32 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 1922 



Eulalia japonica Trin. in Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. VI 2 (1833) 333; 



Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1857) 518; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 316, 



non Miscanthus japonicus Anders. 

 Miscanthus japonicus Pilg. in Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 137, non 



Anders. 



Batan Islands, Luzon (Bontoc, Benguet, Lepanto, Pampanga, Tayabas, 

 Bataan, Zambales), Mindoro, Negros. In open places, on slopes, and in 

 ravines, altitude 800 to 2,700 m, often abundant. Japan to southern China 

 and Celebes. 



Local names: Bigaho (Bik.) ; bigau (Bik.) ; biidu (Ig.) ; bilau (Ig., 

 If.) ; gaho (Bik.) ; gisa (Bik.) ; lolo (Bon.) ; paded (Ig.) ; pao (Bon.) ; 

 runo (Ilk.); viau (Iv.). 



8. SACCHARUM Linnaeus 



SACCHARUM ARUNDINACEUM Retz. Obs. 6 (1791) 14; Hack, in DC. 

 Monog. Phan. 6 (1889) 117; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 7 (1897) 119: 

 Erianthus sp. Pilger in Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 137. 



Luzon (Bontoc, Nueva Vizcaya, Tayabas), Mindoro, Samar, Mindanao, 

 Merrill 179 U, 5U8, Clemens 809, Williams 2625, B. S. 13279 Ramos, U207 

 McGregor, 20906 Escritor. Along river banks at low and medium alti- 

 tudes. India to southern China. 



Local names: Bagi'-unas (Ilk.); bahi-onas (Isn.) ; gatbo (Tag.); lakbo 

 (Tag.); tanig (Bon.); zaigbau (Sub.). 



SACCHARUM OFFICINARUM Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 54; Blanco Fl. Filip. 

 (1837) 42; ed. 2 (1845) 29, ed. 3, 1 (1877) 55, t. 18; F.-Vill. Novis. 

 App. (1882) 317; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 323, 

 Fl. Manila (1912) 78, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 60. 

 Saccharum violaceum F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 317, non Tussac. 

 Cultivated throughout the Philippines, in some islands and provinces very 

 extensively, being one of the major crops of the Philippines. Not a 

 native of the Archipelago. Sugar cane. 



Local names: Agbo (Ibn.) ; caha dulce (Sp.) ; tubo (Tag., Bik.); tubu 

 (Sul.) ; una (Ibn.); unas (Ilk.); unat (It.). 



SACCHARUM SPONTANEUM Linn. Mant. 2 (1771) 183 subsp. INDICUM 



Hack, in DC. Monog. Phan. 6 (1889) 117; Pilger in Perk. Frag. Fl. 



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



323, 5 (1910) Bot. 325, Fl. Manila (1912) 77, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 



60. 



Saccharum spontaneum Linn.; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1857) 512; Rolfe 



in Journ. Bot. 23 (1885) 216; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 



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



Saccharum spontaneum Linn, subsp. luzonicum Hack, in DC. Monog. 



Phan. 6 (1889) 117. 

 Anthistiria gigantea Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 49, ed. 2 (1845) 33, 



ed. 3, 1 (1877) 62, non Cav. 

 Saccharum insulare Brongn. var. amplum et var. depauperatum Anders, 

 in Oefv. Vet. Akad. Forhandl. Stockh. 12 (1855) 157. 

 Throughout the Philippines, in open areas at low and medium altitudes, 

 ascending to 1,500 m, often gregarious and almost exclusively occupying 

 large areas. India to southern China through Malaya to Polynesia. 



