374 



Luzon. Province" of Isabela, Kchague (13!) Merrill) .Jimc, 1002: Province of 

 Bcnuiii't. JJa-^mio (()523, o758 Elmer) March, June, 1904. Mindanao, Lake Lanao, 

 C'anii) Keitliloy (98 Clemcm^) Jamuny. VM)i\. 



Tropics of tlie World. 



UOriSTKUL SPECIES. 



SpoROBOLls III. Mil. IS Pii'sl Rel. Haenk. 1 (1830) 241: Kuntli Knuni. 1 (1833) 

 217; :Miq. Fl. Ind. i5at. 3 (1859) 37G; F.-Vill. Nov. .\\)\). (18S3) 321: Scrihn. 

 in Kept. Mo. Rot. Gard. 10 (1899) 53. pi. SO. 



"Ilab. in insula Luzon ia" Prosl. 



Perliaps not a P]iilip])inc [ilant. or possibly a niiicli-dwarft'd form of SiifjrohoJiis 

 diamlrus Beauv. Scribner, who has examined Ilaenke's specimen on which the 

 species Avas based, makes no statement regarding tiie validity or relationship of 

 the s])ecies. 



Sporouolus scoi'AKUS i'rcsl Ucl. Haenk. 1 (1S3()1 24.3: Ku:i!li Knum. 1 

 (1833) 216; Miq. Fl. liul. Hat. 3 (1859) 370; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 321. 



"Hab. ad portum Sorzogon" (l.uzon) Presl. 



Judging from llic description, a very characteristic species. 1 have seen no 

 Pliilil)pine material that agrees with it. Perhaps not a Philipi)iiU' plant. 



(4()) GARNOTIA Prongn. 



S])ikelets sjiiall, in pairs along the branches of the strict or expanded 

 panicle. Flowering glumes with slender awns or awnless. 



Species 8, British India to Jai)an, Malaya, and the Sandwich Islands: 1 in 

 the Philippines. 



(1) Garnotia stricta IJroiign. in DajK-rry Pot. N'oy. ("otpi. (1829) 132. /. .^1 : 

 Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 7 ( 1897) 243; Merr. Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1900) Sui)pl. 28. 



Luzon, Province of Benguet (6210 Elmer) April, 1904; (4716 Merrill) No- 

 vember, 1905: Province of Bataan, Mount Mariveles (6989 Ehn<r\ Xovember, 

 1904; (1146 Whilford) :\larch, 1905: Province of Panii)anga. Mount Arayat 

 (3903 J/ern'iZ) October. 1904. Mindanao, i'rovincc of Zamlioanga (5484 Merrill) 

 October, 1906. 



British India to the Sandwich islands. 



The Philippine form may represent a distinct species, characterized especially 

 by the long-awned llowering glume. 



(47) GARNOTIELLA Stapf. 



A slender gi'ass with iiaiTow strit-t ])anieles. Spikelels small, snli- 

 lai-v; eiiiptv glumes two, nef\'eless, siibequal : flowei-ing glume minute, 

 li\aline, the palea a small, liyaline nerveless scale. 



.\ m<innty|iic cndcmie genu--.- 



(I I Garnotiella philippinensis Stapf in llndk. I. on. I'l. I\. 5 ilSOC)) 

 pi. .i'lU'i. 



Panav. .Miagao (3994 \ idnh lidc Slapf 1. c. 



lOndeniic. 



(4S) AGROSTIS Linn. 



I'aniclrs dilViise. many lldwcrcd. Spikelets small: lluwci'ing glumes 

 tliin-nK'niKraiKius (U' li\ aline, awnless (in the JMiiii |i|iiiu' represcntat i\ e ) . 

 (■(|ualing nv smaller llian llie em|ity glunn's. 



S|iccics about !2(t. disl i ili\i1 cd o\cr llie entile glol)e, esjH'cially in the north 

 temperate I'cgions: I in the I'hi I i|i|Mncs. 



