PLANTS FROM BATANES AND BABU YANKS ISLANDS. 397 
OPLISMENUS Beauv. 
O. compositus (Linn.) Beauv. 
Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3692 Fenix. N. v., Balisibis. 
Widely distributed in the Philippines; tropics of both hemispheres. 
SETARIA Beauv. 
8. italica (Linn.) Beauv. 
Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3170 Meams; 3629 Fenix. N. v., Rautnocara. 
Cultivated in the Philippines, as in most tropical and temperate regions. 
S. verticillata (Linn.) Beauv. 
Camiguin, 4^41 Fenix. 
Near the seashore: not previously reported from the Philippine*; temperate 
and tropical regions of the World. 
SPINIFEX Linn. 
S. squarrosus Linn. 
Camiguin, 39S0 F^ix. 
Along the seashore throughout the Philippines; British India to southern 
China, Malaya, and Australia. 
ELEUSINE Gaertn. 
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E. indica (Linn.) Gaertn. 
Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3630 Fenix. 
Common in the Philippines; tropics of both hemispheres. 
ERAGROSTIS Host. 
E. tenella (Linn.) R. & S. 
Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 363o Fenix. 
Common in the Philippines; tropical Asia, Africa, and Malaya. 
CENTOTHECA Desv. 
C- lappacea (Linn.) Desv. 
Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3657 F^nix, Camiguin, 4054 F4nix. 
Common in the Philippines; tropical Asia, Africa, Malaya, Australia, and 
Polynesia. 
SCHIZOSTACHYUM Nees. 
S. acutiflorum Munro. 
Camiguin, 4031 FSnix. 
Widely distributed in the Philippines; endemic. 
CYPERACE/T]. 
KYLLINGA R»ttb. 
K. monocephala Rottb. 
Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3684 F4nix. Camiguin, 3959 F^nix. 
Common in the Philippines; warm regions of the Old World, from eastern Asia 
to Polynesia. 
PYCREUS Beauv. 
P. polystachyus Beauv. 
Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3174 Meams; 3588 F^nix. 
Common in the Philippines; in all warm countries, especially near the sea. 
