76 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 1922 



Thuarea sarmentosa Pers. Syn. 1 (1805) 110; Nees in Hook. Journ. 

 Bot. Kew Miseel. 2 (1850) 97 (Thouarea) ; F.-Vill. Novis. App. 

 (1882) 313; Usteri Beitr. Ken. Phil. Veg. (1905) 133; Merr. in 

 Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 28. 



Luzon (Cagayan, Bataan, Rizal), Mindoro, Palawan, Samar, Mindanao. 

 On sandy beaches and in thickets back of the beach, often common. Cey- 

 lon to Madagascar through Malaya to Australia and Polynesia. 



37. SPINIFEX Linnaeus 



SPINIFEX LITTOREUS (Burm. f.) Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 7 (1912) 

 Bot. 229, PL Manila (1912) 97, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 69. 



Stipa littorea Burm. f. Fl. Ind. (1768) 29. 



Stipa spinifex Linn. Mant. 1 (1767) 84; Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 

 41; ed. 2 (1845) 29, ed. 3, 1 (1877) 54. 



Spinifex squarrosus Linn. Mant. 2 (1771) 163; Blanco Fl. Filip. 

 (1837) 46; ed. 2 (1845) 31; ed. 3, 1 (1877) 57; F.-Vill. Novis. 

 App. (1882) 313; Nees in Hook. Journ. Bot. Kew Miseel. 2 (1850) 

 97; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 157, Rev. PL Vase. Filip. 

 (1886) 288; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 369. 



On sandy seashores from the Batan Islands to Palawan and Mindanao. 

 India to China and Malaya. 



Local names: Baki-baki (Bis.); tartarai (Ilk.); tayung-tayung (C. 

 Bis.). 



38. LEPTASPIS R. Brown 



LEPTASPIS CUM IN Gil Steud. Syn. PL Glum. 1 (1854) 416; Miq. Fl. Ind. 

 Bat. 3 (1857) 375; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 318; Vidal Phan. 

 Cuming. Philip. (1885) 157, Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 288; Merr. 

 in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 370. 

 Leptaspis cochleata Hack, in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 35 (1906) 

 81, non Thwaites. 

 Mindanao (Misamis, Davao), Bongao, Copeland 70S, Cuming 1627, B. S. 

 i!6319 Yates. In forests at low or medium altitudes. Endemic. 



LEPTASPIS URCEOLATA (Roxb.) R. Br. in Benn. PL Jav. Rar. (1838) 



23, t. 6; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1854) 374; F.-Vill. Novis. App. 



(1882) 318; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 157, Rev. PL 



Vase. Filip. (1886) 288; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) 



Suppl. 370; C. B. Rob. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 6 (1911) Bot. 194. 



Pharus urceolatus Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. 2, 3 (1832) 611. 



Leptaspis manillensis Steud. Syn. PL Glum. 1 (1854) 8; Miq. Fl. 

 Ind. Bat. 3 (1857) 374; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 318. 



Luzon (Camarines, Sorsogon), Polillo, Palawan, Samar, Leyte, Negros, 

 Mindanao. In thickets and forests at low and medium altitudes; rep- 

 resented by numerous collections. Ceylon, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, 

 Java, through the Moluccas to New Guinea. 



Local names: Alaplap (Mbo.) ; baliotus (Bag.); budhak-budhak (Sul.) ; 

 handalokot (Mbo.) ; madfoug (S. L. Bis.) ; rokot-dokot (S. L. Bis.) ; sa- 

 lindaget (Mbo.); talingagito (Sub.). 



