840 



Plmii. 6 (1889) 425. KnoiH'onsly credited lo llie l*liili|)|)iiies l.y Presl. hut a 

 tr()])icnl Aiiierican species. 



]rKTf:ROPOCiox TE.NKLi.r.s Sc'luill.; F.-\ill. Nov. A])]). (lSS:r) '.MVi^Anilrojxtiion 

 l))iclliis Ko\h. = And I op'ofio')! (•(irirusvfi Ijiiiii. 



A species of Britisli India and Malaya. l'".-\'illar's rccnrd <it' tlic plant iiaxin;^ 

 licen found in tlie Pliili|)pines lias never hceii xcrilied. his ident ilic.it ion undoubtedly 

 lia\in^' liecii eironeous. 



{■>{)) THEM EDA I'orsU. 



Coarse or slender o-]-asses, tlic I'liccnics iinilcil into the I'iilsc [)anieles, 

 tlic lower s])ikelets of each raccnu' iiiiawiu'd, slaiiiinale roi'iiiiiio- a False 

 wlioii about the 1 to 3 niiddh^ peri'eet s])ik(!l(ds which ai'i' h)n<i--awiied, 

 the fascicles included in a I'oliaccous hract. 



Species nine in the warniei' countries of the ( )l(l World; two in the l'hilij)pines. 



1. Involucrant spikelets inserted on ;i level, ;iU sessile; glumes three. 



A slender grass (IJ T. triandia 



1. Involucrant bristles in superposed pairs : glumes three or four. A 



very coarse erect grass (2) T. giyanlca 



(1) Themeda triandra For.sk. Fl. Aeu^.-Arab. (1775) I7S; Tvendle in Forbes 

 & Hemsl. .louin. Linn. Soc. Hot. 36 (l!)()4) ;577 ; Thcueda forshilii Hack, in DC. 

 Monog. Than. 6 (ISSit) 059; Pilger in Perk. Frag. V\. Philip. (l!l()4) ]40. 

 Anthistiria cHuila l'\-\'ill. Nov. App. (1883) ."517, non Linn. .1. ih pan jx ralu 

 Ander.ss. Nov. Act. Up.sa]. 111. 2 (185fi) 243; F.-^'ill. Nov. App. (1SS3) 317. 

 Anthistiria imhcrhis Retz. Obs. 3:11; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 7 (1897) 211. 



Luzon, Province of C'agayan (1G8 Bolster) August, 1905: Province of Rizal. 

 Bosobcso (1109 Ramos) July. 1900: Province of Nueva Ecija, Carranglang (205 

 Merrill) May, 1902: Pn.vince of lienguet (57()4 Elmer) March, 1904; (4433 

 Merrill) October, 1905; ( 492S Ciirraii) August, 1900. Sk.viekara (4158 Merrill) 

 .Time, 1905. Busuanga (3551 Ciirran) J)eceniber, 1905. Mindanao, Zamboanga 

 {H oilier) February, 190L 



Tiie above numbers are all referable to the variety imhcrhis Hack, in DC 

 Mouog. IMian. 6 (18S9) 001. Variety vulgaris Hack., has also been found in 

 the Phi]ii)])i)ies, fide Hack. I. e. (No. 1037, 1873 Cumijig). 



Warmer parts of the Old World. 



(2) Themeda gigantea (Cav.) Hack. var. genuina Hack, in DC. Monog. 

 I'han. 6 ( I SS9 ) 070: Kendle in Koibes & Hemsl. .lourn. Linn. Soc. Hot. 36 (1904) 

 377; Pilger in Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 140. Anthistiria yigontea dw. Icon. 

 5 (1799) 30. /. .>i58; Hook. f. Fl. I?rit. Ind. 7 (1897) 377: P.lanco Fl. Filij). ed. 1 

 (IS37) 49: ed. 2 (1845) 33: ed. 3. 1 (IS77) 02; F.-Vill. Nov. .\\>\k (1883) 

 317; \idal I'han. Cuming. Philip. ( I SS5 ) 159; Uev. PI. \'asc. Filip. (1880) 

 292; Ceron Cat. PI. Herb. (lS!l-i) IS4. I'crohiiclnic srcuinhi Pre>l Pel. llaenU. 1 

 (1830J 348. /. ',S; Kunth Fnum. 1 (1833) 485; Miq. Kl. ind. Hal. 3 (1859) 

 5t)7 ; l''.-\'ill. Nov. A])]). (1883) 317. Aiidroseepia gigantea Brongn. in Dujierr. 

 \oy. Coqu. Bot. (1829) 78; Knntli h'.nnni. 1 ( I S33 ) IS! ; Mi(i. PI. Ind. l!a(. 3 

 (1859) 500. Valaniina gigaiil( a I!. ei S. Sysl. 2 (lsl7) SKI. non P,eau\. 



i.,l'Z().\, Province of Cagayan ( l.'l.") linlslcr) -July. 1905: Pi()\ince of Penguet. 

 Twin Peaks (0429 y-;///(fr). dune, 1904: Province of Pi/.al. Tanay (2314 Merrill) 

 May, 1903; Bosoboso (9(H Ramos) June, li)O0: Province of Zainbales, Siibic 

 (2080 Merrill) April. 1903: i'roviiu-e of Nueva Kcija. San .lose (2!)4 Merrill) 

 May, 1902. Skmku.\I!\ (tl.Mi \lr,rill) .Iiine. 1905. Cii.ion (412 Merrilh De 

 cember, 1902. 



Kndemic, i. c, the \ar. g(iiiiiiiti: other \arietie> extending from l'.riti.-^h India 

 to China and .Mala\a. 



