342 
(22) ZOiSIA Willcl. (Zutjsia Auet.) 
Spikes slender. S])ikelets cdosely appressed ; empty glume one com- 
pressed, keeled, coriaceous, surrounding the flowering glume and palea. 
Creeping maritime grasses with erect flowering stems and rigid leaves. 
Species two or three, soutliern and eastern Asia to the Mascarene Islands, 
Australia, and New Zealand; one in the Philippines. 
(1) Zoisia pungens Willd. in Ges. Naturf. Fr. N. Sehrift. 3 (1801) 441; 
Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. 3 (1850) 850; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 313; Hook. f. FI. Brit. 
Ind. 7 (1897) 00; Rendle in Forbes & Henisl. Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 36 (1004) 
344; Pilger in Perk. Frag. FI. Philip. (1004) 140; IMerr. Philip. Jonrn. Sci. 1 
(1000) S\i]ipl. 20. Agrostis inatreUa Ijinn. IMant. 2: 185. Osterdammia mafrcUa 
0. Kuntze Rev. Gen. PI. (ISO!) 781. 
Luzo:\^, Manila (27 I\/erriII) April, 1902: Province of Bataan, Lainao (1303 
Whitford) .June, 1905. Panay, Iloilo {Copeland) January, 1904. 
Tropical Asia, IMalaya, Australia, and the (Mascarene Islands. 
(Lappago mccmosa Wonck.= Tyagns racemosus Scop., has been reported from 
the Philippines by F.-Yillar, Nov. App. (1883) 313, but his record has never 
been verified. The species is to l)e expected in the Philippines. Tropics of both 
hemispheres.) 
Tribe IV. TRISTEGINE,®.- 
Spikelets all perfect, 1 to 2-lIow'ered, in panicled racemes, the rhaehis 
continuous. Empty glumes three, the third sometimes wdth a staniinate 
floiver. . Intermediate between AndropogonccB and Panicece. 
(23) ARUNDINELLA Raddi. 
S])ikelets pedicellate, usually in pairs on the panicle branches, the 
pedicels of unequal length. First empty glume shorter than the others, 
the second frequently awned, the third awnless, usually enclosing a 
staniinate florver. 
Species about 25, mostly in the tropical regions of the Old World, a few in 
South America and Mexico; three in the Philippines. 
1. Fourth glume with three awns, the lateral ones short, capillary (1) A. sotosa 
1. Fourth glume with a single awn. 
2. Spikelets about 2.5 mm. long ; a slender softly pubescent 
annual (2) A. agrostoidcs 
2. Spikelets 4 to 5 mm. long; perennial (2) A. nepalensis 
(1) Arundinella setosa Trin. Diss. 2 (1824) 03; Gram. Pan. (1820) 245; 
Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 7 (1807) 70; Rendle in Forbes & Hemsl. .Journ. Linn. 
Soc. Bot. 36 (1904) 342; F.A^ill. Nov. Aj)p. (1883) 318; Merr. Philip. .Journ. 
Sci. 1 (1000) Suppl. 179. Arundinella siricia Nees in Hook. Kew. .Journ. 2 
(1850) 102; Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. 3 (1859) 520. A. selosa Trin. var. siricta Pilger 
in Perk. Frag. FI. Philip. (1904) 140. J)ant]io}iia. hizoniensis Stend. Syn. 1 
(1855) 245; Aliq. FI. Ind. Bat. 3 (1859) 427; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. 
(1885) 159; Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1880) 282; Chron Cat. PI. Herb. (1802) 
184; F.-Vill. (1883) 319. ArtmdineUa 'nervosa F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 318 ? 
non Nees. 
