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at low and medium altitudes, ascending to 1,800 m. India to South Africa, 

 China, and tropical Australia. 

 Local name: Timi (Bon.). 



31. OPLISMENUS Beauvois 



OPLISMENUS BURMANNII (Retz.) Beauv. Agrost. (1812) 54; F.-Vill. 

 Novis. App. (1882) 312; Pilger in Perk, Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 

 144; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 364, Fl. Manila 

 (1912) 94. 

 Panicum burmannii Retz. Obs. 3 (1783) 10. 



Panicum hirtellum Burm. f. Fl. Ind. (1768) 24, t. 12, f. 1, non Linn. 



Orthopogon burmannii R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 194; JMiq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 



3 (1857) 442. 



Luzon (Pangasinan, Rizal, Bataan), Mindanao (Zamboanga), Merrill 



3290, Phil. PL 196, Elmer 66J^5, Williams 135, B. S. 2^084- Ram/)S. In 



thickets at low altitudes. Pantropic. 



OPLISMENUS COMPOSITUS (Linn.) Beauv. Agrost. (1812) 54; F.-Vill. 



Novis. App. (1882) 312; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) 



Suppl. 364, 3 (1908) Bot. 397, FL Manila (1912) 94, Sp. Blancoanae 



(1918) 67. 



Panicum compositum Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 57. 



Panicum loliaceum Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 1 (1790) 170, Encycl. 4 



(1798) 743. 

 Oplismenus loliaceus Beauv. Agrost. (1812) 168; Kunth Enum. 1 



(1833) 140; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 312. 

 Orthopogon sylvaticus Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1857) 443. 

 Oplismenus sylvaticus R. & S. Syst. 2 (1817) 481; F.-Vill. Novis. 



App. (1882) 312. 

 Orthopogon compositus R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 194; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 



3 (1857) 443. 

 Oplismenus indicus R. & S. Syst. 2 (1817) 484; Nees in Hook. Journ. 

 Bot. Kew Miscel. 2 (1850) 97; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 

 157, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 288. 

 Orthopogon setarius Llanos Frag. PI. Filip. (1851) 35, non Spreng. 

 Orthopogon hirtellus R. Br.; Llanos op. cit. 37. 

 Panicum lanceolatum Retz.; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 311. 

 Panicum sylvaticum Lam. Encycl. 4 (1798) 733; Steud. Syn. PI. 

 Glum. 1 (1854) 45. 

 Throughout the Philippines in all or most islands and provinces, in 

 thickets, old clearings, etc., at low and medium altitudes; often common. 

 Pantropic. 



Local names: Balibatong (Sub.); balislbis (Iv.) ; banig-usa (Tag.); 

 kauakauayan (Tag.) ; litlitun (Bon.) ; malakauayan (Pang.) ; marikauayan 

 (Ig.) ; yamog-yamog (P. Bis.) ; bailituganalu (Sul.). 



Vor. LASIORHACHIS Hack, in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 35 (1906) 81; 

 Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 364. 

 Oplismenus burmannii Mez in Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 144, non 

 Beauv. 

 Palawan, Merrill 826. In open dry places at low altitudes. Endemic. 



