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Luzon, Mindanao, B. S. 16409 Reillo, Merrill 11543, {Loher 805, 806). In 

 thickets at low altitudes. India and Ceylon. 



Local names: Daat (Tag.); katabad (Tag.); talaid (Bag.). 



SCLERIA LUZON ENSIS Palla in Allgem. Bot. Zeitschr. 13 (1907) 49. 



Scleria chinensis C. B. Clarke in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 

 105; Merr. op. cit. 1 (1906) Suppl. 31, non Nees. 



Luzon (Bontoc, Benguet, Nueva Vizcaya, Pampanga, Rizal, Laguna, 

 Bataan, Tayabas), Mindoro, Palawan, Negros, Panay, Mindanao, Merrill 

 4834, 3958, 3964, 3921, 9523, Phil. PI. 560, Kneucker Cyp. Exsic. 167, Elmer 

 8401, Whitford 1517, 1518, Williams 1227, 730. In primary forests, on 

 ridges, etc., altitude 800 to 2,200 m. Endemic. 



Thought by Kukenthal to be but a variety of S. mnltifoliata Boeck. 



Local names: Agagedan (Bon.) ; egegedan (Bon.) ; mankot (Ig.) ; papan 

 (Bon.). 

 SCLERIA MERRILLII Palla in Allgem. Bot. Zeitschr. 17 (1911) Beil. 8. 



Luzon (Rizal), Kneucker Cyp. Exsic. 249, Merrill Phil. PI. 525 (as S. 

 zeylanica Poir.) , B. S. 2029 Ramos. In fallow rice paddies at low altitudes. 

 Endemic. 



This is perhaps the same as the form referred by C. B. Clarke to 

 S. annularis Kunth. 



SCLERIA MOTLEYI C. B. Clarke in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 104. 

 Scleria trigona Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 8 (1913) Bot. 363. 

 Scleria trigonocarpa Ridl. in Journ. Str. Branch Roy. As. Soc. 46 

 (1906) 228, women, Mater. Fl. Malay. Pen. (Monocot.) 1 (1907) 110. 

 Luzon (Pangasinan, Bulacan, Rizal, Tayabas, Camarines, Sorsogon), 

 Catanduanes, Busuanga, Palawan, Panay, Leyte, B. S. 1854, 30426 Ramos, 

 20681 Escritor, 29706, 33583, 34110 Ramos & Edano, 35496 Martelino & 

 Edano, 25500 Yates, 29896 Fenix, Elmer 15411 as S. sorsogonensis Elm., 

 Wenzel 158. In forests at low and medium altitudes. Borneo, Malay 

 Peninsula. 

 Var. DENSISPICATA C. B. Clarke L c. 



Luzon (Ilocos Norte, Nueva Vizcaya, Pampanga), B. S. 20997 Santos, 

 22441, 32845 Ramos. In forests at low and medium altitudes, ascending 

 to 800 m. Endemic. 



SCLERIA ORYZOIDES Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 (1828) 201; Miq. Fl. Ind. 



Bat. 3 (1857) 342; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 310; C. B. Clarke 



in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 105. 



Luzon (Cagayan, Isabela, Camarines), Palawan, Merrill 144, Phil. PI 



1294, F. B. 11621 Curran, B. S. 7777, 8063 Ramos. In fresh-water swamps, 



old wet rice paddies, etc., at low altitudes. India and tropical East Africa 



to tropical Australia. 



Local name: Agaas (Bik.). 



SCLERIA PERGRACILIS (Nees) Kunth Enum. 2 (1837) 354; C. B. Clarke 



in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 6 (1894) 685; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 



7 (1912) Bot. 75. 



Hypophorum pergracile Nees in Edinb. Philos. Journ. 17 (1834) 267. 



Luzon (Bontoc), Mindanao (Cotabato), Vanoverbergh 889, Copeland. 



On open slopes, altitude 300 to 1,400 m. Tropical Africa through India to 



Yunnan and Indo-China. 



Local name: Bangbanglo (Bon.). 



