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14. OPLISMENUS Beam-. 



1. O. burmannii (K. Br.) Beauv.; Hook. f. 1. c. ()8. 



[(MAry Elmer) ; ( 32!)0 J/erriH ) ; (1021 H7n7/'o/Y/). Alonj< trails in forests and 

 thickets below 200 ni., and on bluffs near the seashore, widely distributed in the 

 Philippines. Tropical Asia to China and Malaya. 



2. O. undulatifolius (Arduin.) Beauv.; Hook. f. 1. c. (itj. 



(2547 Borden) ; (0987 Elmer). Forested slopes at aboiit 1.50 ni. Central and 

 southern Europe and the Tropics generally. 



3. O. undulatifolius var. imbecillis (R. Br.) Hack. OrtJiopoyon imbeciUis 

 R. Br.; Oijlismcnus )iiinus Merr. Covt. Lab. Publ. 17 (1!)04) 9. 



(3203 Merrill). On exposed ridges at 1,200 in., mountains of the Philippines 

 to Malaya and Australia. 



15. SETARIA Beauv. 



1. S. flava Kunth, R^'. Gram. 1 ( 183.3) 4(i. 



(1936 Borde)i). Generally distributed in the I'liilippines and other tropical 

 countries, treated by most authors as a synonym of Hctaria glauca. but apparently 

 distinct. 



16. THUAREA Pers. 



1. T. sarmentosa Pers.; Hook. f. 1. c. 91. 



(Merrill). Common on the sandy seashore, widely distributed in the Philip- 

 pines. Tropical Asia to Madagascar. ^lalaya, Australia, and Polynesia. 



17. SPINIFEX Linn. 



1. S. squarrosus Linn.; Hook. f. 1. c. (13. 



(Whitford) . On tlie sandy seasliore. widely distributed in tlie Pliili])pines. 

 Tropiciil shores of Asia and Malaya. 



IS. ORYZA Linn. 



1. O. sativa Linn.; Hook. i. 1. c. 92. 



Somewhat cultivated near Lamao. generally cultivated in tropical and s\ib- 

 tropieal regions. Rice. 



19. LEERSIA 8w. 



I. L. hexandra Sw. ; Hook. f. 1. c. !>4. 



{Whitford) . In low wet lands below 100 m. widely distributed in tlie Philip- 

 pines. Tropics generally . 



20. GARNOTIA I'.HMi-n. 



1. G. strlcta Brongn.: Hook. f. 1. c. 243. 



(098!) Elmer); (1140 Wliilford). On ex|)ose(l ridges at 1,200 m. British 

 India to the Sandwich Islands. 



21. CYNODON I'ers. 



1. C. dactylon iLinn.i I'ers.-. Hook. f. 1. e. 288. 



{Merrill I. In open grass lands and waste ])laees below 100 m.. widely distrili- 

 ntecl in the Philip))ines. Tropical and sublroi)ieal regions generally. 



2. C. arcuatus I'k-I. Kd. ilacnk. 1 ilS3()i 290; Merrill. Govt. Lab. I'ubi. 17 

 (19(14) 9. 



13171 Merrill). In open gi:is^ himls. iMidcmic. 



