120 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 1922 



Eleocharis plantaginea R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 224; Naves Novis. App. 



(1882) 306. 

 Carex tuberosa Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 35, ed. 2 (1845) 24, ed. 3, 



1 (1877) 45, t. 15, non Degl. 

 Scirpus plantaginoides Rottb. Descr. Nov. PI. (1773) 45. 

 Scirpzis plantagineus Retz. Obs. 5 (1789) 14. 

 Eleocharis plantaginoidea W. F. Wight in Contrib. U. S. Nat. Herb. 



9 (1905) 268. 

 Eleocharis tuberosa Naves Novis. App. (1882) 306, non ? Schultes. 

 Eleocharis tumida R. & S. Syst. Mant. 2 (1824) 86; Naves Novis. 



App. (1882) 306. 



Luzon (Cagayan, Bulacan, Laguna, Camarines), Negros, B. S. 7448 

 Ramos, 12332 McGregor, Merrill Sp. Blancoanae 395, Phil. PL 521. In 

 open wet lands, shallow swamps, etc., at low altitudes. India to Malaya. 



Local names: Apulid (Tag., Bik.) ; cabezas de negrito (Sp.) ; kalangub 

 (C. Bis) ; potok (Tag.). 



ELEOCHARIS EQUISETINA Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 (1828) 195; Steud. Syn. 

 PI. Glum. 2 (1855) 82; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1856) 302; Nave's 

 Novis. App. (1882) 306; C. B. Clarke in Philip. Journ. Sci, 2 (1907) 

 Bot. 89; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 114. 

 Heleocharis plantaginea Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 156, 

 Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 284, non R. Br. 



Luzon (Rizal, Sorsogon), Mindanao (Lanao), Elmer 14341, Kneucker 

 Cyp. Exsic. 224, Merrill Phil. PI. 531. In open wet lands at low altitudes. 

 Ceylon to Madagascar, Malaya, and New Caledonia. 



ELEOCHARIS FISTULOSA (Poir.) Schultes f. in Roem. & Schultes Syst. 



Mant. 2 (1824) 89; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 6 (1893) 



626; Naves Novis. App. (1882) 306; Camus in Lecomte Fl. Gen. 



Indo-Chine 7 (1912) 84, /. 13, 3, 4- 

 Scirpus fistulosus Poir. in Lam. Encycl. 6 (1804) 749. 

 Eleocharis planiculmis Steud. Syn. PL Glum. 2 (1855) 80; Naves 



Novis. App. (1882) 306. 



Luzon (Rizal), Mindanao (Davao, Lanao), Merrill 9790, Copeland 441. 

 In open wet places at low altitudes. Pantropic. 



ELEOCHARIS OCHREATA Nees in Linnaea 9 (1834) 294; C. B. Clarke 

 in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 90. 



Luzon, (Loher 742). Admitted on the authority of C. B. Clarke; I have 

 seen no specimens. Pantropic. 



ELEOCHARIS RETROFLEXA (Poir.) Urban Symb. Antil. 2 (1900) 165 



{Heleocharis) . 

 Scirpus retro flexus Poir. in Lam. Encycl. 4 (1804) 753. 

 Eleocharis chaetaria R. & S. Syst. 2 (1817) 154; Naves Novis. App. 



(1882) 307; C. B. Clarke in Philip., Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 90. 



Luzon (Laguna, Sorsogon), Polillo, Negros, Mindanao, Elmer 14558, 

 Clemens 845, F. B. 19276 Curran, B. S. 9029 Robinson, 10049 Ramos. Along 

 streams and in rice paddies at low and medium altitudes. Pantropic. 



