The Philippine Journal of Science, C. Botany. 
VoL. XII, No. 1, January, 1917. 
KOORDERSIOCHLOA JAVANICA MERRILL, A NEW GENUS AND 
SPECIES OF GRAMINEAE FROM JAVA 
By E. D, Merrill^ 
{From the botanical section of the Biological Laboratory, Bureau of Science, 
Manila, P. I.) 
ONE PLATE 
KOORDERSIOCHLOA ' Merrill genus novum Gramineae-Aveneae. 
Spiculae pauciflorae, laxe paniculatae, rhachilla supra glumas 
inferiores elongata et valde hirsuta; rhachilla inter flores valde 
elongata et articulata, infra (=rhachilla propia) glaberrima, 
supra (=callus) hirsuta, floribus inferioribus hermaphroditis, 
superioribus masculinis; glumae superiores vacuae. Glumae 2 
inferiores vacuae, sub articulatione persistentes, inaequales, 
lanceolatae, acuminatae, obscure carinatae (gluma minor obscure 
3-nervia; gluma major distincte 5-nervia, nervis subparallelis). 
Glumae florentes anguste lanceolatae, submembranaceae, 7-ner- 
vae, dorso rotundatae, apice acuminatae et 2-dentatae quam 
vacuae multo longiores, dorso sub apice arista longa torta tenui 
baud geniculata instructae. Glumae superiores florem $ fo- 
ventes; ultimae valde reductae, ananthae. Palea angusta, 2- 
carinata, apice obscure 2-dentata. Stamina 3. Ovarium gla- 
brum, Styli breves, distincti, ovarii apice inserti, stigmatibus 
plumosis. Caryopsis oblonga, glabra, leviter compressa, obscure 
sulcata, libera, apice appendiculata et stigmatum reliquiis coro- 
nata. Gramen elatum foliis planis, habitu Avenae Junghuhnii 
Biise. Ligula elongata. Paniculae ramuli capillares, spiculis 
longiusculis, nutantibus, glumis imbricatis, florentibus 4 vel 5, 
superioribus 2 vel 3 valde reductis, vacuis, aristae conjunctim 
contortae. 
KOORDERSIOCHLOA JAVANICA Merrill sp. nov. 
Culmo erecto, 1 m alto, basi 2 ad 3 mm diametro, minutissime 
scaberulo. Foliorum vaginae internodia superantia, striatae, 
minutissime scabridae; ligula elongata, glabra, fissa, 5 ad 7 mm 
longa, infra leviter incrassata, supra submembranacea, lobis ob- 
tusis, circiter 2 mm latis; lamina anguste lanceolata, attenuato- 
^ Professor of botany. University of the Philippines. 
“Nomen e cl. Koorders et chloa 
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