880 



PliiLiPPlNKS (S25 Cumin;/). Jazo.n, Ahmihi (fl, 37.S Merrill) April, August, 

 1902: Province of Panipaiiga, Bacolor ((il Parker) .lunc, 1!)04: Province of 

 Rizal, Morong (1400 Ramos) August, 190G. 



British India to China, Japan, Mahiya, and Australia. 



(2) Leptochloa filiformis It. et 8. Syst. 2 (1817) 580; Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 

 (1830) 288 (var. humUior) ; Miq. Fl. Ind.- Bat. 3 (1859) 389; Kunth Enuni. 1 

 (1833) 270; F.-Vill. Nov.- App. (1883) 320; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 7 (1897) 

 298; Rendle in Forbes & Hemsl. Journ. Linn. Soc. T.ol. 36 (1004) 407; IMeri 

 Beitr. Kenn. Pliilip. Veg. (1905) 133. 



Luzon, Province of Union, Bauang (5082 Elmer) l<'cl)niary, l!t04. Palawan, 

 Puerto Princesa (4175 Curran) IVlay, 1900. 



Tropicial Asia, Africa, JMalaya. and America. 



EXCLUDED .SPECIES OF CIILOKIDE.E. 



Several species of Boiileloiia ]ia\e hecn erroneously credited to the Philippines 

 by various authors, but the genus is exclusively American. Tlie species errone- 

 ously credited to the Philippines are as follows: 



BouTELOUA CURTiPENDULA (Michx.) Torr. ; Eutriana curiipenduhi Tiin.; Miq. 

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



BouTELOUA BARBATA Lag.; Eutriana harhnta Kunth, llev. Cram. 1 (1829) 9G; 

 Enum. 1 (18,33) 282; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1859) 284; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 

 321. Actinochloa barhata R. et S. Syst. 2 (1817) 420. 



BouTELOUA TENUIS Griseb. ; Vhondrosium tenue Beauv. Agrost. (1812) 41; 

 Kunth Enum. 1 (1833) 270; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 320. 



BouTELOUA SIMPLEX Lag.; C'ho)irlrosiiim simplex Kiuith Enum. 1 (1833) 270; 

 F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 320. 



PoLYSCHiSTis PAUPERCULA Prcsl Rel. Hacnk. 1 (1830) 294. /. jl. f. 12; Kunth 

 Enum. 1 (1833) 282; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1859) 384; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 

 321. 



•"Ilab. in insula Luzonia'" Presl. Erroneously localized hy Presl, a species of 

 tropical America, not of tlie Pliilippines=Pe«^«rr/('//j/(i.s sp. 



Tribe XJ. FESTUCE^. 



Inflorescence in panicU'S or racemes or s])ike-lik(! racemes. Spikelets 

 two to many-flowered, rarely l-flowered, iisually perfect. I^jinpty glumes 

 usually shortei' than Die nearest flowering glume; flowering ginmes awn- 

 less or awned. 



(58) PHRAGMITES 'Irin. 



Spikelets loosely many-flowered, the lowest llower siaminate, the others 

 usually ])ei-i'ect; empty and llowering gliims glabrous, the rhacliilla 

 long-])enicellate. Tall, rccd-like grasses with S])reading maiiy-llDWcicd 

 |)a]iicles. 



Species aboui .3. 1 e(isni()|)()litaii. 1 in Soiitli America, and 1 in tropical .\sia 

 andjMalaya; 2 in (lie I'liilippines. 



1. Culms mostly \S> to 2S> IiikIi ; piinicles mostly about .'id cm. long or 



less (1) /'. riiloaris 



1. Culms frequently 5 m. liiKh ; panicles frequently tio cm. long, the 



branches widely spreading (2) /'. knrka 



