344 



(5050 Merrill) March, 1900. Mixdobo, Baco River (203 McGregor) April, 

 1905: (1795 Merrill) April, 1903. Nkgros. Giinafjfaan River ( 1GG7 Whilford) 

 May, 1900. Mindanao. Province of Misamis. Mataline Falls (3922 JI iiichiiison) 

 March, 1900. 



British India and Malaya to New (iuiiiea. 



Tril)o Y. PANICS^. 



Spikelots one or soiiictiiiics two llowei'od, the soeoiid llowcr staiiiiiiatt', 

 very I'arely perfect, in the axil of tlie tliird ,nluine. arranged in sj)ikes, 

 racemes, or panicles, tlie axis nsually continnons. Flowering glume and 

 palea of the perfect flower always firmer in texture than the empty 

 glumes, unawned, the empty glumes rarely awned. 



(25) PASPALUM Linn. 



Spikelets 1-flowered, usually ohtuse, in two to four ranked racemes or 

 spikes, these two to many, digitate or disposed in panicles, seldom solitary. 

 Flowering glume and palea cartilaginous; empty glumes two. 



Species about 175 in tlie tropical and subtropical regions of both iieniispheres 

 but most abundant in America; foiu' in the Philippines. 



1. Spikes geminate at the ends of the culms. 



2. Leaves broad, flat ; spikelets suborbicular, 3 mm. long, the 



hyaline margins of the second glume ciliate (3) P. co7ijugatiiin 



2. Leaves distichous, narrow ; spikelets ovate-oblong, about 3 



mm. long, glabrous (4) P. clistichum 



1. Spikes alternate on an elongated rhachis. 



2. Spikelets mostly 4-ranked (2) P. longifolium 



2. Spikelets 2-ranked (1) P. scrohiculatum 



(1) Paspalum scrohiculatum Linn. Mant. (1707) 29; Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. 3 

 (1859) 431; Kunth Enum. 1 (1833) 53; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 310; Vidal 

 Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 15G; Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1880) 280; Ceron Cat. 

 PI. Herb. (1892) 179; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 7 (1897) 10; Rendle in Forbes 

 & Hemsl. Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 36 (1904) 320; Mez in I'eik. Frag. Fl. 

 Philip. (1904) 141; Merr. Pliili]). .lourn. Sci. 1 (1900) Supj)!. 20. Pasimlum 

 cartilagineum Presl Rel. Ilaenk. 1 (1830) 210; Aliq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1859) 432; 

 F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 310; Schuni. und Lauterb. Fl. Dcutsch. Schutzgeb. 

 Siid.see (1901) 175; Scribn. Rept. Mo. Bot. Card. 10 (1899) 49. J'aspalum 

 villosum Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 1 (1837) 40; ed. 2 (1845) 28; ed. 3. 1 (1877) 

 53 ? non Thunb. Paspalum siunatrense Roth; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (18S3) 310. 

 Paspalum kora Willd. Sp. PI. 1 (1797) 332; Presl Rel. Ilaenk. 1 (1830) 21(i. 

 Paspalum ihunher</ii Kimth ex Steud. Syn. 1 (1855) 28; Mez in Perk. Frag. 

 Fl. Philip. (1904) 141. 



lA^ZOX, .Manila (8 Merrill) April, 1902; (0 Seribner) June, l!t(»2: I'rovince 

 of Benguet (4793 Merrill) November, 1905; (5759 Elmer) March, 1904; (4844 

 Curran) August, 1900: District of Lepanto, Balili (4029 Merrill) November, 

 1905: Province of Nueva Eci.ja, Carranglang (235 Merrill) May, 1902: Prov- 

 ince of Bataan. (3140 Merrill] October, 1903. CULlo.N (479 Merrill) December, 

 1902. BALAitAc (409 Manguhal) Marcli, 190(). Ba.silan (4H DcV ore d- Hoover) 

 A])ril, 1903. Mindanao, Lake Laiiao, (amp Kcitldcy iClmicns) |)cci'iid)cr. 1!M)5. 



Tr<>|)ical and warm c(nnitri«-s of the wmld. 



Schiiiii;niti and Lautcrhacli iclain I'dspdhim carl ihnii iiciiiii Presl. as a distinct 



