142 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 1^22 



CAR EX RHYNCHACHAENIUM C. B. Clarke ex Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. 

 (Philip.) 35 (1906) 5, Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 31, 2 



(1907) Bot. 108, Kew BulL Add. Series 8 (1908) 79; Kiikenth. in 

 Engl. Pflanzenreich 38 (1909) 480, Philip. Journ. Sci. 6 (1911) 

 Bot. 62. 



Luzon (Kalinga, Pampanga, Bataan, Laguna), Mindanao (Bukid- 

 non, Zamboanga), Elmer* 69S3, Merrill 802Jf, 8213, Phil. PL 512, B. S. 37575, 

 39007, 39081 Ramos & Edano. On forested ridges in and near the mossy 

 forest, altitude 800 to 2,100 m. Endemic. 



CAREX SUBTRANSVERSA C. B. Clarke in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) 



Bot. 108, Kew Bull. Add. Series 8 (1908) 92; Kukenth. in Engl. 



Pflanzenreich 38 (1909) 614, Philip. Journ. Sci. 6 (1911) Bot. 63. 



Luzon (Benguet), Merrill 4.730, 7714. On dry open slopes of recent 



clearings, along trails, etc., altitude 1,900 to 2,300 m. Endemic. 



CAREX TRISTACHYA Thunb. Fl. Jap. (1784) 38 var. POCILLIFORMIS 

 (Boott) Kukenth. in Engl. Pflanzenreich 38 (1909) 471, Philip. 

 Journ. Sci. 6 (1911) Bot. 62; Merr. op. cit. 5 (1910) 335. 

 Carex pocilUformis Boott Illustr. 4 (1867) 175, t. 593. 

 Luzon (Benguet), Merrill 6606, 6630, 6629, B. S. 8856 McGregor. In 

 open meadows and on grassy slopes, altitude 2,200 to 2,500 m. Japan to 

 Formosa, the species also in eastern and central China. 



CAREX TURRITA C. B. Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 37 (1904) 13, 

 Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 108, Kew Bull. Add. Series 8 



(1908) 74; Kukenth. in Philip.' Journ. Sci. 6 (1911) Bot. 63. 

 Carex walkeri Arn. var. turrita Kukenth. in Engl. Pflanzenreich 38 



(1909) 546. 



Luzon (Abra, Bontoc, Ifugao, Benguet), Loher 700, B. S. 7288 Ramos, 

 40354. Ramos <& Edano. Apparently in open places, altitude probably above 

 1,400 m. Endemic. 



Local name: Tangtafigo (Bon.). 



EXCLUDED SPECIES 



CAREX LONGEBRACTEATA Steud. ; F.-ViU. Novis. App. (1882) 310. 



CAREX HAENKEANA Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 (1828) 205; Steud. Syn. PI. Glum. 



2 (1855) 241; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1857) 354; F.-Vill. Novis. App. 



(1882) 310. 



"Hab, in insulis Philippinis" Presl. This is the South American Carex 



pseudocyperus Linn. var. haenkeana Kiikenth., the record as Philippine 



being based on an erroneously localized Malaspina Expedition specimen. 



PALMAE 



1. PHOENIX Linnaeus 



PHOENIX HANCEANA Naud. var. PHILIPPINENSIS. Becc. in Philip. 

 Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 339, 14 (1919) 339. 



Batan Islands (Sabtan), B. S. 3744 Fenix. Along mountain streams 

 at low or medium altitudes. The species in southeastern China, Hainan, 

 and Formosa. 



Local name: Voyayoi (Iv.). 



