PLANTS FROM P.ATAXES AND BABUYANES ISLANDS. 397 



OPLISMENUS Beaiiv. 



O. compositus (Linn.) Beauv. 



Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3692 Fenix. N. v., BuUsibis. 



Widely distributed in the Pliiiippines; tropics of both hemispheres. 



SETARIA Beauv. 

 S. italica (Linn.) Beauv. 



Batan, Santo Dominoo de Basco, .ilJO Meanis; 3629 Fenix. N. v., Rautnocaru. 

 Cultivated in the Philippines, as in most tropical and temperate regions. 



S. verticillata (Linn.) Beauv. 

 Camiguin, .'tO'tl Fenix. 



Near the seashore: not previously reported from the Philippines; temperate 

 and tropical regions of the ^^'orld. 



SPINIFEX Linn. 

 S. squarrosus Linn. 

 Camiguin, 3980 Fenix. 



Along the seashore throughout the Philippines; British India to southern 

 China, Malaya, and Australia. 



ELEUSINE Gaertn. 



E. indica (Linn.) Gaertn. 



Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3630 Fenix. 



Common in the Philippines; tropics of both hemispheres. 



ERAGROSTIS Host. 



E. tenella (Linn.) R. & S. 



Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 363o Fenix. 



Common in the Philippines; tropical Asia. Africa, and Malaya. 



CENTOTHECA Desv. 



C. lappacea (Linn.) Desv. 



Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3651 Fenix. Camiguin, JfOSJ, Fenix. 

 Common in the Philippines; tropical Asia. Africa, Malaya, Australia, and 

 Polynesia. 



SCHIZOSTACHYUM Nees. 



S. acutiflorum Munro. 



C.uxiGUix, Jt031 Fenix. 



Widely distributed in the Philippines; endemic. 



CYPERACE.5^. 



KYLLINGA Rottb. 

 K. monocephala Rottb. 



Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 368-'t Fenix. Camiguin, 3959 Fenix. 

 Common in the Philippines; warm regions of the Old World, from eastern Asia 

 to Polynesia. 



PYCREUS Beauv. 

 P. polystachyus Beam-. 



Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3i?7, M earns; 3588 Fenix. 

 Common in the Philippines; in all warm countries, especially near the sea. 



