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altitudes, ascending to 2,300 m. Frequently abundant and gregarious 

 over large areas. Tropical Asia and Africa through Malaya to Australia. 

 Local names: Punau (Bon.); samsamong (Ilk.); taau (Ig.) ; usimau 

 (Ilk.). 



EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Anthistiria junghuhniana Nees in Hook. Journ. Bot. Kew Miscel. 2 

 (1850) 99. 



This is credited to the Philippines by Nees, on the basis of Cuming 

 24.31, which was from Sumatra, not from the Philippines. It is a syno- 

 nym of Themeda frondosa (R. Br.) Merr. (T. arguens Hack., not Stipci 

 ctrguens Linn.), which does not occur in the Philippines. 



20. PEROTIS Aiton 



PEROT IS INDICA (Linn.) 0. Kuntze Rev. Gen. PL (1891) 787; Merr. 

 in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 341. 

 Anthoxcunthum indicum Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 28. 

 Perotis latifolia Ait. Hort. Kew. 1 (1789) 85; F.-Vill. Novis. App. 



(1882) 313. 

 Perotis glabrata Steud. Syn. PL Glum. 1 (1854) 186; Miq. Fl. Ind. 

 Bat. 3 (1857) 479; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 313; Vid. Phan. 

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

 Perotis hordeiformis Nees in Steud. Nomencl. ed. 2, 2 (1841) 306, 

 Hook. Journ. Bot. Kew Miscel. 2 (1850) 102. 

 Luzon (Cagayan, Nueva Ecija), Mindanao (Agusan), Cuming 1399, 

 Elmer 13873, B. S. 7911 Ramos. In open grasslands at low and medium 

 altitudes. Tropical Asia and Africa. 

 Local name: Bangat (Mbo.). 



PEROTIS RARA R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 172; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1857) 

 479; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 314; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 

 1 (1906) Suppl. 341. 

 Xystidium barbatum Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 (1828) 228; Scribn. in 



Rept. Mo. Bot. Gard. 10 (1899) 55. 

 Xystidium maritimum Trin. Fund. Agrost. (1820) 102, t. 2. 

 Luzon (IIocos Norte, Lepanto, Amburayan, Pangasinan, Zambales) , 

 Mindoro, Merrill UU7, Phil. PI. 152, F. B. 9979 Merritt, 5859 Curran. On 

 dry open slopes at low and medium altitudes. Australia. 



21. ZOISIA Willdenow 

 (Zoysiai auct.) 

 ZOISIA MATRELLA (Linn.) Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 7 (1912) Bot. 

 230, FL Manila (1912) 85. 

 Agrostis matrella Linn. Mant. 2 (1771) 185. 



Zoisia pungens Willd. in Ges. Naturf. Fr. Neue Schrift 3 (1801) 

 441; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 313; Pilger in Perk. Frag. Fl. 

 Philip. (1904) 140; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 

 342. 

 Osterdammia matrella O. Kuntze Rev. Gen. PL (1891) 781. 

 Northern Luzon to Palawan, in most islands, occurring in open places 

 chiefly along or near tidal streams. Tropical Asia and Africa through 

 Malaya to Australia and western Polynesia. 

 Local name: Barit-baritan (Tag.). 



