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GRAMINEAE 93 



Bromus commutatus Schrad. is represented by B. S. 31966 Santos and 

 Merrill 6627, cultivated at Pauai, Benguet; introduced as B. inermis Leyss. 



DOUBTFUL SPECIES 



Bromus pallens Cav. Ic. 6 (1801) 66, t. 591, f. 1; Kunth. Enum. 1 (1833) 

 418; Miq. PL Ind. Bat. 3 (1857) 398; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 

 323. 

 "Habitat in Manilae vicinis, ibique Acanthus ilicifolius Nee legit." The 

 figure and description appertain to Bromus, but no representative of the 

 genus is known to occur at low altitudes in the Philippines. The descrip- 

 tion was probably based on an erroneously localized plant. 



Bromus luzonensis Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 (1828) 262. 



Triticum luzonense Kunth Enum. 1 (1833) 446; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 

 3 (1857) 402; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 323. 



"Hab. in Luzonia" Presl. The type was certainly an erroneously 

 localized specimen, probably from tropical America. 



71. BRACHYPODIUM Beauvois 



BRACHYPODIUM SYLVAT1CUM Beauv. Agrost. (1812) 146, subsp. LU- 

 ZON I ENSE Hack, in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 269; Merr. 

 op. cit. 387, 5 (1910) Bot. 332, 



Luzon (Benguet), Merrill 4710, 4536, 4-830, F. B. 16187 Curran, Merritt, 

 & Zschokke. On open slopes and in the mossy forest, altitude 1,600 to 

 2,500 m. 



Var. ASPERUM Hack. 1. c; Merr. 1. c. 



Luzon (Benguet), Merrill 4698. On steep slopes in damp shaded ravines, 

 altitude about 1,700 m. The two Philippine forms endemic, the species 

 Europe and northern Africa to India and Ceylon. 



72. MONERMA Beauvois 



MONERMA REPENS (Forst.) Beauv. Agrost. (1812) 117; Hack, in Govt. 

 Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 35 (1906) 81; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 

 (1906) Suppl. 387. 

 Rottboellia- repens Forst. Prodr. (1786) 9. 

 Lepturus repens R. Br. Prodr. (1910) 207. 



Mindoro, Culion, Bancoran, Cajoacan, Palmas, Mindanao, Merrill 606, 

 3331, 5215, 5354, 11644, Phil. PI. 153. In sandy soil back of the beach, about 

 sea cliffs, etc. Ceylon through Malaya to tropical Australia and Polynesia. 



73. TRITICUM Linnaeus 



TRITICUM VULGARE Vill. Hist. PI. Dauph. 2 (1779) 153; Nees in Hook. 



Journ. Bot. Kew Miscel. 2 (1850) 102; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 



323; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 159, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. 



(1886) 294; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 388. 



Formerly cultivated in certain provinces in Luzon, now planted to a 



limited extent in northern Luzon. Wheat. 



