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GAMBLE. 
3, ovatae, longe mucronatae, I 7 mm, II 8 mm, III 7 mm ; fertilis 5 ad 
6 mm; palea 4 ad 5 mm, hyalina, convolnta ; omnes 5-9-nervatae, 
marginibus eximie albo-eiliatis ; lodiculae oyatae, longe fimbriatae. 
Stamina 6, linearia, glabra, 2 mm longa, apice obtnsa, rotundata, seabra. 
Ovarinm (immaturum) eomplanatnm, pubernlnm, stigmatibus brevibus 
pilosis. Fructus ignotus. 
Luzon, Province of Zambales, altitude 800 m, For. Bur. 8^11 Curran & Merritt, 
December, 1907, For. Bur. 5926 Curran, January, 1907, in moist places on rocky 
hills. 
A remarkable reed-like species, noticeable by the coriaceous leaves and the 
long-white-ciliate margins of the glumes. It seems to have no resemblance to 
any of the other species I have seen. 
10. Schizostachyum Merrillii Gamble sp. nov. 
Cnlmus fruticosus, fistulosus, scaber, 2 cm diametro. Folia cbartacea, 
pallida, glabra, anguste linearia, apice acuminata, basi acuta, marginibus 
seabra, 7 ad 15 cm longa, 7 ad 10 mm lata, longitudinaliter corrugata, 
nervi obscuri, utrinque.3; petioli 2 ad 3 mm longi; vaginae nitidae, ore 
truncatae, parce ciliatae, ligulis brevibus fimbriatis. Flores terminales in 
ramulis foliiferis, in spicis gracilibus vaginatis parce ramosis vix 10 
cm longis. Spiculae 1 ad 5, distichae, in spicis parvis ad nodos vaginatos, 
rachillis minutis separatae, ultima major fertilis, rachilla terminali, 
inferiores aliquando imperfectae; vaginae muticae, stramineae, 8 mm 
longae ; glumae vacuae parvae, 1 vel 2, aristatae, florens 1 cm longa, dorso 
minute sericea, longe aristata; palea subaequilonga, aristata, eonvoluta. 
Stamina 6, libera, o mm longa, apice obtusa. Ovarium lineare in stylum 
longum productum, stigmatibus plumosis. Fructus ignotus. 
Luzon, Province of Rizal, Antipolo, Merrill 17J/J/, March, 1903. 
Only one specimen of this is available, but it is sufficiently good to indicate a 
well-marked species. 
7. DINOCHLOA Biise. 
Climbing shrubs. 
Leaves broad. 
Lodicules absent; caryopsis globose; floral raehis glabrous 1. D. scandens 
Lodicules present; caryopsis oblong; floral raehis pubescent.. 2. D. pubiramea 
Leaves narrow; no lodicules. 
Culms smooth; caryopsis globose 1. D. scandens var. angustifolia 
Culms rough; caryopsis oblong 3. D. Aguilarii 
Herbaceous undershrubs; lodicules present 4. D. Elmeri ■ 
1. Dinochloa scandens O. Kuntze Rev. Gen. PI. (1891) 773. 
Bambusa scandens Bl. ex Nees in Flora 7 (1824) 291. 
Dinochloa Tjankorreh Biise in Miq. PI. Jungh. (1854) 388; Miq. FI. Ind. 
Bat. 3 (1859) 415; Munro in Trans.' Linn. Soc. 26 (1868) 153, t. 5 (excl. 4, 5) ; 
Rurz in Ind. Forester 1 (1876) 352; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1880) 324; Gamble 
in Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. 7 (1896) 112, et in Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 7 (1897) 
414; Pilger in Perk. Frag. FI. Philip. (1904) 150; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 
1 (1906) Suppl. 29, 392. 
