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Local names: Ammai (Ibn. It.) ; pagai (II.) ; pagei (Bon.) ; palai (Tag.) ; 

 parai (Bik.) ; pai (Sul.). 



40. LEERS I A Swartz 



LEERSIA HEXANDRA Sw. Prodr. (1788) 21; Llanos Frag. PI. Filip. 

 (1851) 26; F.-Vill. & Naves in Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 3, 4' (1880) 

 18; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 318; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. 

 (1885) 157, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 288; Pilger in Perk. 

 Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 145; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 



(1906) Suppl. 371, Fl. Manila (1912) 98. 



Leersia luzonensis Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 (1830) 207; Nees in Hook. 

 Journ. Bot. Kew Miscel. 2 (1850) 97; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1857) 

 367; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 318. 

 Leersia glaherrima Trin. in Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. VI 5 (1839) 

 173; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1857) 368; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 

 318. 

 Homalocenchrus hexandrus O. Kuntze Rev. Gen. PI. (1891) 777. 

 Northern Luzon to Mindanao. In open wet places at low and medium 

 altitudes, ascending to 1,500 m. In the vicinity of Manila this is very 

 extensively cultivated in paddies for green forage. 



Local names: Barit (Tag.); bungalon (Bis.); zacate (Sp.). 



41. MICROLAENA R. Brown 



MICROLAENA STIPOIDES (Labill.) R. Br. Prodr. (1910) 210; Benth. 

 Fl. Austral. 7 (1878) 552; Hack, in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) 

 Suppl. 269; Merr. op. cit. 371, 5 (1910) Bot. 328. 

 Ehrhartia stipoides Labill. PI. Nov. Holl. 1 (1804) 91, t. 118. 

 Luzon (Abra, Bontoc, Lepanto, Benguet, Zambales), Merrill JfSJfS, 4696, 

 A831, 6570, Phil. PL 13 US, B. S. 31957 Santos, 5128, 706U Ramos. On open 

 slopes and ridges, along mountain trails, etc., altitude 1,800 to 2,300 m. 

 Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii. 



42. PHALARIS Linnaeus 



PH ALAR IS MINOR Retz. Obs. 3 (1783) 8; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 



(1907) Bot. 421. 



Luzon (Benguet), B. S. 2785 Mearns. Altitude about 1,500 m; probably 

 a mere casual here. Europe, India, South Africa, Australia. 



43. ANTHOXANTHUM Linnaeus 



ANTHOXANTHUM LU20NIENSE Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) 

 Suppl. 178, 372, 5 Bot. (1910) Bot. 328. 

 Luzon (Benguet), Merrill 4713, 6614, Phil. PL 184, B. S. 8890 McGregor, 

 F. B. 16188 Curran, Merritt, & Zschokke. In open grasslands, altitude 

 2,000 to 2,700 m. Endemic. 



44. ARISTIDA Linnaeus 



ARISTIDA CULIONENSIS Pilg. ex Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 145; 

 Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 372. 

 Culion, Merrill 471, 515, B. S. 41334 Ramos. In open grasslands at low 

 altitudes. Endemic. 



