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Rhaphis javanicoA Nees in Hook. Journ. Bot. Kew Miscel. 2 (1850) 



99. 



Throughout the Philippines in open places at low and medium altitudes; 



a veritable pest on account of its spikelets adhering to fur, clothing, etc. 



India to China southward through Malaya to tropical Australia and 



Polynesia. 



Local names: Amor-seco (Sp.) ; dalekedek (Bon.); dalukduk (Bon.); 

 lakut-lapas (Sul.) ; marisekos (Tag.); mariskos (Tag.); pagippi (Ibn.) ; 

 tinloi (Tag.). 



ANDROPOGON BAILEYI F.-Muell. in Vict. Nat. 7 (1891) 16; Hack, in 

 Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 297; Merr. op. cit. 337. 

 Sorghu7n laxiflorum Bailey Syn. Queensl. Fl. Suppl. 3 (1890) 84, 

 Queensl. Fl. 6 (1902) 1869; Rept. Exped. Bellend. Ker Range 

 25, non Andropogon laxiflorus Steud. * 



Luzon (Bontoc, Lepanto, Benguet, Rizal), Merrill 4S99, Vanoverb'ergh 

 2131, 3839, B. S. 2Jt.082 Ramos. On open grassy slopes at medium alti- 

 tudes, ascending to 1,200 m. Tropical Australia. 



ANDROPOGON BREVIFOLIUS Sw. Prodr. (1788) 26; Hack, in DC. 

 Monog. Phan. 6 (1889) 363; Rolfe in Journ. Bot. 23 (1885) 216; 

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

 (1886) 291; Pilger in Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 139; Merr. 

 in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 335. 

 Luzon (Cagayan, Ifugao, Bontoc, Benguet, Nueva Vizcaya, Bulacan, 

 Zambales, Bataan, Laguna), Mindanao (Lanao, Bukidnon, Davao). In 

 open grasslands at low and medium altitudes. Pantropic. 

 Local name: Bung-bung (Bag.). 



ANDROPOGON CINCTUS Steud. Syn. PI. Glum. 1 (1854) 398. 



Chrysopogon micranthus Benth. var. spicigeriis Benth. Fl. Austral. 



7 (1878) 538. 

 Andropogon micranthus Kunth var. spicigerus Hack, in DC. Monog. 

 Phan. 6 (1889) 489; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) 336, 

 3 (1908) Bot. 395. 

 Batan and Babuyan Islands, Luzon (Bontoc, Benguet), Merrill ^836, 

 Elmer 5918, F. B. 15612, A85Jf Curran, B. S. 5367 Ramos, 3726, 3918, UOUO 

 Fenix. In open grasslands up to 1,800 m altitude. China, Australia, 

 New Caledonia. 



I believe this to be specifically distinct from Andropogon micranthus 

 Kunth. 



ANDROPOGON CITRATUS DC. Cat. Hort. Monsp. (1813) 78; Merr. in 

 Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 167, Fl. Manila (1912) 82, Sp. 

 Blancoanae (1918) 62. 

 Andropogon echoenanthus Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 39, ed. 2, (1845) 

 27, ed. 3, 1 (1877) 50; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 316; Merr. in 

 Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 339, 2 (1907) Bot. 436, non Linn. 

 Cymbopogon citratus Stapf in Kew Bull. (1906) 257. 

 Planted here and there about houses in most or all parts of the Philip- 

 pines for its fragant leaves, but nowhere spontaneous; I have seen only 

 one flowering specimen, Jolo, Link 215. A native of tropical Asia, now 

 widely distributed in cultivation. 



