go ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS ^^22 



Aristida sorzogonensis Presl Rel.'Haenk. 1 (1830) 224; Kunth Enum. 



1 (1833) 192; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1857) 381; F.-Vill. Novis. 



App. (1882) 319. 



"Hab. in Luzonia ad Sorzogon." This record is probably based on 



an erroneously labeled specimen, the species in all probability being 



American. 



44a. MUEHLENBERGIA Schreber 



MUEHLENBERGIA ARISANENSIS Hayata Ic. PI. Formosa 7 (1918) 87, 

 /. 5U. 

 Luzon (Lepanto, Bontoc, Benguet), Merrill Jf716, Clemens 9203, Vano- 

 verbergh 1158, B. S. Jf0213, Jf0296, JfOSW Ramos & Edano. Along small 

 streams, in old clearings, and in the mossy forest, altitude 1,300 to 2,400 

 m. Formosa. Closely allied to M. japonica Steud. 



45. SPOROBOLUS R. Brown 



SPOROBOLUS DIANDRUS (Retz.) Beauv. Agrost. (1812) 26; Miq. Fl. 

 Ind. Bat. 3 (1857) 375; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 321; Pilger 

 in Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 146; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 

 1 (1906) Suppl. 373. 

 Agrostis diandra Retz. Obs. 5 (1786) 19. 

 Vilfa diandra Steud. Syn. PI. Glum. 1 (1854) 155. 

 Luzon (Ilocos Norte, Pampanga, Rizal, Tayabas, Albay, Sorsogon), 

 Mindoro, Palawan, Panay, Mindanao. In lawns and waste places about 

 towns, perhaps introduced. Tropical Asia through Malaya to Australia. 



SPOROBOLUS INDICUS (Linn.) R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 170; F.-Vill. Novis. 

 App. (1882) 321; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 

 373, Fl. Manila (1912) 98, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 71. 

 Agrostis indica Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 63. 

 Sporobolus elongatus R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 170; Usteri Beitr. Ken. 



Philip. Veg. (1905) 133. 

 Spermachiton involutum Llanos Fragm. PI. Filip. (1851) 25; F.-Vill. 

 & Naves in Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 3, 4' (1880) 17. 

 Luzon (Cagayan, Isabela, Bontoc, Benguet), Mindanao (Lanao). Com- 

 mon at medium altitudes in open grasslands, ascending to 2,000 m. Pan- 

 tropic. 



Local names: Bakit (P. Bis.); bangkit (P. Bis.); lusai (Sub.); sang- 

 saiigitan (Bon.). 



SPOROBOLUS PILIFERUS (Trin.) Kunth Enum. 1 (1833) 611; Merr. 

 in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 373. 

 Vilfa pilifera Trin. Diss. (1828) 157, Sp. Gram. Ic. t. 58. 

 Sporobolus ciliatus Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 (1830) 242; Scribn. in Rept. 

 Mo. Bot. Card. 10 (1899) 53, t. 30; Hack, in Philip. Journ. Sci. 

 1 (1906) Suppl. 269. 

 Luzon (Bontoc, Benguet), Merrill U362, U718, Phil. PI. 194, Williams 

 1957, B. S. 5361, 5905 Ramos. On banks, in open grasslands, etc., at 

 medium altitudes, ascending to 1,800 m. India to the Malay Peninsula. 



