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23. THYSANOLAENA Nees 



THYSANOLAENA MAXIMA (Roxb.) O. Kuntze Rev. Gen. PI. (1891) 794; 

 Pilger in Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 141; Merr. in Philip. Journ. 

 ,Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 343. 

 Agrostis maxima Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1 (1820) 319. 

 Thysanolaena agrostis Nees in Edinb. New Philos. Journ. 18 (1835) 



180. 

 Thysanolaena acarifera Arn. & Nees in Nov. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. 1 9 

 (1843) Suppl. 1: 181;, Vidal Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 289. 

 Luzon (Ilocos Norte, Apayao, Bontoc, Benguet, Nueva Vizcaya, Nueva 

 Ecija, Bulacan, Zambales, Bataan, Laguna, Tayabas, Sorsogon), Mindoro, 

 Palawan, Mindanao. On banks of ravines, slopes, about cliffs, etc., at low 

 and medium altitudes, ascending to 1,600 m. India through Malaya to 

 New Guinea. 



Local names: Bugiibui (Pamp.) ; buybiii (Ilk.); eagadu (Bon.); gatbo 

 (Bik.) ; lasa (Tag.) ; tagadeu (Bon.) ; tagisa (Sub.) ; tambu (Tag.) ; ta- 

 lankaran (Ig.). 



24. DIGITARIA Scopoli 



DIGITARIA CHINENSIS Nees in Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beechey Voy. (1841) 

 231. 

 Paspalum filiculme Nees ex Thwaites Enum. PI. Zeyl. (1859-64) 358. 

 Digitaria, violascens Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 347, 

 3 (1908) Bot. 396, Fl. Manila (1912) 88, non Link. 

 Batan Islands and northern Luzon to Palawan and Mindanao, in most 

 islands and provinces, Merrill UA8, 9388, 7107, 7677, Jf788, Phil. PL 17 U, 

 B. S. 21715, lU52Uy 1S939, 8250 Ramos. In open grasslands at low and 

 medium altitudes. India to China and Malaya. 



Local names: Timi (Bon.); tumi (Bon.); ualisibis (Iv.). 



DIGITARIA CORYMBOSA (Roxb.) comb. nov. 



Panicum corymhosum Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) 7, nomen nudum, 



Fl. Ind. 1 (1820) 292. 

 Panicum microbachne Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 (1828) 298; Kunth Enum. 



1 (1833) 81. 

 Digitaria consanguinea Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 



347, 3 (1908) Bot. 396, Fl. Manila (1912) 88, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 



64, non Gaudich. 

 Panicum sanguinale Rolfe in Journ. Bot. 23 (1885) 216; Vidal Phan. 



Cuming. Philip. (1885) 157, non Linn. 

 Digitaria lanosa Llanos Fragm. PL Filip. (1851) 28; F.-Vill. & Naves 



in Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 3, 4^ (1880) 19. 

 Panicum gaudichaudii F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 311, non Kunth. 

 Panicum pruriens Trin. var. glabrum Nees in Hook. Journ. Bot. Kew 



Miscel. 2 (1850) 97. 



Throughout the Philippines at low and medium altitudes in open waste 

 places, old clearings, etc., usually common, Merrill Jf230, 53U7, 7368, 9276, 

 Sp. Blancoanae 787, Phil. PI. 126, Elmer 18216, 16818, 16417, 9570, B. S. 

 12036, 13334, 32736, 1U7U6 Ramos. India to southern China and Formosa 

 through Malaya to Samoa. 



Local names: Babanai (Sub.); balili (C. Bis.); balisibis (Iv.) ; balud- 



