XIV. 4 Merrill: Noteworthy Philippine Plants, XV 369 
cal form of the species certainly does not occur in the Archi- 
pelago, nor can I refer the specimens cited above to any of the 
described varieties of it. It is apparently most closely allied to 
the Australian Andropogon gryllus Linn, subsp. genuinus Hack., 
var. pallidus (R. Br.) Benth., but has distinctly smaller spikelets 
than this variety, -while the pedicellate spikelets are empty and 
not awned. 
ANDROPOGON SANGUINEUS (Retz.) Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 12 
(1917) Bot. 101. 
Rottboellia sanguinea Retz. Obs. 3 (1783) 25. 
Thelepogon sanguineus Spreng. Syst. 1 (1825) 299. 
Andropogon pseudograya Steud. Syn. 1 (1855) 365. 
Luzon, Ilocos Norte Province, Burgos, Bur. Sci. 32777 Ramos, 
August 5, 1918, on open grassy slopes at low altitudes. 
Southern China, India, Ceylon, and Madagascar. 
FESTUCA Linnaeus 
FESTUCA MYUROS Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 74; Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 7 
(1897) 356. 
Luzon, Benguet Subprovince, Pauai, Bur. Sci. 31913 Santos, 
April 25, 1918, in open grassy places, altitude about 2,300 
meters. 
A grass of wide distribution in the North Temperate Zone, a 
native of Europe or Asia, now also abundant in North America ; 
undoubtedly a recently introduced plant in Benguet. 
TRIPOGON Roth 
TRIPOGON CHINENSIS (Franch.) Hack, in Bull. Herb. Boiss. II 3 
(1903) 503. 
Nardunis filiformis Steud. var. chinensis Franch. in Nouv. Arch. 
Hist. Nat. Paris. II 7 (1894) 149. 
Luzon, Ilocos Norte Province, Mount Nagapatan, Bur. Sci. 
33237 Ramos, August 8, 1918, on dry, open, rocky slopes. 
This genus is new to the Philippines, the specimen cited above 
agreeing perfectly with the descriptions and with a series of 
specimens from Chili Province, collected by Mrs. Clemens. It 
is reported from as far south as Formosa. 
CYPERACEAE 
MARISCUS Gaertner 
MARISCUS NIVEUS (Murr.) comb. nov. 
Schoenus niveus Murr. in Linn. Syst. Veg. ed. 13 (1774) 81. 
Scirpus glomeratus Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 52, excl. syn. Gronov., non 
Mariscus glomeratus Barton. 
Schoenus coloratus Linn. var. /3 Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2 (1762) 64. 
