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14. MANISURIS Swartz 



MANISURIS GRANULARIS Linn. f. Nov. Gram. Gen. (1779) 37, /. A-?; 

 Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1857) 409; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 314; 

 Hack, in DC. Monog. Phan. 6 (1889) 314; Merr. in Philip. Journ. 

 Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 329, Fl. Manila (1912) 79. 

 Cenchrus granularis Linn. Mant. 2 (1771) 575. 

 Hackelochloa granularis 0. Kuntze Rev. Gen. PI. (1891) 776. 

 Rytilix granularis Skeels in U. S. Dept. Agric' Bur. PI. Ind. Bull. 

 282 (1913) 20. 

 Batan Islands to Mindanao, in most islands and provinces. In dis- 

 turbed soil, open waste places, old clearings, etc., at low and medium alti- 

 tudes. Pantropic. 



Local name: Gingetkaran (Bag.). 



15. OPHIURUS Gaertner 



OPHIURUS EXALTATUS (Linn.) O. Kuntze' Rev. Gen. PI. (1891) 780; 

 Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (19C'6) Suppl. 329. 

 Aegilops exaltata Linn. Mant. 2 (1771) 575. 



Ophiurus corymbosus Gaertn. Fruct. 3 (1805) 4, t. 181, f. A; F.-Vill. 

 Novis. App. (1882) 314; Pilger in Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 

 138. 

 Rottboellia tongcalingii Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 7 (1915) 2680. 

 Luzon (Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya, Negros, Mindanao (Bukidnon, Davao), 

 Merrill 127 p. p., Williams 2617, Elmer 10317, 10521, 16U86, B. S. 8076 

 Ramos. In open rather damp places at low and medium altitudes. India 

 to tropical Australia. 



Local names: Girun (Bag.) ; talangiu (Bon.) 



OPHIURUS MONOSTACHYUS Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 (1830) 330; Kunth 

 Enum. 1 (1833) 464; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1857) 405; F.-Vill. 

 Novis. App. (1882) 314; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 

 158, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 290; Hack, in DC. Monog. Phan. 

 6 (1889) 318; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 329, 

 FL Manila '(1912) 79. 

 Ophiurus undatus Nees in Hook. Journ. Bot. Kew Miscel. 2 (1850) 



100; Walp. Ann. 3 (1853) 791. 

 Ophiuims undulatus Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1857) 405. 

 Luzon (Cagayan, Ilocos Norte, Lepanto, Ifugao, Rizal), Mindanao (Bu- 

 kidnon, Zamboanga, Lanao), Cuming 1S39, Merrill Phil. PI. 12U, B. S. 32781 

 RaTTOos, 19978 McGregor, 37Jt50, 39203 Ramos & Edano. In open grass- 

 lands at low and medium altitudes. Southern China, Indo-China. 



16. ARTHRAXON Beauvois 



ARTHRAXON HISPIDUS (Thunb.) Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 7 (1912) 



Bot. 229. 

 Phalaris hispida Thunb. Fl. Jap. (1784) 44. 

 Arthraxon ciliaris Beauv. Agrost. (1812) 111, t. 11, f. 6; F.-Vill. 



Novis. App. (1882) 315. 

 Pleuroplitis langsdorffii Trin. Fund. Agrost. (1820) 174, /. 16. 

 Arthraxon ciliaris Beauv. subsp. langsdorffii Hack, in DC. Monog. 



Phan. 6 (1889) 354, Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 265; 



Merr. op. cit. 333; Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 139. 



