124 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 1922 



Fimbristylis haenkei Dietr. Sp. PL 2 (1833) 161. 

 Fimbristylis falcata Kunth Enum. 2 (1837) 239; F.-Vill. Novis. App. 

 (1882) 308. 



Admitted on the authority of C. B. Clarke who apparently examined 

 Presl's specimen, which was not from Monte Rey, California, but possibly 

 from the Philippines, and also a specimen collected by Callery. India to 

 Indo-China. 



FIMBRISTYLIS LEPTOCLADA Benth. Fl. Hongk. (1861) 647; C. B. 

 Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 6 (1893) 647. 

 Luzon (Bulacan), Culion, Palawan, Merrill 9285, Phil. PL 1U26, B. S. 

 U1S1U Ramos. In dry open sandy soil at low altitudes. Ceylon, Malay 

 Peninsula, Borneo, southern China. 



FSMBRYSTYLIS MARIANA Gaudich. in Bot. Freyc. Voy. (1826) 413, var. 

 FOENEA Kiikenth. in Fedde Repert. 16 (1920) 432. 



Luzon (Cagayan, Isabela, Ilocos Norte), B. S. 789J+, 807U, 27625 Ramos, 

 F. B. 16756 Curran. In open wet places. Marianne and Caroline Islands, 

 the variety endemic. 



The specimens look very much like F. schoenoides Vahl, and three of 

 those cited were originally referred by Kukenthal to F. mariana Qaudich 

 var. maxima (K. Schum.) Kiikenth. 



FIMBRISTYLIS MILIACEA (Linn.) Vahl Enum. 2 (1806) 287; F.-Vill. 

 Novis. App. (1882) 308; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 156, 

 Rev. PL' Vase. Filip. (1886) 284; C. B. Clarke in Philip. Journ. 

 Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 96; Merr. op. cit. 1 (1906) Suppl. 30, 3 (1908) 

 Bot. 398, Fl. Manila (1912) 117, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 83. 



Scirpus miliaceus Linn. Syst. ed. 10 (1759) 868. 



Scirpus niloticus Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 33, ed. 2 (1845) 23, ed. 3, 

 1 (1877) 43, non Gmel. 



Trichelostylis miliacea Nees & Arn. in Nov. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. 

 19 (1843) Suppl. 1: 84, Hook. Journ. Bot. Kew Miscel. 6 (1854) 29. 



Isolepis miliacea Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 (1828) 189. 



Throughout the Philippines in open wet places; a characteristic rice- 

 paddy weed. Pantropic. 



Local names: Agor (Tag.); gumi (Pang.); sirau-sirau (Ilk.); sirisi- 

 buyas (Bik.) ; taulat (Tag.); ubod-ubod (Tag.). 



FIMBRISTYLIS MONOSTACHYA (Linn.) Hassk. PI. Jav. Rar. (1848) 61; 



F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 307; C. B. Clarke in Philip. Journ. 



Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 97; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 117. 

 Cyperus monostachyus Linn. Mant. 2 (1771) 180. 

 Abildgaardia monostachya Vahl Enum. 2 (1806). 296. 

 Abildgaardia compressa Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 (1828) 179; Nees in 



Nov. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. 19 (1843) Suppl. 1: 74; Miq. FL Ind. 



Bat. 3 (1856) 297; Steud. Syn. PL Glum. 2 (1855) 72. 

 Fimbristylis compressa F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 307. 



Throughout the Philippines in open grasslands at low and medium alti- 

 tudes. Pantropic. 



