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Apluda aristata Linn. Amoen. Acad. 4 (1759) 303; F.-Vill. Novis. 

 App. (1882) 318; Usteri Beitr. Ken. Philip. Meg. (1905) 132. 

 Luzon (Rizal), B. S. 20^1 Ramos, Merrill 629, Silva 391. Habitat and 

 range of the species. 



13. ISCHAEMUM Linnaeus 



ISCHAEMUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM (Trin.) Hack, ex Oliv. in Hook. Ic. Ill 

 8 (1888) t. 1773, DC. Monog. Phan. 6 (1889) 241; Merr. in Philip. 

 Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) iSuppl. 331. 

 Spodiopogon angustifolius Trin. in Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. VI 2 

 (1833) 300; Nees in Hook. Journ. Bot. Kew Miscel. 2 (1850) 99; 

 Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 158, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. 

 (1886) 290. 

 Andropogon obvallatus Steud. Syn. PI. Glum. 1 (1854) 373. 

 Ischaemum notopogon Nees in Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1857) 500; F.-Vill. 

 Novis. App. (1882) 315. 

 Luzon (Cagayan, Ilocos Norte, Bontoc, Nueva Vizcaya, Pangasinan), 

 Cuming 1002, Merrill 172, Phil. PI. 171, B. S. 77m, 7919 Ramos, H2U 

 McGregor, F. B. 16527 Curran & Merritt. In open grasslands at low and 

 medium altitudes, ascending to 1,400 m. India to southern China and 

 Formosa. 



Local names: Kaboot (Ilk., Ibn.) ; poen (Bon.); pueng (Bon.); puenig 

 (Ig.) ; sarigumati (Buk.). 



ISCHAEMUM ARISTATUM Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 1049 var. GIBBUM (Trin.) 

 Hack, in DC. Monog. Phan. 6 (1889) 204; Pilg. in Perk. Frag. Fl. 

 Philip. (1904) 139; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 

 330, Fl. Manila (1912) 80. 

 Ischaemum gihhum Trin. in Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. VI 2 (1833) 295; 

 Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1857) 498; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 315. 

 Andropogon gibbus Steud. Syn. PI. Glum. 1 (1854) 376. 

 Luzon (Isabela, Ilocos Norte, Nueva Ecija, Nueva Vizcaya, Zambales, 

 Bulacan, Rizal, Camarines), Culion. In open grasslands at low and me- 

 dium altitudes; often common. Well represented by Merrill Phil. PI. 179, 

 1977, and Kneucker Gram. Exsic. 605. The variety endemic, the species 

 India to China. 



ISCHAEMUM ARUNDINACEUM F.-Muell. ex Benth. FL Austral. 7 (1878) 



519 var. RADICANS Hack, in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 



266; Merr. op. cit. 331. 



Luzon (Benguet, Bontoc), Merrill 426^, Phil. PI. 1000, Williams 1197, 



Vanoverbergh 861. On open grassy slopes in the' pine regions, altitude 



1,200 to 1,600 m. The variety endemic, the species in tropical Australia. 



ISCHAEMUM CILIARE Retz. Obs. 6 (1791) 36; F.-VilL Novis. App. (1882) 

 315; Hack, in DC. Monog. Phan. 6 (1889) 255 (var. malachophyllum 

 Hack.) ; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 395. 



Batan Islands (Batan), B. S. 3169 Mearns. In open grasslands. India 

 to China and Formosa. 



ISCHAEMUM GLAUCESCENS Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 9 (1914) Bot. 

 263. 



Palawan, Merrill 9453. In shallow water, borders of Lake Manguao, at 

 low altitudes. Endemic. 



