378 



Luzox. Manila (:i:} Merrill) April. 1!)02; (7 Toppiiif/) July, 1902; (35 

 Mcdrcf/ur) October. 1!>(>4: Proviiipc of Cavitc. C'avitc ( l(i."> Foxirorlhy) July, 

 1905. Palawan, l.'ucrto Priuccsa (4170. 41S:? Cinrfin) May. l!Mt(i. 



Tropics <,'enc'rally. 



Dori'.TI Tl, AND KXC'LUDED Sl'KCIKS. 



CiiLORis CRINITA Lag. Varied. Ciene. 4 (1805) 143; Kunth Enum. 1 (IS.'^.V) 

 2f;H; Miq. Fl. hid. Bat. 3 (1S59) .SS9 ; F.-Vill. Nov. A])p. (1SS3) .S20. 



"Insulac l*liili|)|iiiia('" Kuutli. .\i)par("iitly not a i'hiori.s, and prohalily not a 

 Philippine plant. 



CiiLORl.s TRr.xcATA R. J?r. Prodr. (ISIO) lS(i; Kiinlh ijiuin. 1 (1.S33) -IM't: 

 Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1859) 387; F.-Vill. Xov. .\\)\k (ISSI^i 320. Cliloris 

 dolichostachya hag. (ion. et fi]). 'Sov. (1816) 5. 



Chloris dolichosidchya Lag., is credited l)y that author to the Philippines, 

 and was reduced to (\ Innicditi R. Br. by Link. Lagasca's desc.rii)tion is insullicieiit 

 for accurate identitication of his species. Cltloris hiincdhi \l. I'.r., is an .\us- 

 tralian si)ecies. 



Ciil.ORIS IXFLATA Llanos l'"rag. PI. Filij). (1851) non Link, reduced by F.-\'illar 

 to the preceding, but apparently an erroneous reduction. 



CliLORi.s RAWATA S\v. : F.-Vill. Xov. App. (1883) 320. Certainly an erroneous 

 identification on the part of F.-Villar. A spcies of tropical America. 



Chloris ritescexs Lag. Varied. Cienc. 4 (1805) 143; Kunth Eniun. 1 (1833) 

 268; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1859) 388; Llanos, Frag. PI. Filip. (1851)?; F.-Vill. 

 Nov. App. (1883) 320. 



"Insulae Pliilippinae" Kunlh. Possibly not a Philiiipine plant. 



Chloris texer (Presl) Scribn. Rept. Mo. Bot. Card. 10 ilS9!)) 41. pi. J/O. 

 Cynodon lencr Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 (1830) 291; Knnlli Kuuu\. 1 (1833) 260; 

 ^kliq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1859) 383; K.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 320. 



'"Hab. ad Sorzogon, Luzoniae" Presl. Apparently an American plant, errone- 

 ou.sly localized by Presl. .Seribner states that it is very close to an American 

 species. Chloria pctraca S\v. Possibly only a reduced form of that species. 



(.-)5) ELEUSINE fiaertn. 



S])ik('s (lijiitatc. the s|iik('l('ts iiinny IIowccimI, (•(■()\\(h'(l. (ihiiiics closely 

 iliil»l'ic;ilc, (li\c|-,i;ill,L;'. coinpi-csscd and keeled, ohtiise oc iiuicl'oliato. 



Species 6, mostly of the tropical and s\ibtro|)ical regions ol' llie ()!d World. 1 

 cosmopolitan; 1 in the Pliili])])ines. 



(1) Eleusine indica (Linn.) (iaertn. Fruct. 1 (1788) S; Kuntli lunnn. 1 

 (1833) 273; Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 (18.30) 286; Llanos Frag. I'l. Filip. (1851) 

 45; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1859) 386; F.-Vill. Nov. Ai)p. (1SS;5) 320; Vidal 

 Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 159; Ceron Cat. PI. Herb. (1892) 184; Pilger in 

 Perk. Frag. Fl. IMiiiii.. (1904) 147; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) 

 Su|(|)l. 2!i ; liook. f. I'l. r.rit. Ind. 7 (1S97) 293. Cynosurvs indicti.s Linn. Sj). 

 PI. (175:{| 72. rjriisuic h,irl»ihi \iil. Rev. I'l. Vase. Filip. (1886) 292. 



Lizo.v. .Manila (42 M<rrill) May, 1902; (30 Mrdrcf/or) October. 1901: Prov- 

 ince of Bataan, Dinalupijan ( 15(;7 Mrrrill) .lanuary, 190:!; Laniao ( SOO linnhn) 

 May, 1904: I'rovince of Cavite, (a\ite (159 l'o.ricorlhy ] .Inly. 1!HI.-): Province df 

 Pampanga, Bacolor (25 I'urhcr) .May. 1904: Province of I'nion. Maiiang ( 56S5 

 Ehiirr) February, 1904. MixnoRo. P.aco River (212 .][(■< Irryor) .Ajiril. 1905; 

 Hongabong River ( 3619 l/r// ;// 1 l^'ebniary, 1900. .Mindanao. Davao ( 259 />.r<^/-c 

 <(• lloonr) April. 1903. 



Tropics of the old Worlil. inlroduced into the New. 



