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Paspalum fuscum Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 (1828) 214; Kunth Enum. 1 (1833) 

 46; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) SIO =z Syntherisma fusca Scribn. 

 in Kept. Mo. Bot. Gard. 10 (1899) 49, t. 11. 

 "Hab. in Luzonia ? in Peruviae montanis huanoccensibus ? Mexico?" 



Presl. From the figure given by Scribner, drawn from a cotype of PresPs 



species, this does not appear to represent any known Philippine species. 



The type was probably from America. 



25. PASPALUM Linnaeus 



PASPALUM CONJUGATUM Berg, in Act. Helvet. 7 (1772) 129, t. 8; Mez 



in Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 141; Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. 



(Philip.) 6 (1904) 28, Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 345, Fl. 



Manila (1912) 87. 



Throughout the Philippines in the settled areas, about towns, along 



trails, streams, etc., often very abundant. A native of tropical America, 



now pantropic. 



Local names: Bantotan (Mbo.) ; kauatkauat (C. Bis.) ; laau-laau (Tag.). 



PASPALUM LONGI FOLIUM Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) 7, nomen nudum, 

 Fl. Ind. 1 (1820) 283; Mez in Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 141; 

 Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 345, Fl. Manila (1912) 

 86. 

 Paspalum flexuosum Klein in Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 (1828) 216; Kunth 

 Enum. 1 (1833) 54; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1857) 433; F.-Vill. 

 Novis. App. (1882) 310. 

 Luzon (Cagayan, Benguet, Bon toe, Nueva Vizcaya, Bulacan, Rizal, La- 

 guna, Albay), Polillo, Palawan, Bohol, Mindanao, PFe6er 1063, Merrill 

 9303, Phil. PI. 1956, B. S. 26002, 26675 Fenix, 21684, 1^512, 2950^, 10979 

 Ramos. In open, usually rather wet lands at low and medium altitudes. 

 India to Malaya. 



Local name: Taltal-likod (Ilk.). 



Var. TRICHOCOLEUM Hack, in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 167. 



Mindoro, Mindanao (Surigao), B. S. 941 Mangubat, Merrill 5455. In 

 open level grasslands at low altitudes. Endemic. 



PASPALUM SCROBICULATUM Linn. Mant. 1 (1767) 29; Nees in Hook. 



Journ. Bot. Kew Miscel. 2 (1850) 97; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 



310; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 156, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. 



(1886) 286;, Mez in Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 141; Merr. in 



Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 344, Fl. Manila (1912) 86, Sp. 



Blancoanae (1918) 63. 

 Paspalum cartilagineum Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 (1828) 216; Miq. Fl. 



Ind. Bat. 3 (1857) 432; F.-ViU. • Novis. App. (1882) 310; Scribn. 



in Rept. Mo. Bot. Gard. 10 (1899) 49. 

 Paspalum kora Willd. Sp. PI. 1 (1797) 332; Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 



(1828) 216. 

 Paspalum villosum Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 40, ed. 2 (1845) 28, ed. 



3, 1 (1877) 53, non Thunb. 

 Paspalum sumatrense Roth Nov. PI. Sp. (1821) 35; Llanos Frag. PI. 



Filip. (1851) 22; F.-Vill. & Naves in Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 3, 4 ' (1880) 



15; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 310. 



