870 

 (30) LEPTASPIS H. Br. 



Staiuinate spikelets small, tejiiiiiial on short brauclilets; pistillate 

 flowers 1 to 3, sessile on the lower portion of the same branches, large, 

 globose, with two shoi't eniptv glumes. Leaves large, broad, pedicellate. 



Species 5 in the tropics of the Old World; 2 or .'? in the riiilippines. 



1. Leaves oblong to oblong-oblanceolate (1) L. urccolata 



1. Leaves lanceolate (2) L. cumingii 



(1) Leptaspls urceolata (Roxb.) E. Br. in Bcnn. PI. Jav. Ear. (1838-1852) 

 23. t. C: Miij. V\. Jnd. IJat. 3 (1859) 374; Steud. Syn. 1 (1855) 106; F.-Vill. 

 Nov. App. (1883) 318; Vidal Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 288; Phan. Cuming. 

 Philip. (1885) 157. L. manillensis Stevid. Syn. 1 (1855) 8; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 

 (1859) 374; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 318. Phartis urceoIaUis Roxb. Fl. Ind. 3 

 (1832) 611. 



Mi.xDANAO, Davao (702 Copeland) March, 1904; Catalonan (Copchmd) April, 

 1902: Lake Lanao, Camp Keithlcy (014 Clemens) June, 1906. 

 IMalayan Peninsula and Archipelago to New Guinea. 



(2) Leptaspis cumingii Steud. Syn. 1 (1855) 416; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 

 (1859) 375; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 318; Vidal. Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 

 157; Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 288. 



Philippines (1027 Cnming). Not seen. 

 Endemic. 



(3) Leptaspis sp. L. cochlcala TInv.V Hack, in Govt. Lab. Pub). 35 (1905) 

 81. 



Mindanao, Davao (703 Copeland) March, 1904. Material too imperfect for 

 satisfactory identification. 



(40) ORYZA Linn. 



Spikelets elongated ; empty ghimes of two small scales or bristles, and 

 undci'iicaih these, two more minute rudimentary empty glumes. Flower- 

 ing glume complicate and keeled, usually awned. Stamens G. 



Species about 6, in the Tropics of both hemispheres; 2 in the Philippines. 

 1, with many fornis and varieties, cultivated (rice). 



1. Spikelets paniculate; cultivated only (1)0. sativa 



1. Spikelets in a simple raceme; a sylvan species (2) O. meycriana 



(1) Oryza sativa Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 333; Kimtli Kniun. 1 (1833) 7; 

 Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1859) 368; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1SS3) 318;' Pilger in 

 Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 145; Merr. Philip. Journ. Sei. 1 (1906) Suppl. 28; 

 Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 1 (1837) 273; ed. 2 (1845) 190 et varr. hinamhan, glutinosa, 

 lamuyo, pilosa, praecox, quinunda, rubra et violacea Blanco II. cc. 0. aristata 

 Blanco II. cc. 274, 190. 0. latifolia Desv.; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 319. 0. gln- 

 linosa, m<mt<ui<i, et praecox Lour. F]. Cocliinch. (1790) 215; F.-\'ill. Nov. App. 

 (1883) 319. O. niiinih, Pr.'s] Rcl. Ilaenk. 1 (1830) 208; Kunlli Ijiuiii. 1 (1833) 

 7; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bal. 3 ( 1S5!») 371: F.-\'ill. Nov. App. (18S3) :;i!». ex descr. 



Tropical Asia. l)Ut gciicially ciilliv iitcd in IrdjiicMJ :md warm countries of the 

 World. Common rice, widely cultivalril in the l'liiliip|iiiirs. willi very numerous 

 cultural varieties. 



(2) Oryza meyeriana (Zoll. et Mor. ) I'.aill. Hist. I'l. 12 (1S94) 166; I'ilger 

 in Perk. Frag. Fl. IMiili]). (1904) 145. J'adid )ii<i/ciiaiia /oil. et Mor. \'erz. Ind. 

 Areliip. (1854-55) lo:'.: Steud. Syn. 1 (1855) 3; Miq. I'l. Ind. I!at. 3 (1859) 



