350 
(4405 Merritt) June, lOOO. ^Iindanao, Zamboanga, San Ramon (1020 Copelnnd) 
Fel)ruary, 1905. 
Plndeinic. 
J have referred the above .specimens to tliis species witli some doubt, as I 
have not seen No. 940 Cuming, on whicli the species is based. Haekel " has 
Inferred them to 1. monticola Biise. 
(3) Isachne beneckei Hack, in Oesterr. Bot. Zeitschr. 51 (1901) 459; Govt. 
]./al). Buhl. 35 (1905) 79; Merr. in Plulip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1900) Suppl. 27. 
Luzon, Piovince of Pampanga, jMount Arayat (5019 Merrill) February, 1900: 
Province of Bataan, Mount Mariveles (404 Whitford) July, 1904; (3201 Merrill) 
October, 1903: Piovince of Benguet (4080 Merrill) November, 1905: District of 
Lejianto, Mount Data (4522, 4523, 4544, 4019 Merrill) November, 1905. 
This is probably the form credited to the Philippines by 1<\-Villar, Nov. App. 
(1883) 321, as Isachne australis E. Br. 
Java. 
Var. magna n. var. 
Chilmus ei'cctus, simplex, circiter 1 mctralis; paniculae magnae, 15 ad 
20 cm. longae, multiilorae ; foliis liiieari-lanceolatis, 10 ad 18 cm. longis. 
Luzon, District of Lepanto, Mount Data (4541 Merrill) November, 1905. 
No. 4372 Merrill from Benguet ajipears to be intermediate between this variety 
and the sjiecies, but nearer the former. 
Distinguished from the species by its erect or suberect, sim[>le, much elongated 
culms, large panicle, and numerous spikelets. 
Forma depauperata Haekel, n. var. in herb. 
Culmus procumbeiis, ramosus, inferne radicans ; folia ovata vel ovato- 
lanceolata, 1 ad 2 cm. longa; panicttlae 1 ad 2 cm. longae, laxae, pauci- 
iloreie. 
Luzon, District of Lepanto, Mount Data (4489, 4545 Merrill) November, 1905. 
Distinguished from the species by its more prostrate habit, slender stems, 
smaller leaves, and small, very few-flowered panicles. 
(4) Isachne debilis Rendle in Forbes & Henisl. Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 36 
(1904) 322; Hack, in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 268. I. monticola 
Flack, in Govt. Ijab. Publ. 35 (1905) 79; iMerr. Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1900) 
Suppl. 27, non Biise. I. pulchella Mez in Perk. Frag. FI. Filip. (1904) 141, 
[)io parte, non Roth.; I'.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 321. ? 
Luzon, Province of Bataan, Mount Mariveles (264 Whitford) May, 1904; (3245 
Merrill) October, 1903: Province of Nueva Ecija, Caraballo Sur Mountains (211 
Merrill) May, 1902: Province of Benguet, Kabayan (4431 Merrill) October, 
1905; Baguio (5821 Elmer) jMarcli, 1904: Province of Laguna, Mount Maquiling 
(5135 Merrill) March, 1906. 
Formosa. 
Var. incrassata Hack, in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 268. 
Mindanao, District of Davao, Mount Apo (358 DeVore cG Hoover) May, 1903. 
(5) Isachne pauciflora Hack, in Govt. Lab. Publ. 35 (1905) 80. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, Baguio (6486 Elmer) June, 1904; Bued River 
(4294 Merrill) November, 1905. 
Endemic. 
riiil. Journ- Science 1 (1906) HuppL 268. 
