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Eragrostis nigra Usteri Beitr. Ken. Philip. Veg. (1905) 132, non Nees. 



Eragrostis luzoniensis Steud. Syn. PI. Glum. 1 (1854) 266; Miq. Fl. 



Ind. Bat. 3 (1857) 393; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 322. 



Luzon (Isabela, Ilocos Norte, Ifugao, Bontoc, Benguet, Nueva Vizcaya, 



Nueva Ecija, Pangasinan, Rizal), Culion, Palawan, Mindanao (Bukidnon). 



Common in open grasslands at low and medium altitudes. Pantropic. 



Hackel has identified this as Eragrostis atrovirens Trin. Typical 

 specimens are Merrill U55, 9321 and Phil. PI. 11^60, 130. Cuming 1^16,. 

 cotype of E. luzoniensis Steud., appears to me to be merely a form with 

 pale spikelets. 



ERAGROSTIS INTERRUPTA (R. Br.) Beauv. Agrost. (1812) 71 (non 

 Doell). 

 Poa interrupta R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 180. 



Eragrostis brownei Nees ex Steud. Nomencl. ed. 2, 1 (1841) 562; 



Hook. Journ. Bot. Kew Miscel. 2 (1850) 102; F.-Vill. Novis. App. 



(1882) 322; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 159, Rev. PI. 



Vase. Filip. (1886) 293. 



Eragrostis cumingii Steud. Syn. PI. Glum. 1 (1854) 266; Miq. Fl. 



Ind. Bat. 3 (1857) 394; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 322. 

 Eragrostis zeylanica .Nees in Nov. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. 19 (1843) 

 Suppl. 1: 204; Hook. Journ. Bot. Kew Miscel. 2 (1850) 102 (var. 

 glomerata et minor); Rolfe in Journ. Bot. 23 (1885) 216; Vidal 

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

 293; Pilger in Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 148. 

 Luzon (Abra, Bontoc, Benguet, Union, Nueva Vizcaya, Bataan, Laguna, 

 Zambales), Culion, Cwming llOU, 672, Merrill 686, U3S1, Elmer 5707, 

 Williams 1181, 92. In open grasslands at low and medium altitudes. 

 Pantropic. 



ERAGROSTIS JAPONICA (Thunb.) Trin. in Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. VI 



1 (1830) 450; Hack, in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 7 (1899) 705; Merr. 



in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 384, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 



73. 

 Poa japonica Thunb. Fl. Jap. (1784) 31; Llanos Frag. PL Filip. 



(1851) 47; F.-Vill. & Naves in Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 3, 4" (1880) 



34. 

 Poa interrupta Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 1 (1791) 185. 

 Eragrostis aurea Steud. Syn. PI. Glum. 1 (1854) 267; Miq. Fl. Ind. 



Bat. 3 (1857) 394; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 322. 

 Panicum leptanthum Steud. op. cit. 79. 

 Vilfa verticillata Steud. op. cit. 158. 

 Sporobolus verticillatus Nees in Hook. Journ. Bot. Kew Miscel. 2 



(1850) 101; Miq. FL Ind. Bat. 3 (1857) 375; F.-Vill. Novis. App. 

 (1882) 321. 

 Eragrostis tenuissima Schrad. ex Nees in Fl. Afr. Austral. (1841) 



409; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 159, Rev. PL Vase. Filip. 



(1886) 293. 

 Eragrostis interrupta (non Beauv.!) var. ienzttssma "Stapf in 



Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 7 (1897) 316. 

 Poa amboinensis F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 322, ex syn. Llanos, non 



Linn. 



