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ISACHNE MYOSOTIS Nees in Hook. Journ. Bot. Kew Miscel. 2 (1850) 

 98; Walp. Ann. 3 (1853) 720; Miq. PI. Ind. Bat. 3 (1857) 462; 

 F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 321; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 

 156, Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) '286; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 

 1 (1906) Suppl. 349, 2 (1907) Bot. 261, 5 (1910) Bot. 327. 

 • Panicum myosotis Steud. Syn. PI. Glum. 1 (1854) 96. 

 Isaclrne paiiciflora Hack. var. hirsuta Hack, in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 

 (1908) Bot. 167. 



Luzon (Abra, Benguet, Rizal, Pampanga), Negros, Mindoro, Mindanao 

 (Zamboanga), B. S. 1765, 13768, 27029 Ramos, 29677 Ramos & Edano, 

 1921 Foxworthy, F. B. 4405 Merritt, Merrill 6167, Copeland 162. In open 

 places at medium and higher altitudes, ascending to 2,400 m. Reported 

 also from Australia. 



ISACHNE PANGERANGENSIS Z. & M. Syst. Verz. Zoll. Pflanz. (1845) 

 102, var. HALCONENSIS Hack, in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 

 167, Merr. op. cit. 5 (1910) Bot. 327. 



Luzon (Benguet), Mindoro, Merrill 6221, 6203, F. B. 16182 Curran, 

 Merritt, & Zschokke. In open heaths, altitude 2,400 to 2,600 m. The 

 variety endemic, the species in Java. 



ISACHNE PAUCI FLORA Hack, in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 35 (1906) 

 80; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 350, 5 (1910) Bot. 



327. 



Luzon (Benguet, Nueva Vizcaya), Elmer 6486, Merrill 4292, 9770, 7673, 

 7674, Phil. PI. 195, B. S. 31753 Santos, 14211 McGregor. In wet places, 

 along streams, in rice paddies, etc., altitude 1,400 to 2,300 m. Endemic. 



ISACHNE STRICTA Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 2 (1908) 463. 



Leyte, Negros, Mindanao (Lanao), Elmer 10425, Wenzel 781, Clemens 

 1135a. In crevices of ledges, on seepage slopes, etc., altitude 600 to 1,200 

 m. Endemic. 



ISACHNE VULCAN ICA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 169. 



Negros, Merrill 6975, Phil. PI. 585. On bare slopes of the old crater 

 of Canlaon Volcano, altitude 1,800 to 2,100 m. Endemic. 



EXCLUDED SPECIES 

 ISACHNE JAVANA Nees. 



This species was credited to the Philippines by Nees in Hook. Journ. 

 Bot. Kew Miscel. 2 (1850) 97, on the basis of Cuming 2288; this specimen 

 was from Malacca, not from the Philippines. The species has not been 

 found in the Archipelago. 



ISACHNE PULCHELLA Roth. 



This species has been credited to the Philippines by F.-Villar, Novis. 

 App. (1882) 321, and by Mez ex Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 141, but one 

 of the specimens cited by the latter is Isachne miUacea Roth, and another 

 is /. debilis Rendle. Roth's species is Sphaerocaryum pulchellum (Roth) 

 Merr. (S. elegans Nees) which has not been found in the Philippines. 



