332 
Brit. 1ml. 7 (1S97) 140; Eenclle in Forbes & Hemsl. Jonrn. Linn. 8oe. Bot. 36 
(1904) 303; Bilger in Perk. Frag. FI. Philip. (1904) 139; Merr. in Govt. Lab. 
Publ. 8 (1904) 0. Ischacmuin leersioides Mniiro in Proc. Ainer. Acad. 4: 363; 
Bentli FI. Hongk. (1861) 425. 
Luzon, Province of Isabela. Echagne (138 Merrill) June, 1902. 
Southern China to Pegu and Tonkin. 
(17) APLUDA Linn. 
A leafy, ratlier slender, tall, snbscandcnt grass; much branched, 
haceities fascicled, enclosed in the .sheaths, the fascicles in false panicles 
interspersed with niuneroiis leat'es. Callus of the sessile spikelets spher- 
ical, the other two spikelets, one staniinate and one rndinientary, upon 
broad tlat ])edicels. 
Species one with many varieties. Briti.sh India to southern China, Malaya. 
Australia, and Polynesia. 
(1) Apluda mutica Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 82; Rendle in Forbes & Hemsl. 
Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 36 (1904) 379; Nees in Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. 1 9 (1843) 
Suppl. 1 : 192; F-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 318; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 
159; Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 292. Apluda variu Hack, in DC. IMonog. Phan. 
6 (1889) 196. sid)sp. niuticu, var. Iiunrilis (Presl) Hack. 1. c. 198; Pilger in 
Perk. Frag. FI. lOiilip. (1904) 139. Calamina huniilis Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 
(1830) 344. Cala iiii'iia ^iiutica R. et S. Syst. 2 (1817) 810. Apluda. cuiniur/U 
Biise PI. Reimv. 105; F-Vill. Nov. App. ( 1883) 318; Mi(p FI. Ind. Bat. 3 (1859) 
501. Apluda ? humilis Kunth Enum. 1 (1833) 517; F.-Vill. 1. c. 318. 
Philippines (635 Cuming). Luzon, Province of Benguet, Baguio (6295 
Elmer) May, 1904; (134 Topping) January, 1903: Province of Nueva Viscaya, 
(,)uiangan (110 Merrill) .June, 1902: (Manila (629 Merrill) December, 1902 Cu- 
LiON (685 Merrill) Februaiy, 1903. (Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley (15 
Clemens) December, 1905: District of Davao (102 DeVore tC Hoover) April. 
1903; (370 Copeland) (March, 1904: Province of Zamboanga (liallier) Feb- 
ruary, 1904. 
India. China. (Malaya. Australia, and Polynesia. 
Var. aristata (Linn.) Rendle in Forbes & Hemsl .Tourn. Linn. Soc. Bot. 3 6 
(1904) 279. Apluda. aristalu Linn. Amoen. Acad. 4 (1759) 303; F.-\J1I. Nov. 
App. (1883) 318; Usteri Beitr. Kenn. I’bilip. Veg. (1905) 132. Apluda raria 
sidisp. ari.slala Hack, in DC. (Monog. Phan. 6 (1889) 199. 
Philippines, fide F.-^'illar et Usteri II. cc. 
India. China, and (Malaya. 
Forma intermedia (Hack.). Apluda varia nutlica inlermcdia. Hack, in DC. 
(Monog. Phan. 6 (1889) 198. 
Luzon, (Manila (Robertus in herb., berol. ) , fide Flack. 1. c. 
(18) ARTHRAXON Heauv. 
Slender small grasses, tbe racemes usually digitate, spike-like. Spike- 
lets awned. 
S])ecies 9, tropical and subtropical regions of the Old World, 2 in the 
Philippines. 
1. Spikes few, two to four, densely pilose with long white hairs (1) A. miernphyUus 
1. Spikes many, sometimes few, glabrous or the rhachis slightly 
filiate, never densely pilose (2) A. ciliaris 
