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Local names: Bogang (C. Bis.); bugang (C. Bis.); lidda (Ilk.); salin 

 (Bon.) ; sikal (Ibn.) ; talahib (Tag.) ; tibayo (Bag.) ; tigbau (S. L. Bis., 

 P. Bis.). 



9. POLLINIA Trinius 



POLLINIA ARGENTEA (Brongn.) Trin. in Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. VI 

 4 (1836) 90; Hack, in DC. Monog. Phan. 6 (1889) 162; Pilger in 

 Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 138; Hack, in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 

 (1906) Suppl. 265; Merr. op. cit. 325, Fl. Manila (1912) 77. 

 Eidalia argentea Brongn. Voy. Coqu. Bot. (1829) 92. 



Luzon (Cagayan, Isabela, Bontoc, Nueva Vizcaya, Pangasinan, Rizal), 

 Semirara, Merrill 4-152, 108, Elmer 6474, B. S. 17850 Otanes, 14216 Mc- 

 Gregor, 7815, 8092, 7831 Ramos. In open grasslands at low and medium 

 altitudes. India to Malaya and Australia. 



Var. LAGOPUS Hack, in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 35 (1906) 79; Merr. 

 in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 325. 

 Pollinia speciosa Pilger in Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 138, non 

 Hack. 



Luzon (Ilocos Norte, Lepanto, Bontoc, Benguet, Pampanga), Mindoro, 

 Palawan, Merrill 4222, 3902, 4-365, U535, 472, B. S. 32753, 32779, 5849 Ramos. 

 In open grasslands at low and medium altitudes, ascending to 1,600 m. 

 Endemic. 



POLLINIA CONTORTA (Brongn.) comb. nov. 



Pogonatherum contortum Brongh. Bot. Voy. Coqu. Bot. (1829) 90, 



t. 17. ■ 

 Andropogon koretrostachys Trin. in Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. VI 2 

 (1833) 273; Steud. Syn. PL Glum. 1 (1854) 380; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 

 3 (1857) 484; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 316. 

 Pollinia articulata Trin. in Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. VI 4 (1836) 90; 

 F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 315; Hack, in DC. Monog. Phan. 6 

 (1889) 153 (subsp. fragilis Hack. var. setifolia Hack.) ; Merr. in 

 Philip. Journ. Sci/ 1 (1906) Suppl. 324; Pilger in Perk. Frag. Fl. 

 Philip. (1904) 138. 

 Pollinia setifolia Nees in Hook. Journ. Bot. Kew Miscel. 2 (1850) 

 88;, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1857) 521; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 

 315; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 158, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. 

 (1886) 290. 

 Andropogon asthenostachys Steud. Syn. PL Glum. 1 (1854) 381; Miq. 



FL Ind. Bat. -3 (1857) 485. 

 Eidalia contorta O. Kuntze Rev. Gen. PL (1891) 775. 

 Luzon (Cagayan, Isabela, Abra, Lepanto, Nueva Ecija, Nueva Vizcaya), 

 Mindanao (Bukidnon), Merrill 317, B. S. 2014-1 McGregor, 7035, 8121, 

 7809, 4-737 Ramos, F. B. 5875 Curran, 22128 Alvarez, 16460 Bacani. In 

 open grasslands chiefly at medium altitudes. Burma, southern China, 

 Moluccas, Australia. 



Local name: Sangumati (Buk.). 



POLLINIA FULVA (R. Br.) Benth. Fl. Austral. 7 (1878) 526. 

 Saccharum fulvum R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 203. 

 Pollinia cumingii Nees in Hook. Journ. Bot. Kew Miscel. 2 (1850) 



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