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CYPERACEAE 103 



HYPOLYTRUM LATIFOLIUM L. C. Rich, in Pers. Syn. 1 (1805) 70; 



Hook. f. in Curtis's Bot. Mag. Ill 33 (1877) t. 6282; F.-Vill. Novis. 



App. (1882) 309; C. B. Clarke in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 



108; Merr. op. cit. 264. 



Scirpus anomalus Retz. Obs. 5 (1789) 15, non Hypolytrum anomalum 



Steud. 

 Albikia schoenoides Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 (1828) 185, t. 34. 

 Hypolytrum, schoenoides Nees in Linnaea 9 (1834) 288. 

 Hypolytrum trinervium Kunth Enum. 2 (1837) 272; Miq. Fl. Ind. 

 Bat. 3 (1856) 332; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 308. 

 Luzon (Tayabas, Pangasinan, Camarines), Palawan, Biliran, Panay, 

 Mindanao, Basilan, Merrill 9449, Phil. PL 537, F. B. 20186 Aguilar, B. S. 

 13115 Foxworthy & Ramos, 18561 McGregor, 34841 Ramos & Pascasio, 17787 

 Otanes. In forests at low and medium altitudes. India to Formosa through 

 Malaya to Polynesia. 



Local names: Baliis (Tag.) ; bubugo (Sub.) ; marakibkib (Neg.) ; parai- 

 biau (Sul.) ; root (Neg.). 



HYPOLYTRUM SCiRPOIDES (Presl) comb. nov. 



Albikia scirpoides Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 (1828) 185, t. 35, excl. syn. 

 Hypolytrum philippense C. B. Clarke in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1908) 



Bot. 109. 

 Hypolytrum viridinux C. B. Clarke 1. c. 



Throughout the Philippines, Elmer 6223', 15916, 18198, Merrill 7291, 10430, 

 744, 5126, 8186, B. S. 29589, 28654, 28462 Ramos & Edano, 34394 Ramos 

 & Pascasio, 28164 Fenix, 23601, 13929, 20424, 15314, 1853, 7389, 33162 

 Ramos, 14238, 32473 McGregor. In forests at low and medium altitudes; 

 often common. Borneo. 



Local name: Alisahis (Buk.). 



The Philippine form Presl figured and described is unmistakably the 

 same as H. philippense C. B. Clarke; Presl erred in referring to it H. nem- 

 orum Beauv. and Schoenus nemorum Vahl. 



3. CYPERUS Linnaeus 



CYPERUS COMPRESSUS Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 46; Nees in Nov. Act. 

 Acad. Nat. Cur. 19 (1843) Suppl. 1: 56, Hook. Journ. Bot. Kew 

 Miscel. 6 (1854) 27; Naves Novis. App. (1882) 302; Vidal Phan. 

 Cuming. Philip. (1885) 155, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 282; C. 

 B. Clarke in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 84; Merr. op. cit. 

 3 (1908) Bot 398, Fl. Manila (1912) 111, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 

 79. . 

 Cyperus humilis Llanos Frag. PI. Filip. (1851) 13; F.-Vill. & Naves 



in Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 3, 4 1 (1880) 7, non Kunth. 

 Cyperus compressus Linn. var. brachiatus Nees in Linnaea 35 (1868) 



518. 

 Cyperus meyenii Nees in Nov. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. 19 (1843) Suppl. 

 1: 57. 

 Throughout the Philippines in open grasslands, waste places, etc., at low 

 and medium altitudes; common. Pantropic. 



Local names: Anana (Ibn.) ; gisai-kalabau (Tag.); kaptos (Iv.) ; tuhog- 

 dalag (Tag.); sangsanga (Bon.). 



