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(4:5) ANTHOXANTHUM l>iini. 



S|)ik'elt't.s ill short spike-like |t<iiiieles: first and seeond glumes une(jual, 

 herbaceous, the third and fourth clothed with brown hairs. Flowering 

 o-hime and ])alea short; nieiiibi-anous. Fragrant grasses. 



Species 5 of tlic North Teinpevute Zone and Aiistvalia; 1 in northern Luzon. 



(1) Anthoxanthum luzoniense Mcrr. Philip. .Tourn. Sci. 1 (lOOO) Suppl. 

 178. 



Luzon, rroviiice of Hen^iict, i'auai (471.S Merrill) NovemlxT. 100."). 

 Endemic. 



Tribe VIII. AGROSTIDE^. 



Spikelets usually all perfect, 1-tlowered, the rhacliilla sometimes ])ro- 

 longed beyond the palea. Empty ghimes often somewhat unequal, usually 

 equaling or exceeding the flowering glume. Palea usually 2-nerved. 



(44) ARISTIDA Linn. 



Faiiicles usuallv expanded. iMnpty glumes longer than the flowering 

 glume, the latter with a ])oinled callus and Avith a tei'minal triiid or three- 

 branched awn. 



Species about 125, in the wanner parts of both hemispheres; 3 or more in 

 the Philippines. 



l.A slender annual 20 cm. high or less (1) A. cumingiana 



1. Perennial. 



2. Stout, 1 m. high with large diffuse many-flowered panicles.... (2) A. culionensis 



2. About 40 era. higli ; panicles narrow, few-flowered (3) A. stipoides 



(1) Aristida cumingiana Trin. & Rupr. in Mem. Acad. St. P6tersb. VI. 7 

 (1849) 141; IVIiq. Fl. Ind. I'.at. 3 (1859) 381; Steud. Syn. 1 (1855) 140; Vidal 

 Phan. Cuming. I'hilip. (1885) 159; Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 292; Ceron Cat. 

 PI. Herb. (1892) 184; Rendle in Porbes & Hemsl. Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 36 

 (1904) 381; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 7 (1897) 224. .1. capillacca Car. icon. 5 

 (1799) 43, t. J,68. f. 1, non Lam. A. trichodes Walp. Ann. 3 (1852-53) 753. 

 Chaetaria trichodes Nees in Hook. Kew Journ. 2 (1850) 1001. ' 



Luzon, Province of Benouet, Ambuklao to Daklan (4385 Merrill) Oetcjber. 

 1905: District of Lepanto, Suyoc to Cervantes (4446 Merrill) November, 1905: 

 Province of Kizal, Antipolo (7 Foxirorthy) January, 1906. 



Northern India to soutliern Cliina and the Philippines. 



(2) Aristida culionensis Pilfer in Perk. Frag. Kl. PJiilip. (1004) 145. 

 CULION (471, 515 Mcrr ill) Deeendjer. 1902. 



Endemic. 



(3) Aristida stipoides 1!. Br. Prodr. (ISiOi 17 1. \:n. tenuisetulosa I'ilgcr 

 in Perk. Frag. Fl. Piiilip. (1904) 14(). 



Luzo.N, Province of Zambales, Iba (329 Merrill) .lune. 1002. 



Endemic, i. e., the variety, tlie species in northern ^nd ccnlral .Vnstralia. 



nouirri'i:!, .\.\i) kxcludko spkciks. 



Abistiua s()I!/.()(;()m:nsis Prcsl Bel. Haenk. 1 (1830) 224; Kuntii llniini. 1 



(1833) 192; Mi(i. I<'1. Ind. Hat. 3 (1859) 381: K. \ill. N..v. .\pp. (ISS3) 319. 

 "Ilab. in Luzonia ad Sorsogon"' I'le.-il. Not seen. 



Arlstum luzome.n.si.s Cav. Icon. 5 (1799) 45. I. '/lO. f. J; Kuntli Enuni. 1 



