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(0) Pollinia maritima jMeriill, sp. iiov. 
(ilabra; cu]ini.s ascendeiitibus, 50-80 cm. altis, glaberrimis, apice 
iiudis; foliis 5-7 cm. longis, 4-5 mm. latis, glaberrimis, plus minus 
involutis ; raccmis 3-5, articnlis pedicellis spiculisque villis cinereo-fulvis 
vestitis, 5-7 cm. longis, subgracilibus ; spiculis sessilibus oblongis, 3.5 
mm. longis, glunia tei'tia carentibus, quartia hyalina, angusta, circiter 
1 mm. longa, apice in lacinias duas cuspidatas fissa; arista ad G mm. 
longa; staminibus 3. 
An erect or ascending rigid glabrous perennial grass from rather long 
creeping rootstocks. Culms glabrous, 50 to 80 cm. tall, rather slender; 
nodes man}''. Sheaths rather loose, glabrous, crowded and inil:)ricate 
below, much exceeding the internodes, ligule very short, minutely ciliate; 
blades smooth, glabrous, rather rigid, 5 to 7 cm. long, 4 t(i 5 mm. wide, 
somewhat involute, tlie base contracted to the petiole-like sheath, the apex 
acuminate, llacemes 3 to 5, approximate at the end of the glabrous 
culm, usually exserted, 5 to 7 cm. long, the rhachis, pedicels, and spikelets 
cinerous-fulvous with rather short villous hairs. Sessile spikelets oblong, 
3.5 mm. long, the first and second glumes subequal, truncate, ciliate at 
the apex, the backs in the lower f and margins villous, the second 
oljovate, truncate, 3-toothed; third glume wanting; fourth hyaline, 
narro\v, about 1 mm. long, the apex cleft and bearing a slender nearly 
straight awn about 6 mm. long. Stamens 3 ; anthers oblong, about 3 min. 
long. Pedicellate spikelets similar to the sessile ones, the pedicels 
aliout 3 mm. long. 
JjUMBACAN (near Balabac) (5277 Merrill) October 7, 1906. On sandy beach 
associated witli Sinnifex squarrosus Linn. * ’ 
Evidently related to Pollinia cumingii Nees, differing from that species in its 
smaller spikelets, differently colored shortei', less dense puhescence of the inflores- 
cence, rigid hahit, shorter leaves, much shorter awns, and in the culm being 
quite glabrous below the infloresceuee. 
(7) Pollinia imberbis Xees. var. willdenowiana Hack., forma monos- 
tachya (Fraueh. et Savat.) Hack, in Philip, dourn. Sci. 1 (1900) Suppl. 205. 
Pollinia. juponica. var. monostacliija Franch. et Savat. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, Pauai (4707 Merrill) November, 1905. 
The species and varieties extending fiom northern India to Japan, China, and 
Java, the form from Japan and the Philippines. 
(8) Pollinia nuda Trin. in Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. VI. 4 (18,33) 307; Hack, 
in DC. Monog. Phan. 6 (1889) 178; Pliilip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1900) Suppl. 205; 
Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 7 (1897) 117; Eendle in Forbes & Hemsl. Journ. Linn. 
Soc. Bot. 3 6 (1904) 350. Eulalia, nmla O. Ktz. Rev. Gen. PI. (1891) 775. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, Mount Tonglon (4842 ULcrrill) November, 1905; 
Pauai (4727 Merrill) November, 1905. Samai!, Catuhig River (5212 Merrill) 
October, P.IOO. Balut (5420 Merrill) October, 1900. 
Japan to China and northern India; a variety in south Africa. 
(9) Pollinia tenuis Trin. in Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. VI. 2 (1833) 307 ; Hack, 
in DC. Alonog. Phan. 6 (1889) 181; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 315; Miq. FI. 
Ind. Bat. 3 (1859) 521. J’le^croplilis producia Griseb. in Ledeh. FI. Ross. 4: 
