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altitudes, ascending to 2,300 m. Frequently abundant and gregarious 

 over large areas. Tropical Asia and Africa through Malaya to Australia. 

 Local names: Punau (Bon.); samsamong (Ilk.); taau (Ig.) ; usimau 

 (Ilk.). 



EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Anthistiria junghuhniana Nees in Hook. Journ. Bot. Kew Miscel. 2 

 (1850) 99. 

 This is credited to the Philippines by Nees, on the basis of Cuming 

 2U31, which was from Sumatra, not from the Philippines. It is a syno- 

 nym of Themeda frondosa (R. Br.) Merr. (T. arguens Hack., not Stipa 

 arguens Linn.), which does not occur in the Philippines. 



20. PEROTIS Alton 



PEROTIS INDICA (Linn.) 0. Kuntze Rev. Gen. PI. (1891) 787; Merr. 

 in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 341. 

 Anthoxanthum indicum Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 28. 

 Perotis latifolia Ait. Hort. Kew. 1 (1789) 85; F.-Vill. Novis. App. 



(1882) 313. 

 Perotis glabrata Steud. Syn. PI. Glum. 1 (1854) 186; Miq. Fl. Ind. 

 Bat. 3 (1857) 479; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 313; Vid. Phan. 

 Cuming. Philip. (1885) 158, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 289. 

 Perotis hordeiformis Nees in Steud. Nomencl. ed. 2, 2 (1841) 306, 

 Hook. Journ. Bot. Kew Miscel. 2 (1850) 102. 

 Luzon (Cagayan, Nueva Ecija), Mindanao (Agusan), Cuming 1399, 

 Elmer 13873, B. S. 7911 Ramos. In open grasslands at low and medium 

 altitudes. Tropical Asia and Africa. 

 Local name: Bangat (Mbo.). 



PEROTIS RARA R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 172; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1857) 

 479; F.-VilL Novis. App. (1882) 314; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 

 1 (1906) Suppl. 341. 

 Xystidium barbatum Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 (1828) 228; Scribn. in 



Rept. Mo. Bot. Card. 10 (1899) 55. 

 Xystidium maritimum Trin. Fund. Agrost. (1820) 102, t. 2. 

 Luzon (Ilocos Norte, Lepanto, Amburayan, Pangasinan, Zambales), 

 Mindoro, Merrill U^7, Phil. PL 152, F. B. 9979 Merritt, 5859 Currayi. On 

 dry open slopes at low and medium altitudes. Australia. 



21. ZOISIA Willdenow 

 (Zoysicb auct.) 

 ZOISIA MATRELLA (Linn.) Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 7 (1912) Bot. 

 230, Fl. Manila (1912) 85. 

 Agrostis matrella Linn. Mant. 2 (1771) 185. 



Zoisia pungens Willd. in Ges. Naturf. Fr. Neue Schrift 3 (1801) 

 441; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 313; Pilger in Perk. Frag. Fl. 

 Philip. (1904) 140; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 

 342. 

 Osterdammia matrella O. Kuntze Rev. Gen. PI. (1891) 781. 

 Northern Luzon to Palawan, in most islands, occurring in open places 

 chiefly along or near tidal streams. Tropical Asia and Africa through 

 Malaya to Australia and western Polynesia. 

 Local name: Barit-baritan (Tag.). 



