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POLYSCHISTIS PAUPERCULA Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 (1830) 294, .t, J^l, f. 2; 



Kunth Enum. 1 (1833) 282; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1859) 384; F.-Vill. 



Novis. App. (1882) 321. 

 "Hab. in insula Luzonia" Presl. The specimens were erroneously local- 

 ized; a species of tropical AvciericB. = Pentarrhaphis sp. 



Atheropogon procumbens Jacq.; R. & S. Syst. 2 (1825) 292. 



"Ins. Philipp. Mexico" Roemer and Schultes. This is one of the American 

 species of Bouteloua. 



CYPERACEAE 



1. LIPOCARPHA R. Brown 



LIPOCARPHA ARGENTEA R. Br. in Tuckey's Congo Append. (1818) 



459; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1856) 331; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 



308; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 156, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. 



(1886) 285; C. B. Clarke in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 109. 



Lipocarpha laevigata Nees in Hook. Journ. Bot. Kew Miscel. 6 



(1854) 28. 



Kyllin^a albescens Steud. Syn. PI. Glum. 2 (1855) 68; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 

 3 (1856) 294; Naves Novis. App.* (1882) 300. 

 Luzon (Cagayan, Lepanto, Bontoc, Benguet, Nueva Vizcaya, Nueva 

 Ecija), Mindanao (Bukidnon), B. S. 26007, 26151 Fenix, H252 McGregor, 

 786U Ramos, Merrill 215, Phil. PI. 570, Elmer 6Jf8^, Williams 122k. In" 

 open wet places chiefly at medium altitudes, ascending to 1,800 m. Warmer 

 parts of the Old World. 



Local name: Balabak (Buk.). 



LIPOCARPHA MICROCEPHALA (R. Br.) Kunth Enum. 2 (1837) 268; 

 Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1856) 331; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. 

 Ind. 6 (1893) 668, Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 110; F.-Vill. 

 Novis. App. (1882) 308; Merr. FL Manila (1912) 119. 

 Hypaelyptum microcephalum R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 220, 

 Ascolepis kyllingioides Steud. in Zoll. Verz. Ind. Archip. (1854) 61. 

 Kyllinga squarrosa Steud. Syn. PL Glum. 2 (1855) 68. 

 Luzon (Apayao, Ifugao, Bulacan, Rizal), Merrill 3625, Phil. PI. 5UT, 

 B. S. 21712, 12177 Ramos, 2817 k Fenix. In open wet grasslands at low 

 and medium altitudes. Japan to the Malay Peninsula and tropical Aus- 

 tralia. 



2. HYPOLYTRUM L. C. Richard 



HYPOLYTRUM COM PACTUM Nees in Linnaea 9 (1834) 288, Nov. Act. 

 Acad. Nat. Cur. 19 (1843) Suppl. 1: 73; Steud. Syn. PI. Glum. 2 



(1855) 132; Miq. FL Ind. Bat. 3 (1856) 333; Boeck. in Linnaea 

 37 (1871) 127; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 309; Merr. in Philip. 

 Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) SuppL 29; C. B. Clarke op. cit. 2 (1907) Bot. 

 109. 



Luzon (Benguet, Pangasinan, Zambales, Nueva Vizcaya, Bulacan, Ba- 

 taan), Palawan, B. S. 29983 Fenix, 29537, 29428 Ramos & Edano, Elmer 

 8889, 130U1, Merrill 2U96, 7597, 518k, Phil. PI. U3k. In forests at low and 

 medium altitudes, often common. Indo-China, Andaman Islands, Borneo. 



Local name: Tuhog-dalag (Tag.). 



