192 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 1922 



XYRIDACEAE 



1. XYRIS Linnaeus 



XYRIS COMPLANATA R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 256; Naves Novis. App. 

 (1880) 268; Hallier f. in Nova Guinea 8 (1913) 903, Beihefte Bot. 

 Centralbl. 34 2 (1916) 45. 

 Xyris anceps Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 172, non Lam. 

 Luzon (Isabela), Semirara, B. S. 8065 Ramos, Merrill £151. In open 

 grasslands at low altitudes. Malay Archipelago to Australia. 

 Local name: Gumi-gumi (Tag.). 



XYRIS PAUCI FLORA Willd. Phytogr. (1794) 2, t. 1; Miq. PI. Ind. Bat. 

 3 (1859) 529; Naves Novis. App. (1880) 268; Merr. Fl. Manila 

 (1912) 135. 



Luzon (Pangasinan, Tarlac, Bulacan, Rizal), Loher 6985, Merrill 3628, 

 Phil. PI. £63, B. S. 4911 Ramos. In open grasslands at low altitudes. 

 India to China and Formosa through Malaya to; Australia. 



EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Xyris indica Linn.; Naves Novis. App. (1880) 268. 

 Xyris operculata Labill. ; Naves 1. c. 



ERIOCAULONACEAE 



1. ERIOCAULON Linnaeus 



ERIOCAULON ALATUM H. Lecomite in Journ. de Bot. 21 (1908) 104, 

 /. 2; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 7 (1912) Bot. 232, Fl. Manila 

 (1912) 136. 

 Luzon (Rizal), Merrill 7362, B. S. 1831 Ramos, 19270 Reillo. In open 

 wet grasslands at low altitudes. Indo-China. 



ERIOCAULON ALPESTRE Hook. f. & Th. ex Koern. in Miq. Ann. Mus. 

 Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 3 (1867) 163; Ruhl. in Engl. Pnanzenreich 13 

 (1903) 95; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 10 (1915) Bot. 291. 

 Mindanao (Davao), Copeland 14-31. In open wet places, altitude about 

 1,800 m. India to Japan south to Indo-China. 



ERIOCAULON BREVIPEDUNCULATUM Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 

 (1907) Bot. 265. 

 Mindoro, Merrill 6214. On seepage slopes in open heaths on Mt. Halcon, 

 altitude about 2,400 m. Borneo. 



ERIOCAULON CINEREUM R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 254; Benth. Fl. Austral. 

 7 (1878) 193; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 10 (1915) Bot. 291, Fl. 

 Manila (1912) 136. 

 Eriocaulon sieboldianum Sieb. & Zucc. ex Steud. Syn 2 (1855) 272; 

 Ruhl. in Engl. Pnanzenreich 13 (1903) 111, /. 15 A-G. 

 Luzon (Rizal), Merrill Phil. PI. \29\3, 1276, B. S. 24072 Ramo&, In 

 fallow wet rice lands at low altitudes. Africa to Japan, Malaya, and 

 Australia. 



Local name: Dundunsug (P. Bis.). 



