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Digitaria radicosa Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1857) 437. 



Panicum radicosiim Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 (1828) 297; F.-Vill. Novis. 



App. (1882) 311. 

 Paspalum inaequale Link Enum. Hort. Berol. 1 (1821) 103;. Kunth 



Enum. 1 (1833) 48; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 310. 

 Syntherisma sanguinalis Dulac Fl. Hautes Pyr. (1867) 77. 

 Widely scattered in the Philippines in open waste places, B. S. 27396, 

 7258, 7092 Rftmos, 3681 Fenix, 18737 Otanes, Merrill 7258, Phil. PL IIU, 

 Williams 1172. All warm countries. 



Local names: Dibutbut (Iv.) ; pagpagai (Bon.); saka-saka (Ilk.). 



Var. FIMBRIATA (Link.) Stapf in Prain Fl. Trop. Afr. 9 (1919) 440. 

 Digitaria fimbriata Link. Hort. Berol. 1 (1821) 226. 

 Digitaria ciliaris Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 168, Fl. 



Manila (1912) 87, non ? Pers. 

 Panicum ciliare Retz. Obs. 4 (1786) 16? 



Paspalum sanguinale Lam. var. ciliare Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 7 (1897) 

 15. 

 Northern Luzon to Mindanao, Merrill 40, 330, Phil. PI. 1U7, B. S. 

 7661 Ramos, 22^9 Mearns. In open waste places. Pantropic. 



Var. AUSTRALIS r;Spreng.). 



? Panicum. australe Spreng. Syst. 1 (1825) 309. 



Panicum sanguinale Linn. var. australe Thwaites Enum. PI. Zeyl. 



(1864) 358. 

 ? Panicum striatum R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 192, non Lam. 

 Throughout the Philippines at low and medium altitudes,- in thickets, 

 waste places, etc., Merrill 529, 89, 5359, 7259, 9787, Phil. PL 578, Elmer 

 5855, 15147, India through Malaya to Australia. 



This identification follows Hackel, but I am by no means certain that 

 our form is the same as the one originally described by R. Brown. 



DOUBTFUL AND EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Panicum elythroblepharum Steud.; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 311. 



Panicum stipatum Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 (1828) 297; F.-Vill. Novis. App. 

 (1882) 311. 

 "Hab. in Mexico, Luzon?" Presl. This is the American Digitaria setosa 

 Desv. fide Scribner in Rept. Mo. Bot. Gard. 10 (1899) 49. 



Paspalum filiforme Sw.; Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 (1828) 297; F.-Vill. Novis. 

 App. (1882) 310. 

 "Hab. in Luzonia ? Mexico" Presl. This is the American Digitaria fili- 

 forme Delile fide Scribner in Rept. Mo. Bot. Gard. 10 (1899) 49. 



Paspalum molle Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 (1828) 213 — Paspalum m^ollicomum 



Kunth Enum. 1 (1833) 310; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1857) 433;, F.-Vill. 



Novis. App. (1882) 310 = Syntherisma molle Scribn. in Rept. Mo. 



Bot. Gard. 10 (1899) 50. 



"Hab. in Luzonia" Presl. This was considered by Scribner to be a valid 



species, but Presl's description does not apply to any Philippine form known 



to me and I suspect that the type was an American, not a Philippine plant. 



