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Eleusine polydactyla Steud. Syn. PL Glum. 1 (1854) 211; Miq. FL 

 Ind. Bat. 3 (1857) 386; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 320, ex descr. 



An abundant weed in the settled areas throughout the Philippines. All 

 warm countries. 



Local names: Apidan (If.); bakis-bakisan (Tag.); baraiigan (Bik.) ; 

 bikad-bikad (Sul.) ; bila-bila (P. Bis.) ; dinapaiuk (If.) ; gagabutan (Tag.) ; 

 kabit-kabit (Tag.) ; palagtiki (Bis.) ; parangis (Ilk.) ; parangis-sabungan 

 (Pamp.) ; sabuhg-sabungan (Tag., Pamp.) ; sambali (Tag.). 



EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Eleusine corocana (Linn.) Gaertn.; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 320. 

 Eleusine verticillata Roxb.; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 320. 



59. DACTYLOCTENIUM Willdenow 



DACTYLOCTENIUM AEGYPTIUM (Linn.) Richt. PI. Europ. 1 (1889) 



68; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 104, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 72. 

 Cynosurus aegyplius Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 72. 

 Dactyloctenium aegyptiacum Willd. Enum. Hort. Berol. (1809) 1029; 



Pilg. ex Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 147; Merr. in Philip. Journ. 



Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 379. 

 Eleusine aegyptiaca Desf. Fl. Atl. 1 (1798-1800) 85; F.-Vill. Novis. 



App. (1882) 320; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 159, Rev. 



PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 293. 

 Eleusine mucronata Llanos Frag. PL Filip. (1851) 46, non Spreng. 

 Dactyloctenium mucronatum Willd. var. aegyptiactmx Nees in Hook. 



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



Throughout the Philippines. A common weed in the settled areas at low 

 and medium altitudes. Pantropic. 



Local names: Alam (Tag.); damung-balang (Tag.). 



60. LEPTOCHLOA Beauvois 



LEPTOCHLOA CHINENSIS (Linn.) Nees Syll. Ratisb. 1 (1824) 4; Hook. 

 Journ. Bot. Kew Miscel. 2 (1850) 102; Steud. Syn. PL Glum. 1 

 (1854) 209; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1857) 389; F.-Vill. Novis. App. 

 (1882) 320; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 159, Rev. PL 

 Vase. Filip. (1886) 293; Pilger in Perk. Frag. FL Philip. (1904) 

 147; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 379; FL Manila 

 (1912) 105. 

 Poa chinensis Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 69. 



Leptochloa tetraquetra Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 (1830) 288; Miq. Fl. 

 Ind. Bat. 3 (1857) 389; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 320. 

 Luzon (Cagayan to Camarines, in most provinces), Panay. In open 

 usually wet places along or near streams. India to Japan southward 

 through Malaya to Australia. 



Local name: Kurukauayan (Bik.). 



LEPTOCHLOA FILIFORMIS (Pers.) R. & S. Syst. 2 (1817) 580; Presl 

 Rel. Haenk. 1 (1830) 288; Kunth Enum. 1 (1833) 270; Miq. Fl. 

 Ind. Bat. 3 (1857) 389; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 320; Merr. in 

 Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 380. 

 Eleusine filiformis Pers. Syn. (1805) 87. 



