Vol. 1 GRAMINEAE 91 



Poa annua Llanos Frag. PI. Filip. (1851) 47; F.-Vill. & Naves in 



Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 3, 4' (1880) 34, non Lam. 

 Eragrostis polymorpha R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 180; F.-Vill. Novis. App. 

 (1882) 322. 

 Luzon (Zambales, Rizal, Sorsogon), Elmer 1^531, Merrill Phil. PI. 160, F. 

 B. 5886 Curran, B. S. 19218 Reillo. In open wet places at low altitudes. 

 Old World Tropics, introduced into the New World. 



ERAGROSTIS VISCOSA (Retz.) Trin. in Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. VI 1 



(1831) 397; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 322; Merr. in Philip. 



Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 383, Fl. Manila (1912) 101, Sp. Blan- 



coanae (1918) 73. 



Poa viscosa Retz. Obs. 2 (1781) 20. 



Eragrostis tenella R. & S. var. viscosa Stapf in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. 



Ind. 7 (1897) 315; Pilger in Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 148. 

 Cyperus paniculatus Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 32, ed. 2 (1845) 22, 

 ed.. 3, 1 (1877) 42, non aliorum. 

 Luzon (Zambales, Rizal), Merrill Sp. Blancoanae 229, Phil. PL 148. In 

 open waste places in and near towns. India to Malaya. 

 Local name: Kaliraurau (Tag.). 



EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Eragrostis ciliata Nees; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 322. 

 64. CENTOTHECA Desvaux 



CENTOTHECA LATI FOLIA (Osbeck) Trin. Fund. Agrost. (1820) 141; 

 Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 100, Sp. Blancoanae (1918 J 74. 

 Holcus latifolius Osbeck Dagbok Ostind. Resa (1757) 247; Linn. 



Syst. ed. 10 (1759) 1305. 



Cenchrus lappaceus Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2 (1763) 1488. 



Centotheca lappacea Desv. in Nuov. Bull. Soc. Philom. 2 (1810) 189; 



Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 (1830) 258; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1857) 398; 



Nees in Hook. Journ. Bot. Kew Miscel. 2 (1850) 98; F.-Vill. Novis. 



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



Vase. Filip. (1886) 293; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) 



SuppL 29, 3 (1908) Bot. 397; Perk, ex Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 148. 



Melica philippinensis Llanos Frag. PI. Filip. (1851) 44; F.-Vill. & 



Naves in Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 3, 4' (1880) 32. 

 Centotheca malabarica Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) SuppL 

 385, non Poa malabarica Linn. 

 Throughout the Philippines in thickets, forests, and clearings at low and 

 medium altitudes; common. Usually the only grass in some types of 

 forest. Tropical Asia and Africa through Malaya to Polynesia. 



Local names: Baili-patung (Sul.) ; balikbatang (Sub.); kauakauayanan 

 (Tag.); lansa-lansa (Sul.); mariga (Sul.); sikuan (Ig.). 



65. LOPHATHERUM Brongniart 



LOPHATHERUM GRACILE Brongn. in Bot. Duperr. Voy. (1829) 50, t. 8; 

 F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 323; Pilger in Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. 

 (1904) 148; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 386, 2 

 (1907) Bot. 261; C. B. Rob. op. cit. 6 (1911) Bot. 194. 



