329 
Var. intermedia Ifack. in Pliilip. Jouni. 8ei. 1 (190(i) Suppl. 2(i5. 
Luzon, Province of Bengnet, IBigias (4(iC)7 Merrill) October, 1!)()3; Twin 
Peaks Elmer) May, 1904. 
(RoUhocUia 'mijiiriis L. is reported from tlie IMiilippines by Ckn'on, Cat. PI. 
Her)). (IS92) 181, Imt tlie identification was evidently ei’i’oneons. ) 
(1.3) MANISURIS Sw. 
i\ rather sleiidor much l)rauched ahuual, the leaves cordate at the base. 
Sessile spikelets l-Howered, hollow-globose, pitted externally; pedicellate 
spikelets Hat, stiniinate or neuter, their pedicels grown to the rhachis. 
A nionotypic gemis; a weed in all tro])ical countries. 
(1) Manisuris granuiaris Idnn. f. Nov. Oram. Gen. ( 1779) 37. f. ; Miq. 
FI. Ind. Bat. 3 (18.59) 409; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 314; Mack, in DC. 
Monog. Plian. 6 (1889) 314; Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 7 (1897) 159; Rendle in 
Forbes &. Heinsl. .lonrn. Ijinn. Soe. Bot. 36 (1904) 303; Alerr. in Philip. .Jonrn. 
Sci. 1 (1900) Snp[)l. 20. Ildelelocliloa (jranularis O. Kiintze Rev. Gen. (1891) 
770 . 
Luzon, Province of Bataan, Lamao River (3094 Merrill) (dctobei', 1903; I’rov- 
inee of Lagnna, Los Banos (Jiallier) December, 1903: District of Lejianto, Cei'- 
ya”tes (4470 Merrill) Novendier. 1905: Province of Rizal, Morong (1400 Ramos) 
August, 1900. Mindanao, latke Lanao, Cainj) Keitliley [Clemens) April, 1900; 
Davao {Copeland) March, 1904. Palmas (5357 Merrill) October, 1900. 
Tro]iics of the \Vorld. 
(14) OPHIURUS Gaertn. f. 
Annual or jierennial. Spikes solitary or fascicled; lateral spikelets 
absent or rudimentary and their jiedieels grown to the rhachis; sessile 
spikelets 1-flowered. 
Species two, tropical Asia, Africa, and Malaya, both in the Philijipines. 
1. Spikes 5 to 12. corymbose-fasciculate; spikelets 2-flowered (1) O. exaltatus 
1, Spikes solitary; spikelets l-flowered ... (2) O. moiiostachiius 
(1) Ophiurus exaltatus (Linn.) G. Kuntze Rev. Gen. P). (1891) 780. 
Aegilops exaltata. Linn. IMant. 2 (1771) app. 575. Ophiurus eoriimhosus Gaertn. 
f. Fruct. 3 (1805-07) 4. /. 181. f. a.; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (188,3) 314; Hook. f. 
FI. Brit. Ind. 7 (1897) 100; Pilger in I’erk. Frag. FI. Pliili]). (1904) 138. 
Rotihocilia corynibosa Linn. f. Suppl. (1781) 114. 
Luzon, I’rovince of Nueva Vizcaya, Bagabag (121 Merrill, in ])art) in herb. 
Berok, tide I’ilger 1. c. 
Bi'itish India and north Australia. 
(2) Ophiurus monostachyus Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 (1830) 330; Kunth Enum. 
1 (1833) 404; Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. 3 (1859) 405; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 
314; Vidal Rev. PI. Va.sc. Filip. (1880) 290; Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 158; 
Hack, in DC. Monog. Phan. 6 (1889) 318; Rendle in Forbes & Hemsl. .Jonrn. 
Linn. Soc. 36 (1904) 302. 0. vndatus Nees in Hook. Kew Gard. Misc. 2 (1850) 
100. O. uudulatiis Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. 3 (1859) 405. 
Philippines (1339 Guminy). Luzon, Manila (3 Ecrihner) .June, 1902. Min- 
danao. Jjake J-ianao, Camp Jveithley (150 Clemens) ffebrnary, 1900. 
Hongkong, l^ormosa, and I’onkin. 
