xi, c, 5 Merrill: Reliquiae Robinsonianae 255 
GARN0T1A Brongniart 
GARNOTIA STRICTA Brongn. Bot. Duperry Voy. (1829) 132, t. 21. 
Amboina, Salahoetoe, Rel. Robins. 16^9, on rocks and on prostrate logs 
by streams, altitude 250 meters, November 27, 1913. 
India to the Philippines and Malaya, and the Hawaiian Islands. 
CHLORIS Swartz 
CHLORIS BARBATA Sw. FI. Ind. Occ. 1 (1797) 200. 
Amboina, Batoe merah, Rel. Robins. 16U7, August 5, 1913, along road- 
sides. 
A native of tropical America, probably introduced into Amboina since 
Rumphius’s time; now in all tropical countries. 
CENTOTHECA Desvaux 
CENTOTHECA LATI FOLIA (Osbeck) Trin. Fund. Agrost. (1820) 141. 
Holcus latifolius Osbeck, Dagbok Ostind. Resa (1757) 247. 
Cenchrus lappaceus Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2 (1763) 1488. 
Centotheca lappacea Desv. in Nuov. Bull. Soc. Philomath. 2 (1810) 
189. 
Centotheca malabarica Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 
385, non Poa malabarica Linn. 
Amboina, Negri lama, Soja, and near the town of Amboina, Rel. Robins. 
161>6, July, August, and September, 1913. 
Tropical Africa and Asia through Malaya to Australia and Polynesia. 
ERAGROSTIS Host 
ERAGROSTIS UNIOLOIDES (Retz.) Nees ex Steud. Norn. ed. 2, 2 (1840) 
364. 
Poa unioloides Retz. Obs. 5 (1789) 19. 
Eragrostis amabilis Wight & Arn. in Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beechey Voy. 
(1841) 251, excl. syn. Linn. 
Amboina, Koesoe koesoe sereh, Rel. Robins. 1650, August 12, 1913, along 
roads. 
Tropical Africa, Asia, and Malaya, introduced into Florida. 
BAM B USA Schreber 
BAMBUSA GLAUCESCENS (Willd.) Sieb. ex Munro in Trans. Linn. Soc. 
26 (1868) 89, in syn.; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 7 (1912) Bot. 
230. 
Ludolphia glaucescens Willd. in Ges. Naturf. Fr. Berl. Mag. 2 (1808) 
320. 
Bambusa nana Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) 25, FI. Ind. ed. 2, 2 (1832) 
199. 
Amboina, Koeda mati, Rel. Robins. 1605, September 3, 1913, introduced 
and probably cultivated but left to grow naturally. Locally known as 
buhi china. 
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