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form (/'. Arnoitianum Nees) most common in European herljaria. Kimtli’s 
Punicum nodosum was, however, based on Presl’s Panicuin midiinode, the type 
being from Luzon, and moreover botli Presl’s and Kuntli's diagnoses apply 
to the l’hili])pine material cited above. 1 am of the opinion that Haenke’s 
Luzon plant, the type of P. nodosum is identical with the material cited above 
and with Lalansa’s Cochin China material, and that therefore to this form belongs 
the name Panicuin nodosum Ujpicum, and to the Indian jilant the name P. Arnot- 
iianum as a species or variety. 
Panicum villosum Lam. lllustr. 1 ( 1791 ) 173; Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 7 
(1897) 34. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, Baguio to Aml)iddao (4300 Merrill) October 24, 
1905. Not previously reported from the Philippines. British India to Ceylon 
and China. A low form, the culm not naked below the panicle as in the typical 
form. 
MICROLAENA R. Br. 
Microlaena stipoides R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 210; Benth. FI. Austr. 7 (1878) 552. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, Mount Tonglon (4831 Merrill) November 12, 
1905; Pauai to Baguio (4696 Merrill) November 9, 1905; District of Lepanto, 
Mount Data (4543 Merrill) November, 1905. The lirst two numbers cited were 
found on dry, open, grassy slopes and ridges at about 1.700 m., the last in -wet, 
grassy and sphagnum borders, of a small lake at 2,200 m. Australia and New 
Zealand. The live known species of this genus have previously been known only 
from Australia and New Zealand, the present s])ccies lieing tlic lirst one to he 
found north of Australia. 
SPOROBOLUS R. Br. 
Sporobolus ciliatus Presl, Rel. Ilaenk. 1 (1830) 242. Hporoholus piliferus 
Kunth, Enum. 1 (1833) 211, var. a (excl. var. (i) ; Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 7 
(1897) 251. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, Baguio to Ambuklao (4362 Merrill) October 24. 
1905; Suj’oc to Pauai (4718 Merrill) November 7. 1905. On dry banks and in 
open grass lands, 1,500 to 2,100 m. Not previously reported from the Philippines. 
Tropical Asia and America. 
GALA MAG ROST IS Roth. 
Calamagrostis arundinacea Roth., var. nipponica Hack, in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 
7 (1899) 652. Calamagrostis nipponica Pr. & Sav. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, Pauai to Baguio (4(i79, 4701 Merrill) November 9, 
1905; Di.striet of Lepanto, Mount Data (4564 Merrill) Novemljer 4, 1905. Not 
quite identical with the var. nipponica from .Japan, but the ditl'erences are very 
slight. The species widely distributed in .Japan and Asia, the variety in .Japan. 
BRACHYPODIUM Beauv. 
Brachypodium silvaticum Beauv., subsp. luzoniense, subsp. nov. (vel. spec, 
propr. ?) Dili'ert a typo omnibus partibus glaberrimum. 
Luzon, I’rovince of Benguet, Pauai (4710 Merrill) November 8, 1905; (Mount 
Tonglon (4830 Merrill) November 12, 1905; District of Jjepanto, Mount Data 
(4536 Merrill) November, 1905. 
Brachypodium silvaticum Beauv.. var. asperum var. nov. 
Dili'ert a ty[jo culnio aspero. 
Luzon, l^rovinee of Benguet, IMnai to Baguio (4698 Merrill) November 9, 1905. 
Brachypodium silvaticum Beauv.,. is a highly variable species widely distributed 
in .Japan, North Asia, the mountains of India, and Europe. No representative of 
the geinis having previon.sly been discovered in the Philippines. 
