370 



(1) Eriachne pallescens R. Br. Prodr. (ISIO) 1S4; K>inth Eiiuni. 1 (183;?) 

 310; Bonth Fl. Austral. 7 (1878) G30; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1SS3) 321; Hook. f. 

 Fl. Brit. Ind. 7 (1897) 209; Rendle in Forbes & Hcnisl. Jouni. Liiin..Soc. Bot. 

 36 (1904) 398; Pilger in Perk. Fl. Pliilip. (1904) 147. 



CuLiox (520 Merrill) December, 1902. 



British India to southern Cliina. Malaya, and Australia. 



(2) Eriachne triseta Nees ex Steud. Syn. 1 (IS.").')) 237; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. 

 Ind. 7 (1897) 309; Pilger in Perk. Fl. Philip. (1904) 147. 



CULION {Merrill) February, 1903. 



British India and Ceylon. 



{Eriachne gracilis Brong'., a species definitely known only troni the Moluccas, 

 has been reported from the Philippines by F.-Villar, Nov. App. (1883) 321; 

 but the record was'doubtless based on an erroneous identification.) 



(51) COELACHNE P.. Br. 



Very delicate, prostrate grasses with narrow paiiiclL'S and small, round, 

 awnless, 2-flowered spikelets. 



Species about 4, by some authors reduced to 1 with numerous varieties, 

 British India to southern China and Australia; 1 in tlie Philippines. 



(1) Coelachne hackeli Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. 29 (1905) 8. 



Luzon, Province of Benguet. Baguio (5752 Elmer) :\larcli, 1904; (4338 

 Merrill) November, 1905. 



Endemic. 



{Coelachne hrachiaia Mvuiro=C'. jnilchella R. Br. var. hrachiaia Munro, and 

 C. pulchella R. Br., have been reported from the Pliilippines by F.-Villar, Nov. 

 App. (1883) 321, and one or both may later be found in the Archipelago, 

 although to date F.-Villar's records have not been verified.) 



(52) AVENA Linn. 



Spikelets larg-e, 2 to ()-(lowered, paniculate. Empty glumes niein- 

 branoiis, unequal; flowering glumes rounded on the l);u'k. 5 to 9-nerYcd, 

 the awn dorsal, geniculate, twisted below. Callus of tlio llowering glumes 

 and the rhachilhi often hairy. 



Species about GO, temperate regions of the Old W'oild. a lew in the Xcw World; 

 1 or 2 introduced into the Pliilij>pines. 



(1) Avena sativa Liiui. Sp. PI. (1753) 79; llouk. f. \'\. I'.rit. Iii<l. 7 (1897) 

 275. 



Luzon, Province of Benguet (4284, 4747 ^[rrrit^} Xovember, 190,'), one cul- 

 tivated, the other on fresh talus slopes near a road construction eamj). 



{Avena stcrilis Liiui., and A. fatua Linn., have been repcn-fed from the Phil- 

 ippines by F.-Villar. Nov. A|)p. (1883) 319, \n\\ to date his records have not 

 been verified. If either or l)oth occur in the Philippines it will lie as is the case 

 witli Avena fialirn, oiily as introduced plants.) 



^'rihe X. CHLORIDES. 



Sj)ik('lets one to inauy-llowcrcd. in two scries u|)o!i tlic outer side of 

 tlic continuous rliaeliis of the spike or I'aceine. tlnse spikes or racemes 

 digitately or j)aniciilately disposed. Mowcriiig glumes deciduous with 

 the fruit, the em})ty glumes usually two and persistent. 



