ono 



wide, the i)il()so jx'dicels 0.4 to 0.8 nun. long; empty glumes unequal, 

 l-nervecl, aeute or aeuminate, ovate-lanceolate, the lower one 2 mm. long, 

 the ui)}xn- 2..") mm. long ; flowering glumes 2.5 to 3.5 mm. long, the upper 

 ones longer than the lower, subulate-acuminate at the apex, with a 

 ])rominent nerve on each side of the keel, the keel above and short awn 

 scabrid. Palea 2 mm. long, linear-ol)()vate, curved, deciduous, the keels 

 ciliate. 



CULION (41(i Merrill) Deceiiilier, 1!)02. In old rice lands near sea level. 



A species well eliavacterized by its iiavvow panicles, sparsely long pilose 

 sheatlis, leaves and inflorescence, and aciuiiinate flowering glumes. It may be 

 the form credited to tlie Philippines by F.-Villar as Erogrostis ciliata Nees. 



(2) Eragrostis tenella (Linn.) R. et 8. Syst. 2 (1817) 570; Presl Rcl. 

 Haenk. 1 (IS.SO) 274; Scribn. Kept. Mo. Bot. Gard. 10 (1899) 44. pi. 'i',: 

 P\-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 322; Pilger in Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 148; 

 Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 7 (1897) 31.5. E. plumosa Link; F.-Vill. 1. c. 322; Vidal 

 Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 159; Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1880) 293; Ceron Cat. 

 PL Herb. (1892) 185; Usteri Beitr. Kenn. Philip. Veg. (1905) 1.32. E. amahaUs 

 O. Kimtze Rev. Gen. PI. (1891) 773. non Wight et Arn. Poa tenella Linn. Sp. 

 PL (1753) (iO. Cypenis pauiculdtus Blanco FL Tilip. ed. 1 (1837) 32; ed. 2 

 (1845) 22. 



Philippines (714 Cuming). Luzon, Manila (Hallier) December, 1903; (0 

 Merrill) May, 1902: Province of Cagayan, Aparri (130 Merrill) June, 1902: 

 Province of Cavite, Cavite (150 Foxworthy) July, 1905: Province of Union, 

 Bauang (5081 Elmer) February, 1904: Province of Principe, Baler (1128 Merrill) 

 September, 1902. Panay, Iloilo (Copeland) January, 1904. Palawan, Puerto 

 Princesa (4171 Curran) May. 1900. ^Mindanao. Camp Overton (599 Clemens) 

 June, 1900. 



Tropical Asia, Africa, and Malaya. 



Possibly the species credited to the Philippines by F.-Villar as Eragrostis 

 pilosa Beauv.. was a form of this species. 



(3) Eragrostis viscosa (Retz.) Trin. in Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. VL 1 

 (1831) 397; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1859) 392; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 322. 

 E. tenella R. et S., var. viscosa Stapf in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 7 (1897) 315; 

 Pilger in Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 148. Poa viscosa Retz. Obs. 2 (1779-91) • 

 20; Kunth Enum. 1 (1833) 330. 



Luzon, Manila (371 Merrill) August, 1902. 

 Tropics of the Old World. 



(4) Eragrostis interrupta (Lam.) Doell. in Mart. Fl. Bras. 11. 3: 157. non 

 Beauv.; Usteri. Beitr. Kenn. Philip. Veg. (1905) 132; Pilger in Perk. Frag. FL 

 Philip. (1904) 148 "Beauv." Poa interrupta Lam. W. ^ (1791) 185. Eragrostis 

 interrupta var. koenigii Stapf. in Hook. f. FL Brit. Ind. 7 (1897) 310. /•;. ntinu- 

 tifiora Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 (1830) 274. 



Luzon, Province of Nueva Viscaya, Bayombong (122 Merrill) June, 1902: 

 Province of Tayabas, Atimonan (708 Whit ford) August, 1904. Minuoro, Baco 

 River (214 McGregor) April, 1905. Palawan (1792 Merrill) February, 1903. 

 Balabac (408 Manguhat) March, 1900. 



Tropical Asia, Africa, and Malaya. 



Eragrostis interrupta Beauv., was based on Poa interrupta R. Br., which is a 

 synonym of Eragrostis elongala Jacq., according to Hackel in lit. Lamarck s 

 name is here accepted for the species. 



