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39. ORYZA Linnaeus 



ORYZA MEYERIANA (Zoll. & Morr.) Benth. ex Pilger in Perk. Frag. PI. 

 Philip. (1904) 145; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 

 370. 

 Padia meyeriana Zoll. & Morr. Verz. Ind. Arch. (1854) 103; Steud. 



Syn. PL Glum. 1 (1854) 3; Miq. PI. Ind. Bat. 3 (1857) 373. 

 Oryza granulata Nees & Arn. in Wall. Cat. (1830) No. 2354, nomen 

 nudum; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 7 (1897) 93; Merr. in Govt. Lab. 

 Publ. (Philip.) 6 (1904) 7. 

 Luzon (Isabela, Ifugao, Nueva Vizcaya, Rizal, Tayabas), Palawan, Pa- 

 nay, Mindanao (Zamboanga), Merrill 116, 6697, 8060, 7244, B. S. 19967 

 McGregor, 20677 Escritor, 343 Bermejos, 8036 Ramos. In forests, bamboo 

 thickets, etc., at low and medium altitudes. India to Java, Borneo, and 

 Celebes. 



ORYZA MINUTA Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 (1830) 208; Kunth Enum. 1 (1833) 

 7; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1857) 371; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 

 319. 



Oryza manillensis Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 219, 

 Fl. Manila (1912) 98. 



Oryza latifolia F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 319, non Desv. 



Luzon (Rizal, Laguna, Tayabas, Sorsogon), Mindanao (Zamboanga), 

 Presl! in Herb. Bernhardi, Merrill 8112, 7402, Phil. PI. 128, Elmer 17 '407, 

 B. S. 29492 Ramos & Edano, 2194, 12102, 12044, 13269 Ramos, 36714 Ra>- 

 mos & Edano. In open wet places at low and medium altitudes. Bor- 

 neo, Malay Peninsula. 



This is I believe the Malay Peninsula and Bornean form currently 

 referred to Oryza latifolia Desv., but I believe the type of Desvaux's spe- 

 cies was an American plant. Of the specimens cited, Elmer 17407, B. S. 

 36714 Ramos & Edano, and Merrill 8112, being more robust than the 

 others, closely match the Malay Peninsula form. 



Local names: Palai-maya (Sul.) ; palai-palai (Sub.); baili-gaja (Sul.). 



ORYZA SATIVA Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 333; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 

 318; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 370, Fl. Manila 

 (1912) 97, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 69, 70. 

 Oryza aristata Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 274; ed. 2 (1845) 190; 



ed. 3, 1 (1877) 339. 

 Oryza sativa Linn. vars. binamban, glutinosa, lamuyo, pilosa, prae- 



cox, quinanda, rubra, et violacea Blanco 1. c. 

 Oryza glutinosa Lour. Fl. Cochinch. (1790) 215; F.-Vill. Novis. App. 



(1882) 319. 

 Oryza montana Lour. 1. c. 215; F.-Vill. 1. c. 

 Oryza praecox Lour. 1. c. 215; F.-Vill. 1. c. 

 Extensively cultivated throughout the Philippines but not a native of 

 the Archipelago, although of prehistoric introduction. The rice plant 

 is enormously variable and probably several hundred distinct cultural forms 

 occur in the Archipelago. No attempt has been made to compile the very 

 numerous local names currently applied to special varieties. Rice. 



