340 
Fliaii. 6 (1889) 425. Erroneously credited to tlie Philippines by Presl,' but a 
tropical American species. 
Heteeopogon tenellus Scliult.; F.-Yill. Nov. App. (1883) 310 = Aiif^ropor/on 
tenellus H()x\).=A'ndropogon caricosus Linn. 
A species of British India and Malaya, F.-Villar’s record of the plant having 
been found in the Philippines has never been verified, his identifleation undoubtedly 
having been erroneous. 
(20) THEM EDA Forsk. 
Coarse or slender grasses, the racemes united into the false panicles, 
the lower spikelets of each raceme unawned, staminate forming a false 
whorl about the 1 to 3 middle perfect spikelets which are long-awned, 
tlte fascicles included in a foliaceous bract. 
Species nine in tlie warmer countries of the Old World; two in the Philippines. 
1. Involucrant spikelets inserted on a level, all sessile : glumes three. 
A slender grass (1) T. triandra 
1. Involucrant bristles in superposed pairs ; glumes three or four. A 
very coarse erect grass (2) T. gigantca 
(1) Themeda triandra Forsk. FI. Aeg.-Arab. (1775) 178; Rendle in Forbes 
& Hemsl. Journ. Linn. 8oc. Bot. 36 (1904) 377; Themeda forskalii Hack, in DC. 
Monog. Phan. 6 (1889) 059; Pilger in Perk. Frag. FI. Philip. (1904) 140. 
Anthistiria ciliata F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 317, non Linn. A. depauperata 
Anderss. Nov. Act. Upsal. 111. 2 (1856) 243; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 317. 
Anthistiria imherhis Betz. Obs. 3: 11; Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 7 (1897) 211. 
Luzon, Province of Cagayan (168 Bolster) August, 1905: Province of Rizal, 
Bosoboso (1109 Ramos) July, 1906: Province of Nueva Ecija, Carranglang (205 
Merrill) May, 1902: Province of Benguet (5764 Elmer) March, .1904; (4433 
Merrill) October, 1905; (4928 Curran) August, 1906. Se.merara (4158 Merrill) 
June, 1905, Busuanga (3551 Curran) December, 1905. Mindanao, Zamboanga 
(Hollier) Februaiy, 1904. 
The above numbers are all referable to the variety imherhis Hack, in DC. 
Monog. Phan. 6 (1889) 601. Variety vulgaris Hack., has also been found in 
the Philippines, fide Hack. 1. c. (No. 1037, 1873 Cuming). 
Warmer parts of the Old World. 
(2) Themeda gigantea (Cav.) Hack. var. genuina Hack, in DC. Monog. 
Phan. 6 (1889) 670; Rendle in Forbes & Hemsl. Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 36 (1904) 
377; Pilger in Perk. Frag. FI. Philip. (1904) 140. Anthistiria gigantca Cav. Icon. 
5 (1799) 36. i. J,58j Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 7 (1897) 377; Blanco FI. Filip, ed. 1 
(1837) 49; ed. 2 (1845) 33; ed. 3, 1 (1877) 62; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 
317; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 159; Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 
292; Ceron Cat. PI. Herb. (1892) 184. Perohachne secunda Presl Rel. Flaenk. 1 
(1830) 348. t. JjS; Kiuith Enuin. 1 (1833) 485; Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. 3 (1859) 
507; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 317. Androscepia gigantea Brongn. in Duperr. 
Voy. Coqu. Bot. (1829) 78; Kunth Enum. 1 (1833) 484; Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. 3 
(1859) 500. Calamina, gigantca R. et S. Syst. 2 (1817) 810, non Beauv. 
Luzon, Province of Cagayan (135 Bolster) July, 1905: Province of Benguet, 
Twin Peaks (6429 Elmer) June, 1904: Province of Rizal, Tanay (2314 Merrill) 
May, 1903; Bosoboso (961 Ramos) June, 1900: Province of Zambales, Subic 
(2080 Merrill) April, 1903: Province of Nueva Ecija, San Jose (294 Merrill) 
May, 1902. Semekara (4150 Merrill) June, 1905. Culion (442 Merrill) De- 
cember, 1 902. 
Endemic, i. e., the var. genuina; other varieties extending from British India 
to China and Malaya. 
