323 



Philippines (787 Cuming) 1830 40. .Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Kcithley 

 (Clemens) March, l!K>ti. Samar. Borongan (5220 Merrill) October, 1000. 

 Japan and China to Malaya. 



(2) Micanthus sinensis Anders. 1, c. ](i(i: Rendle 1. c. 348. Hack. 1. c. L05. 

 F.ulalia japonica Trin. ; Miq. Fl. hid. Bat. 3 (1869) 518; F.-Yill. Nov. App. 

 (188:5) 316. Mieoanthue japonicue Pilger in Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1004) 137; 

 Merr. Philip. Jonrn. Sci. 1 ( 1 906) Suppl. 20. 11011 Anders. 



Luzon, District of Lepanto, Moupt Data (4402 Merrill) November, 1005: 

 Province of Benguet, Pauai (4734 Merrill) November, 1905: Baguio to Ambuklao 

 (4353 Merrill) October. 1906; Mount Santo Tomas (0271 Elmer) May, 1004: 

 Province of Pampanga, Mount Arayat (4214. 3023 Merrill) September, 1005, 

 October, 1904: Province of Bataan, Mount Marivcles (3108 Merrill) October, 

 1903; (1341 Whitford) September. 1905: Province of Tayabas, Mount Banajao 

 (940 Whitford) October, 1904; Province of Principe, Baler (1125 Merrill) Sep- 

 tember, 1902. 



Japan and China to Cochin China, Borneo and Celebes. 



(8) SACCHARUM Linn. 



Panicles usually expanded . the branches many jointed. Spikelets 

 slender, the somewhat hardened first and second empty glumes with long 

 hairs. Tall grasses, the small spikelets surrounded by long silky hairs. 



Species about 12, mostly in the tropics of t lie Old World, three in America; 

 three species in the Philippines, one cultivated only. 



1. Stem silky below the panicle (2) S. spontaneum 



1. Stem glabrous below the panicle. 



2. Joints of the racemes and pedicels glabrous ; cultivated 



only (1) »S. ofllcinarum 



2. Joints of the racemes and pedicels long-pilose : spon- 

 taneous (3) 8. arun&inaceum 



(1) Saccharum officinarum Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 1, (1753) 54. Blanco, Fl. 

 Filip. ed. 1, (1837) 42: ed. 2. (1845) 29; ed. 3. 3 (1877) 55; Miq. Fl. hid. Bat. 3 

 (1859) 507; Hack, in DC. Monog. Phan. 6 (1889) 111; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. hid. 7 

 (1897) 118; F.-Yill. Nov. App. (1883) 317. 8. molaceum F.-Vill. 1. c. 317, 



non Tussac. 



Extensively cultivated throughout the Philippines, native country unknown. 

 Sugar Cane. T., Tuba; V., Quilala; Cag., Agbo; Sp.-Fil., Coma dulee. 



(2) Saccharum spontaneum Linn. Maul. 2 (1771) 183, subsp. indicum 

 Hack, in DC. Monog. Phan. 6 (1889) 113: Pilger in Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. 

 (1904) 137. 8. spontaneum Linn.: Miq. Fl. End. Bat. 3 (1859) 512; Rolfe in 

 Jonrn. Bot. 23 (1885) 210; Vidal, Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 158; Rev. PI. 

 Vase. Filip. (1880) 289; Ceron Cat. PI. Serb. (1892) 182; Lsteri P.eitr. Kenu. 

 Philip. Veg. (1905) 133: Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 20. 

 Saeekarum koenigii Blanco. Fl. Filip. ed. 1 (1837) 44; ed. 2, (1845) 30; ed. 3, 3 

 (1877) 50, saltern pro parte. 



Philippines (634 Cuming.). Luzon, Manila (31 McGregor) October, 1904; 

 (93 Merrill) May, 1902: Province of Union, Bauang (5053 Elmer) February, 

 11)04 : Province of Benguet, Bued River (4312 Merrill) November, 1905: Prov- 

 isos of Bataan, Lamao (1935 Borden) October. 1904. Mindoro, (alapan (896 

 Merrill) April, 1903. Negros, Gimagaan River (1033 Wliitford) May, 1906. 

 Mindanao. Lake Lanao. Camp Keiihlev (97, 203 Clemens) January. February, 

 1900. 



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