136 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 1^22 



SCLERIA ZEYLANICA Poir. in Lam. Encycl. 7 (1806) 3 p. p.; C. B. 

 Clarke in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 104; Merr. Fl. Manila 

 (1912) 120. 

 Luzon (Ilocos Norte, Bulacan, Rizal), Merrill 3665, Phil. PI. IJ^Sl, B. S. 

 27626, 10905, 21688, 22001 Ramos. In open rather wet places at low alti- 

 tudes. India through Malaya to New Caledonia. 



Local names: Daat-babae (Tag.); daat-parang (Tag.); pugad-pugad 

 (Tag.). 



DOUBTFUL SPECIES 



SCLERiA MACROPHYLIA Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 (1828) 200; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 



3 (1857) 343 ; F.-VilL Novis. A^P, (1882) 3,10. ^^--'" ■ ^^^^-^ - 

 "Hab. in insula Luzon" Presl. This has been reduced' to Scleria bancana 

 Miq. with which Presl's description does not remotely agree. In its leaves 

 being 16 lines broad, its panicle a foot long and much branched, and in its 

 fruits being the size of a pea Scleria macrophylla Presl does not agree with 

 any of the known Philippine or Indo-Malayan species, but apparently be- 

 longs in the group of Scleria macrocarpa Nees. PresFs type was doubtless 

 from South America or Mexico, not from the Philippines. 



23. DIPLACRUM Pv. Brown 



DIPLACRUM CARICINUM R. Br. Prodr. (1910) 241; C. B. Clarke in 

 Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 106; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 121. 

 Scleria caricina Benth. Fl. Austral. 7 (1878) 426; F.-Vill. Novis. 

 App. (1882) 309. 

 Luzon (Abra, Tarlac, Rizal, Camarines), Panay, Bucas Grande, Minda- 

 nao, Merrill 3626, 8236, Loher 7157, B. S. 3503Jf Ramos & Pascasio, S095If, 

 33507 Ramos & Edano. In open grasslands at low and medium altitudes. 

 India to southern China through Malaya to tropical Australia. 



24. UNCINIA Persoon 



UNCINIA RUPESTRIS Raoul in Ann. Sci. Nat. Ill 2 (1844) 117 var. 

 CAPILLACEA Kiikenth. in Engl. Pflanzenreich 38 (1909) 64, Philip. 

 Journ. Sci. 6 (1911) Bot. 58; Merr. op. cit. 5 (1910) Bot. 334. 

 Luzon (Benguet, Laguna), Mindanao (Davao), B. S. 19560 Ramos, F. B, 

 161^0 Curran, Merritt, & Zschokke. In the mossy forest on Mts. Pulog, 

 Banahao, and Apo, altitude 2,200 to 2,500 m. New Zealand, Tasmania. 

 Local name: Loniai (Bag.). 



25. CAR EX Linnaeus 



CAR EX BACCANS Nees in Wight Contrib. (1834) 122; C. B. Clarke in 



Curtis's Bot. Mag. Ill 49 (1893) t. 7288, Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 37 



(1904) 14, Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 108; Merr. op. cit. 5 



(1910) Bot. 334; Kukenth. in Engl. Pflanzenreich 38 (1909) 258, 



/. 39 JE'-H, Philip. Journ. Sci. 6 (1911) Bot. 59. 



Luzon (Bontoc, Lepanto, Benguet). In damp thickets and in the mossy 



forest on the higher mountains, altitude 1,600 to 2,400 m. Himalayan 



region to southern China, Formosa, Sumatra, and Java. 



Local names: Gihidsan (Bon.); silak (Ig.) ; mankat (Ig.). 



