;]87 



Bkomus luzomexsis Prt'.sl !{<•]. Haenk. 1 {1S:}()) ^(iiJ. Triticuin luzonicnsis 

 Kuiith Eimni. 1 (1833) 44G; .Miq. Fl. liul. Bat. 3 (IS")!)) 402;- F.-Vill. Nov. 

 App. (1883) 323. 



"Hah. in Luzon i a'' Prcsl. 



I'rohalily of .Kniciican and not ]'liili])|>iiic (>iii;iii. (■n-Diicdiisly localized. 



((i()) BRACHYPODIUM JVauv. 



Spikek'ts niaiiy-liowored, iiaj'i'ow, fyliiidi-ieal, in simple racemes, very 

 short-pedicellate. Flowering glumes usually awned from the point, 

 7 to 9-nerved. Palea with stifl'-fringed keels. 



Species about G in Europe and temperate Asia and in tlie mountains of 

 tropical Asia, and Africa; one in Luzon. 



(1) Brachypodium silvaticum Beauv. Agrost. (1812) 14(3, subspec. luzon- 

 iense Hack, in Pliilip. Journ. Sci. 1 (190(1) Suppl. 200. 



Luzox, Province of Benguet, Mount Tonglon (4830 Merrill) November, 1905; 

 Pauai (4710 MerrUl) November, 1905: District of Lepanto, Moimt Data (4530 

 Merrill) November, 1905. 



Endemic, i. e., the subspecies, the species widely distributed in Europe, 

 nortliern Asia and tlie mountains of India, China, and Japan. 



(2) Brachypodium silvaticum Beauv. var. asperum Hack, in Philip. Journ. 

 Sci. 1 (1900) Suppl. 2G9. 



Luzox, Province of Benguet, Pauai to Baguio (4098 Merrill) November, 1905. 

 Endemic. 



Tribe XII. HORDE.^:. 



Spikelets one to many-flowered, sessile on teeth or notches of the 

 rhachis, forming a spike. 



(67) M ONER MA Beauv. 



Spikes cylindrical, suhtdate, articulated. Spikelets deeply immersed 

 in the rhachis, awnless, the terminal with two, the others with one empty 

 glume, these coriaceous. Flowering glumes membranous. 



Species three, southern Europe and Africa to tropical Asia, Malaya, Australia 

 and Polynesia ; one in tlie Philippines. A maritime gi'ass. 



(1) Monerma repens (Forst.) Beauv. Agrost. (1812) 117; Hack, in Govt. 

 Lab. Publ. 35 (1905) 81. Rotfboellia repens Forst. f. Prodr. (1797) 9. Lep- 

 fiinis repens R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 207; Kunth Enum. 1 (1833) 403; Steud. 

 Syn. 1 (1855) 357; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 7 (1897) 305. 



MiNDORO, Puerto Galera (3331 Merrill) October, 1905. Culiox (GOG Merrill) 

 December, 1902. Cajoagan (5245 MerriU) October, 190G. Palmas (5354 

 Merrill) October, 190G. 



Ceylon to Mahn'a, Polynesia, and Australia. 



(G8) TRITICUM Linn. 



Spikes with a terminal spikelet, the rhachis articulate, the lowest 1 

 to 4 spikelets smaller than the others, aM'nless, sterile. Fertile spikelets 

 intlated or ventricose, '2 to 5-fiowered. 



Species about 15. Europe, temperate Asia and America; 1. wheat, rarely 

 cultivated in the Philippines. 



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