98 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 1^22 



SCHIZOSTACHYUM DIFFUSUM (Blanco) Merr. in Am. Journ. Bot. 3 

 (1916) 62, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 78. 

 Bambus diffusa Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 269; ed. 2 (1845) 187, ed. 

 3, 1 (1877) 334; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1857) 420; Munro in Trans. 

 Linn. Soc. 26 (1868) 118. 

 Schizostachyum acutiflorum Munro in Trans. Linn. Soc. 26 (1868) 

 137; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 324; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. 

 (1885) 159, Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 294; Merr. in Philip. Journ. 

 Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 391, 3 (1908) Bot. 397; Gamble in Philip. 

 Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 273, 8 (1913) Bot. 205; Camus Bamb. 

 (1913) 174, t 95, f. A. 

 Dinochloa diffusa Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 29 (1905) 7. 

 ? Schizostachyum hlumei F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 324, non Nees. 

 Ischurochloa floribunda F.-VilL in Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 3, 4^ (1880) 



14, non Biise. 

 Dinochloa major Pilger in Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 149; Camus 

 Bamb. (1913) 170. 

 Babuyan Islands, Luzon (Cagayan, Isabela, Apayao, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos 

 Sur, Benguet, Nueva Vizcaya, Pangasinan, Zambales, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, 

 Pampanga, Rizal, Bataan, Laguna, Tayabas, Camarines), Mindoro, Pala- 

 wan, Leyte. Common in secondary and primary forests at low and 

 medium altitudes, ascending to 1,700 m. Variable. Endemic. 



Local names: Baliaro (Ilk.); balikau (Ilk.); bikil (Ilk.) ; bongbong 

 (Bis.) ; loob (Bis.) ; indi, inri, hindi (Bik.) ; butor (Isn.) ; babui (Bik.) ; 

 lilit (Pamp.) ; bikal (Ilk., Ibn., Pamp., Pang., Tag.) ; bikal-babi (Pamp.) ; 

 bikal-babui (Sbl.) ; gimak (Tag.) ; mangnau (Ilk.) ; tagisi (Tag.) ; usiu 

 (Tag.). 



SCHIZOSTACHYUM FEN I XI I Gamble in Philip. Journ. Sci. 6 (1911) Bot. 

 289, 8 (1913) Bot. 205. 



Luzon (Cagayan, Abra, Ilocos Sur, Benguet), Panay, F. B. 17815 Curran, 

 23567 Vergara, 25Jt82, 25086 Paraiso, Fenix, McVey. In thickets at low 

 and medium altitudes. Endemic. 



Local names: Bolo (Ilk.) ; paua (P. Bis.) ; puser (Ilk.). 



SCHIZOSTACHYUM LIMA (Blanco) Merr. in Am. Journ. Bot. 3 (1916) 

 62, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 77. 

 Bambus lima Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 271; ed. 2 (1845) 189; ed. 3, 

 1 (1877) 336; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1857) 421; Munro in Trans. 

 Linn. Soc. 26 (1868) 121; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) 

 SuppL 388; Camus Bamb. (1913) 134. 

 Bambusa longinodis F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 323, non ? Miq. 

 Schizostachyum hallieri Gamble in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 



274, 8 (1913) Bot. 205; Camus Bamb. (1913) 175, t. 97, f. B. 

 Schizostachyum brachycladum Gamble in Philip. Journ. Sci. 8 (1913) 



Bot. 206, non Kurz. 

 Schizostachyum, longispiculatum Gamble in Philip. Journ. Sci. 8 (1913) 

 Bot. 206, non Kurz. 

 Luzon (Nueva Vizcaya, Bataan, Laguna, Sorsogon), Mindoro, Pala- 

 wan, Leyte, Mindanao, Basilan, Hallier, Merrill 581, 9226, Sp. Blancoanae 

 Ul, Phil. PI. 1U72, as S. longispiculatum Kurz, Elmer 71U5, 10838, 12958, 

 12599, 16621, Wenzel 1357, Weber 1111, Wester 145, B. S. 20120 McGregor, 



