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Apluda aristata Linn. Amoen. Acad. 4 (1759) 303; F.-Vill. Novis. 

 App. (1882) 318; Usteri Beitr. Ken. Philip. Veg. (1905) 132. 

 Luzon (Rizal), B. S. 20 Ul Ramos, Merrill 629, Silva 391. Habitat and 

 range of the species. 



13. ISCHAEMUM Linnaeus 



ISCHAEMUM ANGUSTI FOLIUM (Trin.) Hack, ex Oliv. in Hook. Ic. Ill 

 8 (1888) t. 1773, DC. Monog. Phan. 6 (1889) 241; Merr. in Philip. 

 Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 331. 

 Spodiopogon angustifolius Trin. in Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. VI 2 

 (1833) 300; Nees in Hook. Journ. Bot. Kew Miscel. 2 (1850) 99; 

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

 (1886) 290. 

 Andropogon obvallatus Steud. Syn. PI. Glum. 1 (1854) 373. 

 Ischaemum notopogon Nees in Miq.' Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1857) 500; F.-Vill. 

 Novis. App. (1882) 315. 

 Luzon (Cagayan, Ilocos Norte, Bontoc, Nueva Vizcaya, Pangasinan), 

 Cuming 1002, Merrill 172, Phil PL 171, B. S. 77 W, 7919 Ramos, 11>2U 

 McGregor, F. B. 16527 Curran & Merritt. In open grasslands at low and 

 medium altitudes, ascending to 1,400 m. India to southern China and 

 Formosa. 



Local names: Kaboot (Ilk., Ibn.) ; poen (Bon.); pueng (Bon.); puenig 

 (Ig.) ; sangumati (Buk.). 



ISCHAEMUM ARISTATUM Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 1049 var. GIBBUM (Trin.) 



Hack, in DC. Monog. Phan. 6 (1889) 204; Pilg. in Perk. Frag. Fl. 



Philip. (1904) 139; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 



330, Fl. Manila (1912) 80. 

 Ischaemum gibbum Trin. in Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. VI 2 (1833) 295; 



Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1857) 498; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 315. 

 Andropogon gibbus Steud. Syn. PI. Glum. 1 (1854) 376. 



Luzon (Isabela, Ilocos Norte, Nueva Ecija, Nueva Vizcaya, Zambales, 

 Bulacan, Rizal, Camarines), Culion. In open grasslands at low and me- 

 dium altitudes; often common. Well represented by Merrill Phil. PL 179, 

 1977, and Kneucker Gram. Exsic. 605. The variety endemic, the species 

 India to China. 



ISCHAEMUM ARUNDINACEUM F.-Muell. ex Benth. Fl. Austral. 7 (1878) 

 519 var. RAD I CANS Hack, in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 

 266; Merr. op. cit. 331. 



Luzon (Benguet, Bontoc), Merrill 4264, Phil. PI. 1000, Williams 1197, 

 Vanoverbergh 861. On open grassy slopes in the pine regions, altitude 

 1,200 to 1,600 m. The variety endemic, the species in tropical Australia. 



ISCHAEMUM CILIARE Retz. Obs. 6 (1791) 36; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 

 315; Hack, in DC. Monog. Phan. 6 (1889) 255 (var. malachophyllum 

 Hack.) ; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 395. 



Batan Islands (Batan), B. S. 3169 Mearns. In open grasslands. India 

 to China and Formosa. 



ISCHAEMUM GLAUCESCENS Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 9 (1914) Bot. 

 263. 



Palawan, Merrill 9453. In shallow water, borders of Lake Manguao, at 

 low altitudes. Endemic. 



