360 



Api). (1883) 313; llouk. i. F\. Uiit. Jiid. 7 (1SU7) 02; rvfiidlc in Forbes & 

 Hemsl. Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 36 (1904) 339. 



Luzon, Manila (375 Merrill) August, 1902: Province of Nueva Ecija, 8an 

 Isidro (4194 Merrill) September, 1905. 



Britisli India to southern China, Malaya, and Australia. 



[Stenotaphriim complanatum 8chrank = »S'. glah^-tim Trin., has been reported 

 from tlie Philippines by F.-Villar, Nov. App. (1883) 313. but liis record lias 

 never been verified. The species is widely distributed in the Tropics and is to 

 be expected in the Philippines.) 



(37) THUAREA Pers. 



Spikes surrounded by a sheathing leaf, at maturity the dilated base of 

 the axis enveloping the one to two perfect spikelets, forming a beak 

 Avhich Ijores into the ground. A creeping maritime grass. 



A nionotypic genus extending from Ceylon to Xew Caledonia. 



(1) Thuarea involuta (Forst.) R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 197. Ischaemum 

 involutum Forst. Prodr. (1786) 73. Thuarea sarmentosa Pers. Syn. 1 (1805) 

 110; Kunth Rev. Gram. 1 (1829) 247. t. 35; Enum. 1 (1833) 174; F.-Vill. 

 Nov. App. (1883) 313; Usteri Beitr. Kenn. Philip. Veg. (1905) 133; Merr. 

 Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 28; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 7 (1897) 91. 



MiNDORO, Baco (882 Merrill) April, 1903. Cajoagan (5244 Merrill) Octo- 

 ber, 1906. Mindanao, Province of Zamboanga {Scribner) June, 1903; (Hallier) 

 February, 1904: District of Davao (564 Copcland) March, 1904. Pamas (5356 

 Merrill) October, 190G. 



Seacoast from Ceylon to Madagascar, IMalaj'a, Australia, and Polynesia. 



(38) SPINIFEX Linn. 



Coarse prostrate maritime grasses, the staminate spikelets in rigid 

 peduncled spikes which are umbellately disposed. Pistillate spikelets in 

 large globose heads of stellately spreading very long rod-like rhachides. 



Species 4, 3 Australian, 1 widely distributed in tropical Asia, Malaya, Aus- 

 tralia, and the Philippines. 



(1) Spinifex squarrosus Linn. Mant. 2 (1771) 163; Blanco, Fl. Filip. ed. 1 

 (1837) 46; ed. 2 (1845) 31; ed. 3, 1 (1877) 57; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1859) 

 474; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 313; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 157; 

 Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 288; Mez in Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 145; 

 Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 7 (1897) 63. Stipa spinifex Linn. Mant. 1 (1867) 84; 

 Blanco 11. cc. 



Luzon, Province of Union, Bauang (5651 Elmer) February, 1904: Province 

 of Zambales, Iba (333 Merrill) June, 1902: Province of Bataan, Lamao (Whit- 

 ford) April, 1904. Apo (Mindoro Straits) (419 Merrill) December, 1902. 

 Mindanao, Davao (511 Copeland) March, 1904; (154 DeVore d Hoover) April, 

 1903. 



Tropical seashores from British India to southern China and Malaya. 



Tribe VI. ORYZE^. 



Spikelets perfect or imisexual, one-flowered, the flower enclosed by a 

 flowering glume and palea which is usually 1-nerved. Empty glumes 

 two or none. Stamens frequently 6. 



