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Luzon (Abra, Union), Palawan. In open low lands, along streams, in 

 disturbed soil, etc., at low altitudes. Pantropic. 



61. PHRAGMITES Trinius 



PHRAGMITES KARKA (Retz.) Trin. ex Steud. Nomencl. ed. 2, 2 (1840) 

 324; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 381. 

 Arundo karka Retz. Obs. 4 (1786) 21. 



Phragmites roxburghii Steud. 1. c; Nees in Nov. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. 

 19 (1843) Suppl. 1: 173, Hook. Journ. Bot. Kew Miscel. 2 (1850) 

 101; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1857) 412; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 

 321. 

 Trichoon roxburghii W. F. Wight in Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 9 . 

 (1905) 383, 391. 

 Luzon (Ilocos Norte, Bontoc, Bataan, Laguna, Camarines), Negros, 

 Mindanao, Merrill 3178, Phil. PL 581, Elmer 6851, Williams 221, Clemens 

 728, B. S. 2213 Mearns, 15910 Fenix. In thickets and along streams at low 

 and medium altitudes. India to Malaya. 



Local names : *Kanubong (Bon.); lachitlit (Bag.); lupi (Bik.) ; sabunog 

 (P. Bis.) ; tabunak (P. Bis.) ; tabunog (Bis.) ; talubung (Bon.) ; tantano- 

 bang (Ilk.); tanubung (Bon.). 



PHRAGMITES VULGARIS (Lam.) Trin. Fund. Agrost. (1820) 134; Pilger 

 in Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 147; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 

 1 (1906) Suppl. 381, Fl. Manila (1912) 100, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 

 72. 

 Arundo vulgaris Lam. Fl. Franc. 3 (1778) 615. 

 Arundo phragmites Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 81. 

 Arundo tecta Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 48; ed. 2 (1845) 33; ed. 3, 



1 (1877) 60, non Walt. 

 Arundo donax Llanos in Mem. Acad. Cienc. Madr. 4 (1858) 507; 

 F.-Vill. & Llanos in Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 3, 4" (1880) 105, non 

 Linn. 

 Phragynites communis Trin. Fund. Agrost. (1820) 134; Usteri Beitr. 



Ken. Veg. Philip. (1905) 133. 

 Arundo madagascariensis F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 321, Vidal 

 Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 159, Hev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 

 293, non Kunth. 

 Neyraudia madagascariensis Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. ' 1 (1906) 

 Suppl. 381, non Hook. f. 

 Northern Luzon to Palawan and Mindanao, often forming dense thickets 

 along the margins of lakes and slow streams. All warm countries. 



Local names: Bagang (Bis.); bugang (C. Bis.); lupi (Bik.); tabunak 

 (Bis., P. Bis.) ; tagisi (Ibn.) ; tambo (Tag.) ; uba-uba (Sul.) ; tangbo 

 (C. Bis.); tanobong (Pang., Ilk.); tantanubong (Ibn.); tanubong (Ilk.). 



62. DIPLACHNE Beauvois 



DIPLACHNE POLYSTACHYA (Forsk.) Backer in Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenz. 



Ill 2 (1920) 325. 

 Bromus polystachyus Forsk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. (1775) 23. 

 Diplachne fusca Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 381, 



Fl. Manila (1912) 99, non Beauv. 



