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Local names: Gahilang (If.) ; igi (Bon.) ; mais (Sp.) ; mait (It.) ; mangi 

 (Ibn.); tigi (Bon.). 



Teosinte, Euchlaena luxurians Schrad., a native of Mexico, was introduced 

 into the Philippines in the late years of the Spanish occupation and 

 again in the early years of the American occupation and was cultivated 

 experimentally for forage purposes. It has not persisted in cultivation. 



2. POLYTOCA R. Brown 



POLYTOCA HETEROCLITA (Roxb.) Koord. in Exksfl. Java 1 (1911) 99; 

 Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 10 (1915) Bot. 288. 

 Coix heteroclita Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. 2, 3 (1832) 572. 

 Polytoca bracteata R. Br. in Benn. PI. Jav. Rar. (1838) 20, t. 5. 

 Busuanga, Mindanao (Bukidnon), Baker 3616, B. S. 39226, 3848^, U267 

 Ramos & Edano. In open grasslands at medium altitudes. India to south- 

 ern China and Java. 



3. CHIONACHNE R. Brown 



CHIONACHNE BIAURITA Hack, in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 

 263; Merr. op. cit. 320. 

 Luzon (Bontoc, Benguet), Merrill ^282, Vanoverbergh 93^. On fresh 

 talus slopes, untilled soil, etc., altitude about 1,200 m. Endemic. 



EXCLUDED SPECIES 



CHIONACHNE BARBATA R. Br.;' F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 314. 



4. COIX Linnaeus 



COIX LACHRYMA-JOBI Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 972; Pilg. ex Perk. Frag. Fl. 

 Philip. (1904) 137; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 

 320, 3 (1908) Bot. 394, 5 (1910) Bot. 325, Fl. Manila (1912) 75, 

 Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 59; Usteri Beitr. Ken. Veg. Philip. (1905) 

 132 (lachrymae-jovis) . 

 Coix lachryma Linn. Syst. ed. 10 (1759) 1261; Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 

 688, ed. 2 (1845) 478, ed. 3, 3 (1879) 92, t. 188; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 

 (1857) 476; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 314; Vidal Phan. Cuming. 

 Philip. (1885) 157, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 288. 

 Coix agrestis Lour. Fl. Cochinch. (1790) 551; F.-Vill. Novis. App. 



(1882) 314. 

 Coix exaltata Jacq. ex Spreng. Syst. 1 (1825) 228; Nees in Hook. 

 Journ. Bot. Kew Miscel. 2 (1850) 97. 

 Throughout the Philippines in the settled areas at low and medium al- 

 titudes, in most or all islands and provinces; common. A native of the 

 Old World, now pantropic. 



Local names: Abukai (Iv.) ; adlai (Bis.); agagai (Iv.) ; agda (Ig.) 

 aglai (C. Bis.) ; alimudias (P. Bis.) ; apagi (Ig) ; atakai (Ilk., Bon.) 

 balantakan (Pamp.) ; barubaioko (Bik.) ; bintikai (Bik.) ; bitogan (Bag.) 

 dalai (Sub.) ; damau (C. Bis.) ; glias (Sub.) ; kalabugau (Buk.) ; kambot 

 (Ting.) ; katayan (Ig.) ; katigbi (C. Bis.) ; kibaoung (If.) ; koldasan 

 (Bik.) ; kudlasan (Tag.) ; lamiidias (P. Bis.) ; lias (Sub.) ; paias (P. Bis., 

 Bag.) ; palias (P. Bis.) ; pintaka (C. Bis.) ; tidbi (S. L. Bis.) ; tigbi (Bik., 

 Tag.); tigbikai (Bik.); tiguas (Sul.) ; tikaian (Bon.). 



