74 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 1^22 



Chaetochloa palmifolia Hitchc. & Chase in Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 

 22 (1920) 161, /. S8. 



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

 provinces. Common in thickets, old clearings, abaca plantations, etc., at 

 low and medium altitudes, ascending to 200 m. India to China and Malaya, 

 introduced in tropical America. 



Local names: Agusais (Bik.) ; asahas (C. Bis.); baiigas (Ig.) ; dumbug 

 (Sul.) ; hagusahis (Bik.) ; lalasa (Ig.) ; liahon (If.) ; lias (Bon.) ; yas (Ig.). 



SETARIA VERTICILLATA (Linn.) Beauv. Agrost. (1812) 51; F.-Vill. 

 Novis. App. (1882) 312; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 

 397. 

 Panicum verticillatum Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2 (1762) 82. 

 Batan Islands, Luzon (Rizal), B. S. WUl Fenix, Merrill Phil. PL 1J^06. 

 In open waste places. Temperate and tropical regions generally. 



SETARIA VIRIDIS (Linn.) Beauv. Agrost. (1812) 51; F.-Vill. Novis. 

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

 366, Fl. Manila (1912) 95. 

 Luzon (Cagayan, Bontoc, Rizal). A casual introduction, occurring 

 rarely in open waste places. A temperate and subtropical weed. 

 Local names: Dapdapigan (Bon.); upoan (Bon.). 



EXCLUDED SPECIES 



SETARIA GLOBULARis Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 (1830) 314; Kunth Enum. 1 (1833) 

 151; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1857) 314; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 

 312; Scribn. in Rept. Mo. Bot. Card. 10 (1899) 52. 

 Panicum globulare Steud. Syn. PI. Glum. 1 (1854) 51. 

 *'Hab. in insulis Philippinis." The species is certainly not Philippine, 

 but the specimens on which it was based were probably of Mexican origin. 

 A sheet of Presl's type material in the herbarium of the Missouri Botanical 

 Garden consists of Setaria caudata Lam. and S. composita Kunth. 



SETARIA MACROSTACHYA HBK.; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 312. 



33. CENCHRUS Linnaeus 



CENCHRUS VIRIDIS Spreng. Syst. Veg. 1 (1825) 301; Chase in Contr. 

 U. S. Nat. Herb. 22 (1920) 57, /. 11. 

 Cenchrus inflexus R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 50, non Poir. 

 Cenchrus echinatus Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 (1830) 317; Miq. Fl. Ind. 

 Bat. 3 (1857) 472; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 313; Perk. Frag. 

 FL Philip. (1904) 145; Merr. in Philip. Jeurn. Sci. 1 (1906) 367, 

 Fl. Manila (1912) 95, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 68, non Linn. . 

 Cenchrus hexaflorus Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 36, ed. 2 (1845) 24, 

 ed. 3, 1 (1877) 46. 

 A widely distributed weed in the settled areas of the Philippines, oc- 

 curring generally in open waste places in and about towns. A native 

 of tropical America, now also found in Guam, Siam, Indo-China, New Gui- 

 nea, and northern Australia. Dr. A. B. Rendle has critically compared 

 our material with the type of Cenchrus inflexus R. Br. 



