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HYPOLYTRUM LATI FOLIUM L. C. Rich, in Pers. Syn. 1 (1805) 70; 



Hook. f. in Curtis's Bot. Mag. Ill 33 (1877) t. 6282; F.-Vill. Novis. 



App. (1882) 309; C. B. Clarke in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 



108; Merr. op. cit. 264. 



Scirpiis anomalus Retz. Obs. 5 (1789) 15, non Hypolytrum anomalum 



Steud. 

 Albikia schoenoides Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 (1828) 185, t. 3U, 

 Hypolytrum schoenoides Nees in Linnaea 9 (1834) 288. 

 Hypolytrum trinervium Kunth Enum. 2 (1837) 272; Miq. Fl. Ind. 

 Bat. 3 (1856) 332; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 308. 

 Luzon (Tayabas, Pangasinan, Camarines), Palawan, Biliran, Panay, 

 Mindanao, Basilan, Merrill 9U9, Phil. PI. 537, F. B. 20186 Aguilar, B. S. 

 13115 Foxworthy & Ramos, IS 5 61 McGregor, 3^841 Ramos & Pascasio, 17787 

 Otanes. In forests at low and medium altitudes. India to Formosa through 

 Malaya to Polynesia. 



Local names: Baliis (Tag.) ; bubugo (Sub.) ; marakibkib (Neg.) ; parai- 

 biau (Sul.) ; root (Neg.). 



HYPOLYTRUM SCIRPOIDES (Presl) comb. nov. 



Albikia scirpoides Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 (1828) 185, t. 35, excl. syn. 

 Hypolytrum philippense C. B. Clarke in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1908) 



Bot. 109. 

 Hypolytrum viridinux C. B. Clarke 1. c. 

 Throughout the Philippines, Elmer 622S, 15916, 18198', Merrill 7291, 10^30, 

 7U, 5126, 8186, B. S. 29589, 28654, 28462 Ramos & Edano, 34394 Ramos 

 & Pascasio, 28164 Fenix, 23601, 13929, 20424, 15314, 1853, 7389, 33162 

 Ramos, 14238, 32473 McGregor. In forests at low and medium altitudes; 

 often common. Borneo. 



Local name: Alisahis (Buk.). 



The Philippine form Presl figured and described is unmistakably the 

 same as H. philippense C. B. Clarke; Presl erred in referring to it H. nem- 

 orum Beauv. and Schoenus nemor^m Vahl. 



3. CYPERUS Linnaeus 



CYPERUS COMPRESSUS Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 46; Nees in Nov. Act. 

 Acad. Nat. Cur. 19 (1843) Suppl. 1: 56, Hook. Journ. Bot. Kew 

 Miscel. 6 (1854) 27; Naves Novis. App. (1882) 302; Vidal Phan. 

 Cuming. Philip. (1885) 155, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 282; C. 

 B. Clarke in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 84; Merr. op. cit. 

 3 (1908) Bot. 398, Fl. Manila (1912) 111, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 

 79. 

 Cyperus humilis Llanos Frag. PI. Filip. (1851) 13; F.-Vill. & Naves 



in Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 3, 4' (1880) 7, non Kunth. 

 Cyperus compressus Linn. var. brachiatus Nees in Linnaea 35 (1868) 



518. 

 Cyperus meyenii Nees in Nov. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. 19 (1843) Suppl. 

 1: 57. 

 Throughout the Philippines in open grasslands, waste places, etc., at low 

 and medium altitudes; common. Pantropic. 



Local names: Anana (Ibn.) ; gisai-kalabau (Tag.) ; kaptos (Iv.) ; tuhog- 

 dalag (Tag.); sangsaiiga (Bon.). 



