381 



(1) Phragmites vulgaris (Lam.) Trin. Fund. Agiost. (1820) IM; Pilger 

 in Perk. Fl. Philip. (1904) 147. 1'. communis Trin. 1. c. ; Kunth Enum. 1 (1833) 

 251; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 7 (1897) 303; Rendle in Forbes & Hemsl. Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. Bot. 36 (1904) 409; Usteri Beitr. Kenn. Philip. Veg. (1905) 133. 

 Arundo tecta Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 1 (1837) 48; ed. 2 (1845) 33, non Walt. 

 Arundo phragmites Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 81. A. vulgaris Lam. Fl. Franc. 3 

 (1778) 615. Phragmites phragmites l^ai-st. 'Dewtach. ¥\. (1880-83) 379. 



Luzon, Manila (382 Merrill) August, 1902: Province of Principe, Baler (1123 

 Merrill) September, 1902: Province of Benguet, Baguio (5778 Elmer) Marcli, 

 1904. MiNDORO, Baco (1252 Merrill) January, 1903. Culion (465 Merrill) 

 December, 1902. 



Temperate, subtemperate and tropical regions of the World. T., Tamho. 



(2) P. karka (Eetz.) Trin. ex Steud. Nomen. ed. 2, 2 (1840) 324; Hook. f. 

 Fl. Brit. Ind. 7 (1897) 304; Rendle in Forbes & Hemsl. Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 

 36 (1904) 410; Usteri Beitr. Kenn. Philip. Veg. (1905) 133; Merr. in Philip. 

 Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 29. P. roxburghii Steud. 1. c; Nees in Nov. Act. 

 Nat. Cur. 19 (1843) Suppl. 1: 173; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1859) 412; F.-ViU. 

 Nov. App. (1883) 321, excl. syn. Blanco. Arundo karka Retz. Obs. 4 (1779-91) 

 21. 



Luzon, Province of Bataan, Lamao (3178 Merrill) October, 1903; (6851 

 Elmer) November, 1904. 



Tropical Asia, Africa, Malaya, and Australia. 



(.59) NEYRAUDIA Hook. f. 



Similar to the preceding but the lateral nerves of the flowering ghimc 

 long-penicellate and the rhaehilla short-hairy. 



Species 1, tropical Africa to Asia and Malaya. 



(1) Neyraudia madagascarensis (Kimth) Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 7 (1897) 

 305; Pilger in Forbes & Hemsl. Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 36 (1904) 409. Arundo 

 madagascarensis Krmth Rev. Gram. 1 (1829) 273. t. J,8; Enum. 1 (1833) 247; 

 F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 321; Vidal Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1885) 159; Rev. PI. 

 Vase. Filip. (1886) 293; Ceron Cat. PI. Herb. (1892) 185. 



Philippines (623 Cuming) fide Vidal; (4017 Vidal) fide Ceron. Not seen. 



British India to southern China and Malaya, tropical Africa, and Madagascar. 



(60) DIPLACHNE Beauv. 



Spikelets narrow, many-flowered, arranged in spike-like racemes which 

 are panicnlately disposed. Flowering glumes 1-nerved, keeled, usually 

 2-toothed, the keel mucronate or awn pointed. 



Species about 15, in the warmer parts of both hemispheres; 1 in the Philippines. 



(1) Diplachne fusca (Linn.) Beauv. Agrost. (1812) 163; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. 

 Ind. 7 (1897) 329; Rendle in Forbes & Hemsl. Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 36 (1904) 

 411. Leptochloa'! fusca Kunth Enum. 1 (18|3) 271. Fcstuca fusca Linn. Sp. 

 PI. (1753) 109. 



Luzon, Manila (Merrill) January, 190G: Province of Laguna, Los Bafios 

 (5104 Merrill) March, 1906. 



Tropical Asia, Africa, Malaya, and Australia. 



