VoL l GRAMINEAE Q§ 



23060 McGregor. In open waste places, old clearings, etc., at low al- 

 titudes. Malay Peninsula. 



Local name: Niknikan (Tag.). 



PANICUM MALABARICUM (Linn.) Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 4 (1909) 

 Bot. 248. 

 Poa malabarica Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 69. 



Panicum arnottianum Nees in Steud. Syn. PL Glum. 1 (1854) 59. 

 Mindoro, Palawan, Mindanao, Palmas, F. B. 534.9 Merritt, Merrill 5367, 

 9378, 9581, B. S. 36687 Ramos '& Edano. In old clearings at low altitudes. 

 India to Malaya. 



Local name: Salid (Sub.). 



PANICUM MAXIMUM Jacq. Ic. PL Rar. 1 (1781-86) t. 13; Merr. Fl. 

 Manila (1912) 93. 



Cultivated for forage purposes, occasional as an escape or persisting 

 from former cultivation. Cultivated in all tropical countries. Guinea 

 grass. 



PANICUM MiLIACEUM Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 58; Merr. in Philip. Journ. 

 Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 358/ 



Very rarely cultivated in the Philippines, and nowhere spontaneous. 

 Cultivated in most warm countries. Millet. 

 Local name: Kabug (C. Bis.). 



PANICUM MINDANAENSE Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 

 360. 



Luzon (Ilocos Sur, Rizal, Batangas, Zambales), Mindanao (Lanao), 

 Clemens 99, B. S. 27379, 5103, 29242 Ramos, Merrill Phil. PI. 168, as 

 P. caudiglume Hack. In open places at low and medium altitudes. En- 

 demic. 



PANICUM MYOSUROIDES R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 189; Kunth Enum. 1 



(1833) 77; Mez in Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 142; Merr. in 



Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 357. 

 Panicum angustissimum Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 157, 



Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 286, non ? Hochst. 

 Panicum contractum Nees in Hook. Journ. Bot. Kew Miscel. 2 (1850) 



97, non ? Trin. 



Luzon (Abra, Nueva Vizcaya), Panay, Mindanao (Misamis), Cuming 

 1668, B. S. 31283 Ramos & Edano, 14221 McGregor, F. B. 16459 Bacani. 

 In open wet lands at low and medium altitudes. Tropical Africa and Asia 

 through Malaya to Australia. 



PANICUM NODOSUM Kunth Enum. 1 (1833) 97; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 



(1857) 448; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 312; Merr. in Philip. Journ. 



Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 357, Fl. Manila (1912) 92, Sp. Blancoanae 



(1918) 66. 



Panicum multinode Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 (1828) 303, non Lam. 



Panicum violaceum Llanos Frag. PL Filip. (1851) 42; F.-Vill. & Naves 



in Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 3, 4 x (1880) 31. 

 Panicum ouonbiense Mez in Perk. Frag. FL Philip. (1904) 142, non 

 Balansa. 



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