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Polyschistis paupercula Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 (1830) 294, t, 41, f. 2; 

 Kunth Enum. 1 (1833) 282; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1859) 384; F.-Vill. 

 Novis. App. (1882) 321. 



"Hab. in insula Luzonia" Presl. The specimens were erroneously local- 

 ized; a species of tropical America = Pentarrhaphis sp. 



Atheropqgon procumbens Jacq.; R. & S. Syst. 2 (1825) 292. 



"Ins. Philipp. Mexico" Roemer and Schultes. This is one of the American 

 species of Bouteloua. 



CYPERACEAE 



1. LIPOCARPHA R. Brown 



LIPOCARPHA ARGENTEA R. Br. in Tuckey's Congo Append. (1818) 



459; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1856) 331; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 



308; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 156, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. 



(1886) 285; C. B. Clarke in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 109. 



Lipocarpha laevigata Nees in Hook. Journ. Bot. Kew Miscel. 6 



(1854) 28. 



Kyllinga albescens Steud. Syn. PI. Glum. 2 (1855) 68; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 

 3 (1856) 294; Naves Novis. App. (1882) 300. 



Luzon (Cagayan, Lepanto, Bontoc, Benguet, Nueva Vizcaya, Nueva 

 Ecija), Mindanao (Bukidnon), B. S. 26007, 26151 Fenix, 14252 McGregor, 

 7864 Ramos, Merrill 215, Phil. PI. 570, Elmer 6484, Williams 1224. In 

 open wet places chiefly at medium altitudes, ascending to 1,800 m. Warmer 

 parts of the Old World. 



Local name: Balabak (Buk.). 



LIPOCARPHA MICROCEPHALA (R. Br.) Kunth Enum. 2 (1837) 268; 

 Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1856) 331; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. 

 Ind. 6 (1893) 668, Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 110; F.-Vill. 

 Novis. App. (1882) 308; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 119. 

 Hypaelyptum microcephalism R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 220. 

 Ascolepis kyllingioides Steud. in Zoll. Verz. Ind. Archip. (1854) 61. 

 Kyllinga squarrosa Steud. Syn. PI. Glum. 2 (1855) 68. 

 Luzon (Apayao, Ifugao, Bulacan, Rizal), Merrill 3625, Phil. PI. 547, 

 B. S. 21712, 12177 Ramos, 28174 Fenix. In open wet grasslands at low 

 and medium altitudes. Japan to the Malay Peninsula- and tropical Aus- 

 tralia. 



2. HYPOLYTRUM L. C Richard 



HYPOLYTRUM COM PACTUM Nees in Linnaea 9 (1834) 288, Nov. Act. 

 Acad. Nat. Cur. 19 (1843) Suppl. 1: 73; Steud. Syn. PI. Glum. 2 



(1855) 132; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1856) 333; Boeck. in Linnaea 

 37 (1871) 127; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 309; Merr. in Philip. 

 Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 29; C. B. Clarke op. cit. 2 (1907) Bot. 

 109. 



Luzon (Benguet, Pangasinan, Zambales, Nueva Vizcaya, Bulacan, Ba- 

 taan), Palawan, B. S. 29983 Fenix, 29537, 29428 Ramos & Edano, Elmer 

 8889, 13041, Merrill 2496, 7597, 5184, Phil. PI. 1434. In forests at low and 

 medium altitudes, often common- Indo-China, Andaman Islands, Borneo. 



Local name: Tuhog-dalag (Tag.). 



