;'.86 



(1) Lophatherum gracile Brongn. in Dvipcrrv Voy. Coqn. Bot. (l.S2!>) 30. 

 t. 8: KuiiUi Kmim. 1 (18:53) .S91 ; Stoiul. Syn. 1 (1855) :?()(); F.-Vill. Nov. 

 A|.i). (l.S8;i) 823: llnok. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 7 (18!)7) .331; Bciidl.' in Forbes & Hciiisl. 

 .Tuuin. Linn. Soc. Bot. 36 (1!)U4) 420; VUgcv in IVrk. Fra<r. Fl. Pliilip. (1!)04) 

 148. 



Luzon, Province of Xncva Ecija, Caraballo Sur Mountains (210 McnlU) 

 May. 1902. 



P>riti^li India to soutliern Cliina and .lapan and Malaya. 



(04) POA Linn. 



Spikelets 'I to (i-flowered in open panicles. liluK-hilla and callus as 

 well as the marginal nerves of the flowering ghnnes often clothed with 

 long soft hairs; all the gluines awnless. 



Species about 140, chiefly of temperate and cold countries, a few on the hijjh 

 mountains in the Tro])ics; two in tlie Philippines. 



1. First and second glumes distinctly shorter than the flowering 



glumes; keel and nerves silky-ciliate below (1) P. annua 



1. Second glume equaling the flowering glumes ; keel silky-hairy below, 



the nerves glabrous (2) P. luzonicnsis 



(1) Poa annua l.inn. Sp. i'l. (1753) (58; Steud. Syn. 1 (1855) 250; F.-Vill. 

 Nov. App. (1883) 322; Llanos Frag. Pi. Filip. (1851) 47; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. 

 Ind. 7 (1807) 345; Eendie in FVnbes & Henisl. Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 36 (1004) 

 422; Merr. in I'hilip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1000) Suppl. 181. 



Luzox, Province of Benj>:uet, Bued River (4288 Merrill} November, 1005. 

 Introduced. 



Widely distributed, cliiefly in temperate and snl)tropical regions. 



(2) Poa luzoniensis Merr. in Philip, .lourn. Sci. 1 (lOOG) Suppl. 180. 



Luzox. Province of Benguet, Pauai (4712 ][rrrin) Xovember, 1000. 



Endemic. 



(05) BROMUS Limi. 



Spikelets paniculate, usually large. Flowering glumes .") to !)-iierved, 

 usually 2-toothod, awned or awnless. the awn never geniculate. Ovary 

 with a hairy cushion-like ajjpendage on the siiiumit. 



Species about 00. most abundant in Ihe north temperate zone, a few in (em- 

 perate South America and a few in the Tropics; one or two in the Philippines. 



(I) Bromus pauciflorus (Thuid).) Hack, in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 7 (ISOO) 713 

 et II. 3 (1003) 500; Ilendle in Forbes & Hemsl. Jouni. Linn. Soc. I'.ot. 36 (1004) 

 430. J'r.sl lira pa iici flora Thuuh. Fl. .laji. (1784) 52. 



Luzon. Province of I'.mguet. Pauai (4714 Merrill] Xovendn'i-. 10(10. 



China, and Japan. 



The form here refeired (o lirannis iiaiiei/lnid may pro\c to be a distinct species 

 when more material i^ available for study and (-(impari^oM. 



DOUini Tl, Sl'KClKS. 



Bro.MUs I'AI.UK.NS Cav. Icon. 6 (1801) 00. /. .','.11. f. / ; Kunlli Imiuiii. 1 (1S33) 

 418; .Miq. Fl. Ind I'.at. 3 (1850) 308; F. \ill. Nov. .\pp. (1SS3| 322 



"Habitat in Manilae viciniis, ibique .\ranlhiis itirifnliii.s. Nee legit." Cavanilles. 



1 jiave seen no specimens that agree with Cavanilles's <lescri|)tion and figure. 

 Pijssibly described from an introduced |)lant. or fmni one erroneously localized. 



