wide, the ])ilose pedicels 0.4 to O.H nun. long; empty glumes unequal, 
l-nei'ved, acute or acuminate, ovate-lanceolate, the lower one 2 mm. long, 
the upjier 2.5 mm. long; liowering glumes 2.5 to 3.5 mm. long, the upper 
ones longer than the lower, sulndate-acuniijiate at the apex, with a 
prominent nerve on each side of the keel, the keel above and short awn 
scabrid. Palea 2 mm. long, lineai-oljovatc, curved, deciduous, the keels 
ciliate. 
CULION (416 Merrill) December, 1002. In old rice lands near sea level. 
A species Avell cliaracterized by its narrow panicles, sparsely long pilose 
sbeatlis, leaves and inflorescence, and aenininate flowering gliiines. It may be 
the form credited to the Philippines by F.-Villar as Eragrostis ciliaia Nees. 
(2) Eragrostis tenella (Linn.) P. et S. Syst. 2 (1817) 570; Presl Rel. 
Haenk. 1 (18.30) 274; Scribn. Kept. IMo. Pot. Gard. 10 (1899) 44. pi. 
F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 322; I’ilger in I’erk. bfl-ag. FI. Philip. (1904) 148; 
Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 7 (1897) 315. E. plumosa Link; F.-Vill. 1. c. 322; Vidal 
Phan. Cnming. Philip. (1885) 159; Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1880) 293; Ceron Cat. 
PI. Herb. (1892) 185; Ilsteri Beitr. Kenn. Ifliilip. Veg. (1905) 132. E. amahalis 
(4. Knntze Rev. Gen. PI. ( 1891) 773, non Wight et Aiai. Poa tenella Linn. Sp. 
PI. (1753) 09. Cyperns pmriculalus Blanco FI. Filip, ed. 1 (1837) 32; ed. 2 
(1845) 22. 
Philippines (714 Cuming). Luzon, Manila (Hallier) December, 1903; (0 
Merrill) May, 1902: Province of Cagayan, Aparri (130 Merrill) June, 1902: 
l^rovince of Cavite, Cavite (156 Foxworihy) July, 1905: Province of Union, 
Bauang (5081 i?Zmer) February, 1904 : I’rovince of l^rincipe. Baler (l\2.S Merrill) 
September, 1902. Panay, Iloilo (Copeland) January, 1904. Palawan, Puerto 
l^rincesa (4171 Curran) May, 1900. Mindanao, Camp Overton (599 Clemens) 
June, 1900. 
Tropical Asia, Africa, and Malaya. 
Possibly the species credited to the Phili[)pines by F.-Villar as Eragrostis 
pilosa Beauv., was a form of this species. 
(3) Eragrostis viscosa (Retz.) Trim in Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. VI. 1 
(1831) 397; Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. 3 (1859) 392; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 322. 
E. tenella R. et S., var. inseosa Stapf in Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 7 (1897) 315; 
Pilger in Perk. Frag. FI. Philip. (1904) 148. Poa viscosa, Retz. Obs. 2 (1779-91) 
20; Kunth Enum. 1 (1833) 330. ' 
Luzon, Manila (371 Merrill) August, 1902. 
Tropics of the Old World. 
(4) Eragrostis interrupta (Lam.) Doell. in Mart. FI. Bras. II. 3: 157, non 
Beauv.; Usteri. Beitr. Kenn. Philip. Veg. (1905) 132; Pilger in Perk. Frag. FI. 
Philip. (1904) 148 “Beauv.” Poa interrupta Ijeim. 1\\. 1 (1791) 185. Eragrostis 
interrupta var. koenigii Stapf. in Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 7 (1897) 316. E. minu- 
tiftora Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 (1830) 274. 
IjUZON, Province of Nueva Viscaya, Bayonibong (122 Merrill) June, 1902: 
Province of Tayabas, Atimonan (708 Whit ford) August, 1904. Mindoro, Baco 
River (214 McGregor) April, 1905. Palaavan' ( 1792 Merrill) February, 1903. 
Balabac (468 Mangubat) March, 1900. 
Tropical Asia, Africa, and Malaya. 
Eragrostis interrupta Beauv., was based on Poa interrupta R. Br., which is a 
synonym of Eragrostis elongata Jacq., according to Hackel in lit. Lamarck's 
name is here accepted for the species. 
