192 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS ^922 



XYRIDACEAE 



1. XYRIS Linnaeus 



XYRIS COMPLANATA R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 256; Naves Novis. App. 

 (1880) 268; Hallier f. in Nova Guinea 8 (1913) 903, Beihefte Bot. 

 Centralbl. 34' (1916) 45. 

 Xyris anceps Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 172, non Lam. 

 Luzon (Isabela), Semirara, B. S, 8065 Ramos, Merrill ^151. In open 

 grasslands at low altitudes. Malay Archipelago to Australia. 

 Local name: Gumi-gumi (Tag,). 



XYRIS PAUCI FLORA Willd. Phytogr. (1794) 2, t 1; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 



3 (1859) 529; Naves Novis. App. (1880) 268; Merr. Fl. Manila 



(1912) 135. 

 Luzon (Pangasinan, Tarlac, Bulacan, Rizal), Loher 6985, Merrill 3628, 

 Phil. PI. 463, B. S. JfOlX Ramos. In open grasslands at low altitudes. 

 India to China and Formosa through Malaya to* Australia. 



EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Xyris indica Linn.; Naves Novis. App. (1880) 268. 

 Xyris operculata Labill. ; Naves I.e. 



ERIOCAULONACEAE 



1. ERrOCAULON Linnaeus 



ERIOCAULON A LATUM H. Lecom^te in Journ. de Bot. 21 (1908) 104, 

 /. 2; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 7 (1912) Bot. 232, Fl. Manila 

 (1912) 136. 

 Luzon (Rizal), Merrill 7362, B. S. 1831 Ramos, 19270 Reillo. In open 

 wet grasslands at low altitudes. Indo-China. 



ERIOCAULON ALPESTRE Hook. f. & Th. ex Koern. in Miq. Ann. Mus. 

 Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 3 (1867) 163; Ruhl. in Engl. Pflanzenreich 13 

 (1903) 95; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 10 (1915) Bot. 291. 

 Mindanao (Davao), Copeland 1431. In open wet places, altitude about 

 1,800 m. India to Japan south to Indo-China. 



ERIOCAULON BR EVIPEDUNCU LATUM Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 

 (1907) Bot. 265. 

 Mindoro, Merrill 6214. On seepage slopes in open heaths on Mt. Halcon, 

 altitude about 2,400 m. Borneo. 



ERIOCAULON CINEREUM R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 254; Benth. FL AustraL 

 7 (1878) 193; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 10 (1915) Bot. 291, FL 

 Manila (1912) 136. 

 Eriocaulon sieboldianum Sieb. & Zucc. ex Steud. Syn 2 (1855) 272; 

 Ruhl. in Engl. Pflanzenreich 13 (1903) 111, /. 15 A-G. 

 Luzon (Rizal), Merrill Phil. PL ,290, 1-276, B. S. 24072 Ramos. In 

 fallow wet rice lands at low altitudes. Africa to Japan, Malaya, and 

 Australia. 



Local name: Dundunsug (P. Bis.). 



