3^24 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 1^22 



Fimbristylis haenkei Dietr. Sp. PI. 2 (1833) 161. 

 Fimbristylis falcata Kunth Enum. 2 (1837) 239; F.-Vill. Novis. App. 

 (1882) 308. 

 Admitted on the authority of C. B. Clarke who apparently examined 

 Presl's specimen, which was not from Monte Rey, California, but possibly 

 from the Philippines, and also a specimen collected by Callery. India to 

 Indo-China. 



FIMBRISTYLIS LEPTOCLADA Benth. Fl. Hongk. (1861) 647; C. B. 

 Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 6 (1893) 647. 

 Luzon (Bulacan), Culion, Palawan, Merrill 9285, Phil. PI 1426, B. S. 

 ilSlJf Ramos. In dry open sandy soil at low altitudes. Ceylon, Malay 

 Peninsula, Borneo, southern China. 



FIMBRYSTYLIS MARIANA Gaudich. in Bot. Freyc. Voy. (1826) 413, var. 

 FOENEA Kiikenth. in Fedde Repert. 16 (1920) 432. 



Luzon (Cagayan, Isabela, Ilocos Norte), B. S. 789^, 807 Jf, 27625 Ramos, 

 F. B. 16756 Curran. In open wet places. Marianne and Caroline Islands, 

 the variety endemic. 



The specimens look very much like F. schoenoides Vahl, and three of 

 those cited were originally referred by Kiikenthal to F. mariana Gaudich 

 var. maxima (K. Schum.) Kiikenth. 



FIMBRISTYLIS MILIACEA (Linn.) Vahl Enum. 2 (1806) 287; F.-Vill. 

 Novis. App. (1882) 308; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 156, 

 Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 284; C. B. Clarke in Philip. Journ. 

 Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 96; Merr. op. cit. 1 (1906) Suppl. 30, 3 (1908) 

 Bot. 398, Fl. Manila (1912) 117, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 83. 

 Scirpus viiliaceus Linn. Syst. ed. 10 (1759) 868. 

 Scirpus niloticus Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 33, ed. 2 (1845) 23, ed. 3, 



1 (1877) 43, non Gmel. 

 Trichelostylis miliacea Nees & Arn. in Nov. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. 

 19 (1843) Suppl. 1: 84, Hook. Journ. Bot. Kew Miscel. 6 (1854) 29. 

 Isolepis miliacea Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 (1828) 189. 

 Throughout the Philippines in open wet places; a characteristic rice- 

 paddy weed. Pantropic. 



Local names: Agor (Tag.); gumi (Pang.); sirau-sirau (Ilk.); sirisi- 

 buyas (Bik.) ; taulat (Tag.); ubod-ubod (Tag.). 



FIMBRISTYLIS MONOSTACHYA (Linn.) Hassk. PI. Jav. Rar. (1848) 61; 

 F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 307; C. B. Clarke in Philip. Journ. 

 Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 97; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 117. 

 Cyperus monostachyus Linn. Mant. 2 (1771) 180. 

 Abildgaardia monostachya Vahl Enum. 2 (1806) 296. 

 Abildgaardia compressa Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 (1828) 179; Nees in 

 Nov. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. 19 (1843) Suppl. 1: 74; Miq. Fl. Ind. 

 Bat. 3 (1856) 297; Steud. Syn. PI. Glum. 2 (1855) 72. 

 Fimbristylis compressa F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 307. 

 Throughout the Philippines in open grasslands at low and medium alti- 

 tudes. Pantropic. 



