339 



Luzo.N, Manila (DO Merrill) May, 1902; (03 McGregor) October, 1904: Prov- 

 ince of Nueva Ecija, Humingan (289 Merrill) May, 1902: Province of Union, 

 Bauang (5G99 Elmer) February, 1904: Province of Rizal, Caloocan (3677 Merrill) 

 November, 1903. 



Nos. 90 and 289 Merrill Avere referred by Pilger 1. c. to the subvariety 

 hispidissimus Hack., which has been found in the Pliilippines (161.5 Cuming). 

 Tlie tMo numbers are, however, referable to the subvar. ti/picus Hack. 



Generally distributed in the warmer parts of the World. 



Subgenus Cymbopogon. 



(16) Andropogon nardus Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 1046 var. hamatulus (Nees) 

 Hack, in DC. Monog. Phan. 6 (1889) 606; Pilger in Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 

 140; A. hamatulus Nees in Hook, et Arn. Bot. Beechy's Voy. (1841) 244; Steud. 

 Syn. 1 (1855) 388 "hamulatus." A. nardus Rolfe in Journ. Bot. 23 (1885) 

 216; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1S85) 158; Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 291. 

 Cymbopogon nardus Rendle, var. hamatulus Rendle in Forbes & Hemsl. Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. Bot. 36 (1904) 244. Anthistiria tortilis Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 (1830) 

 347; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 317. 



Philippines (1000 Cuming). Luzox, Province of Nueva Ecija, Carranglang 

 (244 Merrill) May, 1902. Cagayan de Sulu (5307 Merrill) October, 1906. 



Formosa and southern China, i. e., variety. The species and other varieties in 

 tropical Asia, Africa, Malaya, and America. 



(17) Andropogon schoenanthus Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 1046; Blanco, Fl. 

 Filip. ed. 1 (1873) 39; ed. 2 (1845) 27; ed. 3, 1 (1877) 50; Hack, in DC. 

 Monog. Phan. 6 (1889) 609; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 7 (1897) 204; F.-Vill. Nov. 

 App. (1883) 316. Cymbopogon sehocnanthus Spreng. PL Min. Cogn. Pug. 2 

 (1815) 14; Rendle in Forbes & Hemsl. Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 36 (1904) 377. 



MiNDORO, Calapan (Merrill) December, 1906. 



This species is not a native of the Philippines and is only occasionally cultivated 

 for local use, and not on a commercial scale. I have previously doubted the 

 correctness of Blanco's identification," liis description being very im2)erfect. I have 

 not seen flowering specimens from the Philippines. Well-informed natives state 

 that the species rarely flowers. T., SalaC, Tanglad. V., Baliyoco. Sp.-FiL, Paja 

 de meca. The source of Lemon-grass oil of commerce. 



Tropical Asia to China and tropical Africa. 



(18) Andropogon fiiipendulus Hochstett. in Flora 29 (1846) 115. var. 

 lachnatherus (Benth.) Hack, in DC. Monog. Phan. 6 (1889) 635; Philip. 

 Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 267. Andropogon lachnatherus Benth. Fl. Austral. 

 7 (1878) 534. 



Luzon, Province of Benguet (4398 Merrill) October-November, 1905; (6392 

 Elmer) May, 1904. 



Queensland and New South Wales, i. e.. the variety; the species and other 

 varieties in British India, Ceylon, and tropical Africa. 



Forma bispicuiata Hack, in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 267. 



Luzon, Province of Benguet, Bued River (4298 Merrill) November, 1904. 



Endemic. 



EXCLUDED SPECIES. 



Andropogon eriostachyus Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 (1830) 339; Kunth Enum. 

 1 (1833) 496; Miq. FL Ind. Bat. 3 (1859) 487; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 

 ^\Q,= Andropogon iernaius Nees, var. eriostachyus (Presl) Hack, in DC. Monog. 



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