VoL1 GRAMINEAE . 35 



POLLINIA QUADRINERVIS Hack, in DC. Monog. Phan. 6 (1889) 158, 

 Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 35 (1906) 79; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 

 1 (1906) Suppl. 325, 5 (1910) Bot. 325. 

 Eulalia quadrinervis 0. Kuntze Rev. Gen. PI. (1891) 775. 

 Luzon (Bontoc, Benguet), Merrill 4.354, 4560, 6519, Elmer 5783, B. S. 

 31980 Santos, F. B. 16183, 16208 Curran, Merritt, & Zschokke. On open 

 slopes in the pine region, altitude 1,400 to 2,200 m. India to southern 

 China. 



Local names: Galakgakan (Ig.) ; taao (Ig.). 



POLLINIA TENUIS Trin. in Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. VI 2 (1833) 307; 

 F.-Vill. Novis App. (1882) 315; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1857) 521; 

 Hack, in DC. Monog. Phan. 6 (1889) 181; Merr. in Philip. Journ. 

 Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 326. 



Luzon (Ilocos Sur, Bontoc, Benguet, Bataan, Rizal), Merrill 4310, 4382, 

 Kneucker Gram. Exsic. 721, B. S. 5310 Ramos. On dry open slopes, on and 

 about cliffs, etc., from sea level to 1,200 m altitude. Caroline Islands. 



POLLINIA VIMINEA (Trin.) comb. nov. 



Andropogon vimineus Trin. in Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. VI 2 (1833) 



268. 

 Pollinia ionberbis Nees in Steud. Syn. PI. Glum. 1 (1854) 410, var. 

 willdenowiana Hack, in DC. Monog. Phan. 6 (1889) 178, forma 

 monostachya Hack, in Philip. Joum. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 265; Merr. 

 op. cit. 326. 

 Luzon (Bontoc, Benguet, Rizal), Merrill 4707, Williams 1960, Vanover- 

 bergh 809, 991, 3810. On open wet slopes and in the mossy forest, altitude 

 1,200 to 2,200 m. India to southern China and Japan. 



10. POLYTRIAS Hackel 



POLYTRIAS AMAUREA (Biise) O. Kuntze Rev. Gen. PI. (1891) 788; 

 Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 327. 

 Andropogon amaurus Biise in Miq. PI. Jungh. (February, 1854) 320. 

 Andropogon diversiflorus Steud. in Zoll. Syst. Verzeich. (1854) 58, 



nomen nudum, Syn. PL Glum. 1 (July or August, 1854) 370. 

 Pollinia praemorsa Nees in Steud. Syn. PI. Glum. 1 (1854) 409. 

 Polytrias praemorsa Hack, in DC. Monog. Phan. 6 (1889) 189, t. 1 } 

 /. 13; Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 6 (1904) 7; Pilger in 

 Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 138. 

 Polytrias diversiflora Nash in Torreya 5 (1905) 110; Merr. in Philip. 

 Journ. Sci. 11 (1916) Bot. 253. 

 Luzon (Rizal, Sorsogon), Jolo, Merrill 386, Phil. PI. 106, Kneucker 

 Gram. Exsic. 602. In open grasslands in and about towns at low altitudes, 

 certainly introduced. Malay Peninsula, Borneo,. Java, introduced in the 

 West Indies. 



11. POGONATHERUM Beauvois 



POGONATHERUM PANICEUM (Lam.) Hack, in Allg. Bot. Zeitschr. 12 

 (1906) 178; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 395, Fl. 

 Manila (1912) 76, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 60. 

 Saccharum paniceum Lam. Encycl. 1 (1785) 595, t. 40, f. 1. 

 Pogonatherum saccharoideum Beauv. Agrost. (1812) 9, t. 11, f. 7; 



