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Luzon (Benguet, Rizal), Merrill 7079, Phil. PL 597, 176Jf, Elmer 5972, 

 6589. In open wet places at low and medium altitudes, ascending to 

 1,400 m; local. India to Burma. 



PANICUM PUNCTATUM Burm. f. Fl. Ind. (1768) 26; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. 

 Ind. 7 (1897) 29; Merr: in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 

 353, Fl. Manila (1912) 90. 

 Panicum fluitans Retz. Obs. 3 (1783) 8; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1857) 

 455; Rolfe in Journ. Bot. 23 (1885) 216; Vidal Phan. Cuming. 

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

 Paspalum pluriracemosum Steud. Syn. PI. Glum. 1 (1854) 27; Miq. 



Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1857) 431; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 310. 

 Panicum brizoides Nees in Hook. Journ. Bot. 2 (1850) 97, Miq. Fl. 

 Ind. Bat. 3 (1857) 445, non Linn. 

 Luzon (Rizal, Laguna), Leyte, Mindanao (Misamis, Davao, Zamboanga, 

 Agusan), Merrill 7J^06, 8111, Phil. PI. 131, Cuming 532, Wenzel 1780, 

 Elmer 12019, B. S. 3736% Ramos & Edano. In shallow water and in open 

 muddy places at low altitudes. Northern Africa to Mauritius, India, and 

 Malaya. 



Local names: Baririan (Bag.); lalabok (Sub.). 



PANICUM REPENS Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2 (1762) 87; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 

 7 (1897) 49; Ceron Cat. PI. Herb. Manila (1892) 180; Mez in 

 Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 143; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 

 (1906) Suppl. 359, 3 (1908) Bot. 396, Fl. Manila (1912) 93, Sp. 

 Blancoanae (1918) 67. 

 Panicum ischaemoides Retz. Obs. 4 (1786) 17; Nees in Nov. Act. Acad. 

 Nat. Cur. 19 (1843) Suppl. 1: 175; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1857) 

 450; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 312. 

 Panicum convolutum Beauv. ex Spreng. Syst. 1 (1825) 319; Presl 

 Rel. Haenk. 1 (1828) 304; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 312; Steud. 

 Syn. 1 (1854) 73. 

 Panicum tuberosum Llanos Frag. PI. Filip. (1851) 40; F.-Vill. & 



Naves in Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 3, 4 ' (1880) 29. 

 Panicum miliare Mez in Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 142, non Lam. 

 Throughout the Philippines in open low lands, especially near the 

 sea, but also inland locally and ascending to 1,500 m; comm<?n. Pantropic. 

 Local names: Kayana (Mbo.) ; luya-luyahan (Tag.). 



PANICUM REPTANS Linn. Syst. ed. 10 (1759) 871; Hitchc. in Contr. U. 



S. Nat. Herb. 12 (1908) 119; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 4 (1909) 



Bot. 249. 

 Panicum prostratum Lam. 111. 1 (1791) 171; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1857) 



446; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 311; Mez in Perk. Frag. Fl. 



Philip. (1904) 143; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 



355. 

 Panicum calaccanzense Steud. Syn. PI. Glum. 1 (1854) 65; Vidal Phan. 



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

 Panicum barbatum Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 1 (1791) 171; Presl Rel. Haenk. 



1 (1830) 299. 

 Panicum procumbens Nees Agrost. Bras. (1823) 109, Hook. Journ. 



Bot. Kew Miscel. 2 (1850) 97. 



