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Oncostylis barbata Nees in Hook. Journ. Bot. Kew Miscel. 6 (1854) 29. 

 Fimbristylis barbata Benth. Fl. Austral. 7 (1878) 32 j F.-VilL Novis. 



App. (1882) 308; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 116. 

 Isolepis cumingii Steud. Syn. PL Glum. 2 (1855) 101; Miq. Fl. Ind. 



Bat. 3 (1856) 310. 

 Fimbristylis cumingii F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 308. 

 Batan Islands, Luzon (Cagayan to Sorsogon, in most or all provinces), 

 Negros. In open dry sandy places at low and medium altitudes, locally 

 abundant, ascending to 1,500 m. All or most vi^arm countries. 

 Local names: Humot (Iv.) ; kulilis (Tag.); tirtiris (Ilk.). 



BULBOSTYLIS CAPILLARIS (Linn.) Kunth Enum. 2 (1837) 211; Usteri 

 Beitr. Ken. Philip. Veg. (1905) 131; C. B. Clarke in Philip. Journ. 

 Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 98 (var. trifida C. B. Clarke); Merr. op. cit. 5 

 (1910) Bot. 334. 

 Scirpus capillaris Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 49. 



Isolepis capillaris R. & S. Syst. 2 (1817) 118; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 

 (1856) 311. 

 Luzon (Cagayan, Lepanto, Bontoc, Benguet). In open places, chiefly 

 at medium altitudes, ascending to 2,000 m. Pantropic. 



14. SCHOENUS Linnaeus 



SCHOENUS AXILLARIS (R. Br.) Poir. in Lam. Encycl. Suppl. 2 (1811) 

 251; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 334. 

 Chaetospora axillaris R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 233. 

 , Luzon (Benguet), F. B. 161^1 Curran, Merritt, & Zschokke. On Mt. 

 Pulog, probably from the summit grasslands, altitude about 2,800 m. 

 Australia, New Zealand. 



SCHOENUS FALCATUS R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 232; Merr. in Philip. Journ. 

 Sci. 9 (1914) Bot. 268. 

 Cladium filiforme Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 172. 

 Luzon (Ilocos Norte, Zambales), Palawan, B. S. 5036, 32717 Ramos & Pas- 

 casio, 508, 717 Foxivorthy. In meadows and along streams at low altitudes 

 ascending to 600 m. Formosa, Borneo, northeastern Australia. 



SCHOENUS MELANOSTACHYS R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 231; Merr. in Philip. 

 Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 263. 

 Mindoro, Merrill 6173. In an open heath on Mt. Halcon, altitude about 

 2,400 m. Borneo, Queensland, New South Wales. 



SCHOENUS PHILIPPINENSIS (Palla) Kukenth. in herb. comb. nov. 



Helothrix philippinensis Palla in AUgem. Bot. Zeitschr. 17 (1911) 



Beil. 1. 

 Schoenus apogon C. B. Clarke in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 

 102; Merr. op. cit. 5 (1910) 334, non R. & S. 

 Luzon (Benguet, Tayabas, Laguna), Negros, Mindanao (Davao), Kneuc- 

 ker Cyp. Exsic. 211, Merrill 6508, 6973, Phil. PI. 5U0., Elmer 11370. On the 

 highest mountains, in the mossy forest and in open grassy places, altitude 

 1,800 to 2,700 m. Endemic. 

 Local name: Kalesi (Bag.). 



