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14. OPLISMENUS Beam. 



1. 0. burmannii (R. Br.) Beauv.; Hook. f. 1. c. 68. 



(6045 Elm er) ; (3290 Merrill) ; (1021 Whitford). Along trails in forests and 



thickets below 200 m., and on bluffs near the seashore, widely distributed in the 

 Philippines. Tropical Asia to China and Malaya. 



2. O. undulatifolius (Arduin.) Beauv.; Hook. f. 1. c. CO. 



(2547 Bordnt) ; (6987 Elmer). Forested slopes at about 150 m. Central and 

 southern Europe and the Tropics generally. 



3. O. undulatifolius var. imbecillis ( K. Br.) Hack. Orthopogon imbecillis 

 R. Br.; Oplismenus minus Merr. Govt, Lab. Publ. 17 (1904) 9. 



(3203 Merrill). On exposed ridges at 1,200 m., mountains of the Philippines 

 to Malaya and Australia, 



15. SETARIA Beauv. 



1. S. flava Kunth, Rev. Gram. 1 (1835) 40. 



(1930 Borden). Generally distributed in the Philippines and other tropical 

 countries, treated by most authors as a synonym of Sctaria glauca, but apparently 

 distinct, 



16. THUAREA Pers. 



1. T. sarmentosa Pers.; Hook. f. 1. c. 91. 



(Merrill). Common on the sandy seashore, widely distributed in the Philip- 

 pines. Tropical Asia to Madagascar. Malaya, Australia, and Polynesia. 



17. SPINIFEX Linn. 



1. S. squarrosus Linn.; Hook. f. I. c. 03. 



(Whitford). On the sandy seashore, widely distributed in the Philippines. 

 Tropical shores of Asia and Malaya. 



18. ORYZA Linn. 



1. O. sativa Linn.; Hook. f. 1. c. 92. 



Somewhat cultivated near Lamao, generally cultivated in tropical and sub- 

 tropical regions. Rice. 



19. LEERSIA Sw. 



1. L. hexandra Sw. ; Hook. f. 1. c. 94. 



(Whitford) . In low wet lands below 100 m. widely distributed in the Philip- 

 pines. Tropics generally. 



20. GARNOT1A Brongn. 



1. G. stricta Brongn.; Hook. f. 1. c. 243. 



(6989 Elmer)-, (1140 Whitford). On exposed ridges at 1,200 m. British 

 India to the Sandwich Islands. 



21. CYNODON Pers. 



1. C. dactylon (Linn.) Pers.; Hook. f. 1. c. 288. 



(Merrill). In open grass lands and waste places below 100 m., widely distrib- 

 uted in the Philippines. Tropical and subtropical regions generally. 



2. C. arcuatus Presl. Pel. llaenk. 1 (1830) 290; Merrill, Govt. Lab. Publ. 17 

 (1904) 9. 



(3171 Merrill). \\\ open grass lands. Endemic. 



