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GRAMINEAE 
POLYTRI AS Hackel 
POLYTR I AS DIVERSI FLORA (Steud.) Nash in Torreya 5 (1905) 110. 
Andropogon diversiflorus Steud. in Zoll. Syst. Verz. (1854) 58. 
Andropogon amaurus Biise in Miq. PI. Jungh. (1854) 360. 
Pollinia praemorsa Nees in Steud. Syn. (1854) 409. 
Polytrias amaurea 0. Ktze. Rev. Gen. PI. 1 (1891) 788. 
Polytrias praemorsa Hack, in DC. Monog. Phan. 6 (1889) 189. 
Bali, Rel. Robins. 2531 , July 7, 1913. 
Malay Archipelago and Singapore; introduced into the Philippines and 
into the West Indies. 
POGONATHERUM Beauvois 
POGONATHERUM PANICEUM (Lam.) Hack, in Allg. Bot. Zeitschr. 12 
(1906) 178. 
Saccharum paniceum Lam. Encycl. 1 (1791) 595, t. 40, f. 1. 
Pogonatherum saccharoideum Beauv. Agrost. (1812) 9, t. 11, /. 7. 
Amboina, Negri lama, Rel. Robins. 1652, September 8, 1913, on cliffs 
near streams, altitude 20 meters. 
India to Japan, southward through Malaya. 
ANDROPOGON Linnaeus 
ANDROPOGON HALEPENSIS (Linn.) Brot. FI. Lusit. 1 (1804) 89, var. 
PROPINQUUS (Hack.) Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 
336. 
Andropogon propinquus Kunth Enum. 1 (1833) 502. 
Amboina, Negri lama, Rel. Robins. 1642, September 8, 1913, in fields, 
altitude about 10 meters, locally known as tebu tebu. 
Ceylon, the Philippines, and the Moluccas (the variety) , the species of 
wide distribution. 
THYSANOLAENA Nees 
THYSANOLAENA MAXIMA (Roxb.) O. Ktze. Rev. Gen. PI. 1 (1891) 794. 
Agrostis maxima Roxb. FI. Ind. 1 (1820) 319. 
Thysanolaena agrostis Nees in Edinb. New Phil. Journ. 18 (1835) 180. 
Amboina, Negri lama, Rel. Robins. 1644, September 8, 1913, on cliffs 
near streams, locally known as bulu perampuan. 
India through Malaya to New Guinea 
PASPALUM Linnaeus 
PASPALUM SCROBICULATUM Linn. Mant. 1 (1767) 29. 
Amboina, Koeda mati, Rel. Robins. 1651, on margins of a small pond, 
September 3, 1913. 
Widely distributed in the tropics. 
PASPALUM CONJUGATUM Berg, in Act. Helvet. 7 (1772) 129, t. 8. 
Amboina, in a sago swamp near the town of Amboina, Rel. Robins. 1653, 
July 25, 1913. 
This species, originating in tropical America, has doubtless been intro- 
duced into Amboina since Rumphius’s time. Now in most tropical countries. 
