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IMPERATA EXALTATA Brongn. Voy. Coq. Bot. (1829) 101, excl. syn. 



Roxb.; Hack, in DC. Monog. Phan. 6 (1889) 98; Merr. in Philip. 



Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 322; Pilg. in Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. 



(1904) 137. 



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



1 (1833) 476; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 317. 

 Imperata ramosa Anders, in Oefvers. Vet. Akad. Forhandl. Stockh. 

 (1855) 158, Rolfe in Journ. Bot. 23 (1885) 216; Vid. Phan. Cuming. 

 Philip. (1885) 158, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 289. 

 Saccharum alopecurus Nees in Hook. Journ. Bot. Kew Miscel. 2 

 (1850) 100; Walp. Ann. 3 (1853) 792; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1857) 

 513; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 317. 

 Saccharum, negrosense Steud. Syn. PI. Glum. 1 (1854) 407. 



Central Luzon to Palawan and Mindanao. In habitats similar to the 

 preceding species, but much less common. Java to the Moluccas; a variety 

 in tropical America as Hackel interprets it. 



Subsp. MERRILLII Hack, in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 264; 

 Merr. op. cit. 322. 



Luzon (Ifugao, Benguet) , Negros, Merrill 4.813, Phil. PL 582, B. S. 2768 

 Mearns, B. S. 19627 McGregor. On exposed ridges, altitude 1,500 to 2,250 

 m. Endemic. 



Local names: Gogon (Bik.) ; kogon (Tag., Bis., Sul.) ; padang-lubuk 

 (Sul.) ; paraugutau (Sub.). 



7. MISCANTHUS Andersson 



MISCANTHUS DEPAUPERATUS Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) 

 Bot. 170. 



Negros, Merrill Phil. PI. 583. In open places on the crater of Canlaon 

 Volcano, altitude 1,800 to 2,000 m. Endemic. 



MISCANTHUS JAPONICUS (Thunb.) Anders, in Oefv. Vet. Akad. For- 

 handl. Stockh. (1855) 166; Hack, in DC. Monog. Phan. 6 (1889) 

 107; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 322, 3 (1908) Bot. 

 395. 

 Saccharum japonicum Thunb. in Trans. Linn. Soc. 2 (1794) 328. 

 Saccharum praegrande Steud. Syn. PI. Glum. 1 (1854) 408. 

 Miscanthus luzoniensis Anders, in Oefv. Vet. Akad. Forhandl. Stockh. 

 (1855) 166; Rolfe in Journ. Bot. 23 (1885) 216; Vidal Phan. 

 Cuming. Philip. (1885) 158, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 289. 

 Saccharum densum Nees in Hook. Journ. Bot. Kew Miscel. 2 (1850) 

 100; Walp. Ann. 3 (1853) 792. 



Babuyan Islands to Mindanao, in most islands and provinces. In thickets, 

 on slopes, and along streams at low and medium altitudes, ascending to 

 1,200 m. Japan to the Moluccas and Polynesia. 



Local names: Biiyau (If.); loni (Bag.); tanlak (Tag.); tubas (Tag.); 

 riino (Pang., Ig., Ilk.); viau (Iv.). 



MISCANTHUS SINENSIS Anders, in Oefv. Vet. Akad. Forhandl. Stockh. 

 (1855) 166; Hack, in DC. Monog. Phan. 6 (1889) 105; Merr. in 

 Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 323, 2 (1907) Bot. 260, 3 (1908) 

 Bot. 395, 5 (1910) Bot. 325. 



