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? Panicum umhrosum F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 311, non Retz. 



Panicum miliiforme Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 (1830) 300; Kunth Enum. 1 



(1833) 96; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1857) 488; F.-VilL Novis. App. 



(1882) 312; Scribn. in Kept. Mo. Bot. Gard. 10 (1899) 47, t. 20. 



Northern Luzon to Palawan and Mindanao, in most or all islands and 



provinces. In open waste places in and about towns at low and medium 



altitudes; common. India to China through Malaya to tropical Australia. 



PANICUM FLAVIDUM Retz. Obs. 4 (1786) 15; Nees in Hook. Journ. Bot. 



Kew Miscel. 2 (1850) 97; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 311; Vidal 



Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 157, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 



286; Mez in Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 142; Merr. in Philip. 



Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 27, 353, Fl. Manila (1912) 90. 



Panicum floridum Usteri Beitr. Ken. Philip. Veg. (1905) 133, sphalm. 



N-orthern Luzon to Palawan and Mindanao. A common weed in open 



waste places in and about towns at low altitudes. Tropical Asia, Africa, 



and Malaya. 



Local names: Oiling (C. Bis.); sabung-sabungan (Tag.); baili itau 

 (SuL). 



PANICUM HUMILE Nees ex Steud. Syn. PL Glum. 1 (1854) 84; Hack, in 

 Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 35 (1906) 80; Merr. in Philip. Journ. 

 Sci. 1 (1906) SuppL 358. 

 Luzon (Bontoc, Lepanto, Tarlac, Pangasinan, Zambales, Rizal), Culion, 

 Merrill 3623, U66, 11608, B. S. 21998 RamoS, F. B. 587.2 Curran. In open 

 waste places, grasslands, etc., at low and medium altitudes. India to south- 

 ern China and Malaya. 



PANICUM INDICUM Linn. Mant. 1 (1767) 184; Nees in Hook. Journ. Bot. 

 Kew Miscel. 2 (1850) 97; F.-Vill.. Novis. App. (1882) 311; Vid. 

 Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 157, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 

 287; Mez in Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 142; Merr. in Philip. 

 Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 27, 357, Fl. Manila (1912) 92. 

 Hymenachne indica Buse ex Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1857) 458. 

 Sacciolepis indica Chase in Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 21 (1908) 8. 

 Northern Luzon to Palawan and Mindanao. Common in open wet 

 grasslands at low and medium altitudes. India through Malaya to trop- 

 ical Australia. 



Local names: Buntot-pusa (Tag.) ; sabsablug (Bon.) ; salai-maya (Tag.) ; 

 sangumai (Tag.); sikuan (Ig.). 



Var. ANGUSTUM (Trin.) Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 7 (1897) 42; Merr. in 

 Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 357. 

 Panicum angustum Trin. Ic. Gram. 3' (1836) t. 334-; Vidal Phan. 

 Cuming. Philip. (1885) 157, Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 287. 

 Occasional, in the same habitat asi the species. India. 



PANICUM LUZON ENSE Presl ReL Haenk. 1 (1828) 308; Kunth Enum. 1 

 (1833) 121; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1857) 457; F.-Vill. Novis. App. 

 (1882) 312; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 358. 

 Luzon (Amburayan, Nueva Ecija, Bataan, Rizal, Cavite, Laguna), Pa- 

 lawan, Merrill 316, 3107, U183, Phil. PI. 1238, B. S. U600, 21997 Ramos, 



