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Var. MA-YUEN (Roman.) Stapf in Hook. f. PL Brit. Ind. 7 (1897) 100; 

 Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 321. 

 Coix ma-yuen Roman, in Bull. Soc. Acclim. Paris III 8 (1881) 442. 

 Luzon (Rizal), Mindanao (Zamboanga), Jolo, Merrill 5326, F. B. 3394 

 A hern's collector. Occasionally cultivated for its edible grain or for 

 use in making fermented drinks. Tropical Asia. 

 Local name: lias (Tag.). 



5. DIMERIA R. Brown 

 DIMERIA CILIATA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 9 (1914) Bot..262. 



Palawan, Merrill 93.20. In low open grasslands just above sea level. 

 Endemic. 



DIMERIA ORNITHOPODA Trin. Fund. Agrost. (1820) 167, t. 14, var. 



TEN ERA (Trin.) Hack, in DC. Monog. Phan. 6 (1889) 81; Merr. 



in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 321, PL Manila (1912) 75. 



Dimeria tenera Trin. in Mem. Acad. Sci. St. Petersb. VI 2 (1833) 



335; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 315. 



Luzon (Bontoc, Benguet, Pangasinan, Zambales, Bulacan, Rizal, Cama- 



rines), Mindoro, Mindanao (Davao). In open grasslands, on rice-paddy 



banks, etc., sea level to an altitude of 1,500 m, locally abundant. India 



to Japan and Malaya. 



Haplachne pilosissima Presl and Andropogon chloridifomvis Gaudich. are 

 included in the Novissima Appendix by F.-Villar as distinct species. Both 

 are synonyms of Dimeria chloridif ormis K. Schum. & Lauterb. (D. pilo- 

 sissima Trin.) a very characteristic species known only from the Marianne 

 Islands. 



6. I M PER ATA Cyrillo 



IMPERATA CYLINDRICA (Linn.) Beauv. Agrost. (1912) expl. pi. 5, t. 5, 

 f. 1, var. KOENIGII (Retz.) Benth. ex Pilger in Perk. Frag. Fl. 

 Philip. (1904) 137; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 

 322, 3 (1908) Bot. 395, 5 (1910) Bot. 325, Fl. Manila (1912) 76, 

 Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 60. 

 Saccharum koenigii Retz. Obs. 5 (1789) 16. 

 Imperata koenigii Beauv. Agrost. (1812) 165; Nees in Hook. Journ. 



Bot. KewMiscel. 2 (1850) 100. 



Imperata arundinacea Cyr. PL Rar. Ic. 2 (1792) 26, t. 11; Miq. FL 



Ind. Bat. 3 (1857) 514; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 158, 



Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 289; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 316. 



Imperata arundinacea Cyr. var. koenigii Benth.; Hack, in DC. Monog. 



Phan. 6 (1889) 94; Usteri Beitr. Ken. Phil. Veg. (1905) 132. 

 Saccharum spicatum Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 (1828) 346; Kunth Enum. 

 1 (1833) 476; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1857) 513; F.-Vill. Novis. App. 

 (1882) 317; Scribn. in Rept. Mo. Bot. Gard. 10 (1899) 52, t. 1. 

 Throughout the Philippines, on open slopes, often gregariously occupying 

 enormous areas, forming characteristic kogonales, the name of these areas 

 being taken from its almost universal local name kogon. It ascends to 

 2,300 m altitude. Tropical Asia and Africa to Australia and Polynesia. 

 Local names: Buchid (Iv.) ; bulum (U.) ; gaon (Ig.) ; gogon (Bik.) ; 

 goon (Bon.) ; ilib (Pamp.) ; kogon (Ilk., Tag., Bik.) ; panau (Ilk.) ; parrang 

 (SuL). 



