(43) ANTHOXANTHUM Linn. 
Spikelets in short spike-like ])anicles ; first and second g'hunes unequal^ 
herbaceous, tlie third and fourth clothed with, brown hairs. Flowering 
glume and palea short, membranous. Fragrant grasses. 
Species 5 of the Ivorth Teiiiperate Zone and Anstralia; 1 in nortliern Luzon. 
(]) Anthoxanthum luzoniense Merr. Philip. Jouin. Sei. 1 (190(i) Snppl. 
178. 
Luzox, Province of Bengnet, Paiiai (4713 ]\[crriU) Novenihcr, 1!)0,3. 
Endemic. 
Tribe VI 1 1. AGROSTIDEiE. 
Spikelets usuall}' all perfect, 1-liowered, the rhachilla sometimes pro- 
longed beyond the palea. Bnqity glumes often somewhat unequal, usually 
equaling or exceeding the flowering glume. Palea usually 3-nerved. 
(44) ARISTIDA Linn. 
Panicles usually expanded. Empty glumes longer than the flowering 
glume, the latter with a pointed callus and with a terminal trifid or three- 
branched awn. 
Species about P25, in tlie wanner parts of botli lieniispheres; 3 or more in 
tlie Pliilippines. 
1. A slender annual 20 cm. high or less (1) A. cumingiana 
1. Perennial. 
2. Stout, 1 m. high with large diffuse many-flowered panicles.... (2) A. cuHonensis 
2. About 40 cm. high ; panicles narrow, few-flowered (3) A. stipoides 
(1) Aristida cumingiana Trin. & Rnpr. in Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. VI. 7 
(1849) 141; j\Iiq. El. Ind. Bat. 3 (1859) 381; Steiid. Syn. 1 (1855) 140; Vidal 
Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 159; Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1880) 292; Ceron Cat. 
PI. Herb. (1892) 184; Rendle in Forbes & Hemsl. Jonrn. Linn. Soc. Bot. 3 6 
(1904) 381; Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 7 (1897) 224. A. capiUacea Cav. Icon. 5 
(1799) 43, t. J/G8. f. 1, non Lam. A. trichodcs Walp. Ann. 3 (1852-53) 753. 
Ghaefaria trichodes Nees in Hook. Kew Jouni. 2 (1850) 1001. 
Luzon, Province of Bengnet, Ambuklao to Daklan (4385 Merrill) October, 
1905: District of Lepanto, Sujmc to Cervantes (4440 Merrill) November, 1905: 
Province of Rizal, Antipolo (7 Foxirorthy) January, 1900. 
Northern India to southern China and the Philippines. 
(2) Aristida culionensis Pilger in Perk. Frag. FI. Philip. (1904) 145. 
CuLiON (471, 515 MerriU) December, 1902. 
Endemic. 
(3) Aristida stipoides R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 174, var. tenuisetulosa Pilger 
in Perk. Frag. FI. Phili]). (1904) 140. 
Luzon, Province of Zambales, Iba (329 MerriU) .Inne, 1902. 
Endemic, i. e., the variety, the species in northern and central Atistralia. 
DOUliTFUL AND EXCLUDED SPECIES. 
Aristida sokzogonen.sis Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 (1830) 224; Kunth Enum. 1 
(1833) 192; Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. 3 (1859) 381; F.-Vill. Nov. Ajip. (1883) 319. 
“Hab. in Luzonia ad Sorsogon” Presl. Not seen. 
Aristida luzoniensis Cav. Icon. 5 (1799) 45. /. 4/7(1. f. 2; Kunth Enum. 1 
