92 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 1922 



Luzon (Nueva Ecija, Laguna, Tayabas, Camarines, Sorsogon) , Polillo, 

 Mindoro, Palawan, Leyte, Mindanao, Basilan, Jolo. In forests, along trails, 

 and in old clearings, chiefly at medium altitudes. India to Japan, south- 

 ward through Malaya to New Guinea. 



The Philippine form is referable to var. pilosum Camus in Bull. Mus. 

 Hist. Nat. Paris 25 (1919) 495. 



66. POA Linnaeus 



POA ANNUA Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 68; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 

 (1906) Suppl. 181, 386. 



Luzon (Benguet), Merrill 4288, B. S. 32041 Santos. Naturalized in 

 open waste places, altitude 1,500 to 2,400 m. Temperate and subtemperate 

 regions generally. 



The form reported from the Philippines as Poa annua by Llanos, Frag. 

 PI. Filip. (1851) 47, and by F.-Vill., Novis. App. (1882) 322, was probably 

 Eragrostis unioloides Nees; there is no description. 



POA LUZONIENSIS Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 180, 386. 



Luzon (Benguet), Merrill 4712, B. S. 31911 Santos. Borders of cold 

 marshes and streams, altitude about 2,400 m. Reported by Ridley from 

 New Guinea, but the specimens should be compared. 



67. FESTUCA Linnaeus 



FESTUCA MEGALURA Nutt. in Journ. Acad. Sci. Phila. II 1 (1847) 188; 



Piper in Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 10 (1906) 17, t. 5. 



Festuca myuros Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 14 (1919) 369, non Linn. 



Luzon (Benguet), B. S. 31913 Santos, Hitchcock. In open grassy places, 



altitude 1,400 to 2,300 m. A native of the west coast of North and South 



America, introduced in Portugal, and a recent introduction in Benguet. It 



is very similar to Festuca myuros Linn, and by some authors is treated as 



a variety of that species. The identification is by Professor Hitchcock. 



68. MONOSTACHYA Merrill 



MONOSTACHYA CENTROLEPI DOI DES Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 

 (1910) Bot. 331. 

 Luzon (Benguet), F. B. 16088 Curran, Merritt, & Zschokke. In open 

 grasslands near the summit of Mt. Pulog, altitude about 2,800 m. A 

 monotypic endemic genus. 



69. RAM OS I A Merrill 



RAMOSIA PH1LIPPINENSIS Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 11 (1916) Bot. 2. 

 Luzon (Sorsogon), B. S. 23607 Ramos. In swampy places, border of 

 Lake Polog, at medium altitudes. A monotypic endemic genus. 



70. BROMUS Linnaeus 



BROMUS PAUCIFLORUS (Thunb.) Hack, in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 7 (1899) 

 713; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 386. 

 Festuca pauciflora Thunb. Fl. Jap. (1784) 52. 

 Luzon (Bontoc, Benguet), Merrill 4714, Clemens 9204, 9091, Vanover- 

 bergh 3938. In wet open grassy places, altitude 1,500 to 2,400 m. Japan, 

 China. 



