim' coriaceous, 

 covering the excavation in tlie rliacliis-joint. Spikclets awnlcss. (*oarse 

 erect grasses. 



Succics iihoul 'M). trojjics of Ixitli lu'iiiisplicrcs ; tliico in tlic l'liili|)|iiiiosi. 



1. Pedicel of the first spikelet eonnate with the joint of the rhaihis ; 



sheaths tuberculate-hispid (1) R. cunltatn 



1. Pedicels free: sheaths glabrous. 



2. First glume coriaceous, the margins below witli 5 to 7 



upturned mueros or tubercles (2) R. (jlundulosa 



2. First glume chartaceous, the margins below smooth (3) R. ophiuroides 



Slll)^('llUs ('OKI.OKIIACIIIS. 



(1) Rottboellia exaltata Litm. f. Suiipl. |17!)()) 114: Xccs. in .\<>v. Act. 

 Xiit. fur. 19 (]S4;Vi Suppl. 1: 17:?: .Mi(|. Fl. hid. T.at. 3 (IS.")!)) 407: Hack, in 

 DC. Monog-. Pliiin. 6 ( ISSi) ) 2!»:}: \'i(lal Plian. Cuniin.ii-. Pliilil». (ISS.")) loS; 

 \\v\. 1»1. Vase. Filip. (ISSCi) 2'.)(): K.-\ill. Xov. App. (ISS.S) :!14: Hook. f. Kl. 

 P.iit. Ind. 7 (1897) I.IO; Rendle in Forbes & Honisl. Journ. Linn. Soc. Pot. 36 

 (1006) ;5()2: Pil^rer in Perk. Fra^^ Fl. Philip. (1!)04) 138. Rottboellia srtofta 

 Presl Rcl. Hacnk. 1 (lS:iO| :52!) ; Ktinth Knmn. 1 (18.33) 4«(i. Aeyilops fluvkttilift 

 Planeo. Fl. Filip. cd. 1 (1837) 47; od. 2 (1845) 32; od. 3, 1 (1877) oH. 

 Rollhorllia di-iiuihtld Stcud. Syn. 1 (IS.-).')) 3(12; ^\u\. Fl. hid. P.at. 3 (18,")!)) 

 408; F.A'ill. Xov. Ai)p. (1883) 314. A', coelcirharhis F.-Xill. Xov.. Apj). (1883) 

 314, prohahililcr ! non Foist. Maiiisuris exaltata (). Kuntze Rev. (icn. Pi. (1891) 

 770. 



Piiii.iri'ixKs ( 5()2 Vuiiiiiuj) I83(i-40. Luzon, Province of Xucva X'izcaya, 

 Diipa.x (212 Merrill} May, 1!)02: Province of I'nion (0 Fenix) October, 1905; 

 (5088 Elmer) Febriiarv, 1904: Province of Painpan<ia (4234 Merrill) September, 

 1905. Mi.NDOKO, Calapan (!)89 Merrill) A])ii]. 1903. Mind.snao. Lake Lanao 

 (()33 Clemens) July. 1900. 



■|'io|iical Asiii, Africa, ^lalaya, Australia, and .Vnicrica. 



(2) Rottboellia glandulosa Trin. in Mem. Acad. St. Pmersh. W. 2 (1833) 

 250; Pil<..r in IVik. Fra-. Fi. Pliiiip. (1904) 138; Hook. f. Fl. I'.rit. hid. 7 

 (1897) 157: .Mi(|. Fl. Ind. P.al. 3 (1859) 4()S: Hack, in DC. Mono-^. Plian. 6 

 (1889) 302. Ophitnus tuitrical iiliis Steud. in Zoli. Ncrz. Ind. Arcliip. (1854) 

 57 et Synopsis 1 (1855) 300. Coelorhachis hiurieata l?ronj,ni. in \'oy. ('o(|U. 

 Rot. 1 (1829) 05. /. 1). i'olthoellia murieala X'idal. Plian. Cuiiiinu. Philip. 

 (1885) 158; Ucv. PI. \'asc. Filip. (ISSO) 290: Ccron, Cat. PI. Ilcih. (1892) 

 183: F.-\'ill. Xov. App. (1883) 314, non Uctz. Mdiiisuris <il<ni(luliisa ( ). Kuntze 

 Rev. (Jen. PI. (1891) 780. 



CfiJo.v (505 Merrill) December, 19(12. P.\nay (Coiielaiid ) .lanuaiy. 1904. 

 Rurma If) .Java and the i'hilipi)iiies. 



(3) Rottboellia ophiuroides llciitli. I L Austral. 7 (1S7S) 514: Hack, in DC. 

 Mono^'. Phaii. 6 (1889; 303: K. Sclniin. uiid l.autcrb. Fl. Deutsch. Sclintzjfeb. 

 Siidsee (1901) 109. fschaemiim id IIkh ll<>i<l<.s W. I'.r. Prodi. (1810) 205. Anil o- 

 lit/f/on rottboelhiides Steml. Synopsis 1 (1855) 3S2. Mmiisiiris rnl llii)elt<ii<les 

 (). Kuntze Rev. (;en. PI. ( 1891 ) 77!>. 



Lrzo.N. I'loxiiicc of Pcn^iict, I'.aLiuio ( 5S23 Uliinr) Maicli. I'.)04: I'auai lo 

 l'.a;.'iiio (4li9l Mnrilh Xovciiibcr. i'.IO.') : Pio\iiicc of N'iif\a \izcaya, I'.a.L'abi;; 

 (121 \l(rrill) .lime. I9(r2: Pi(.\ inc.' of Tarlac. Concei>cioii ( 3(i29 Merrill) N'o- 

 vemhcr. 190:{. 



.\ust ralia and \c\\ ( iiiinca. 



