VoL * PONTEDERIACEAE 201 



Var. PAUCI FLORA (Blume) comb. nov. 



Pontederia pauciflora Blume Enum. Pi. Jav. 1 (1827) 32. 

 Pontederia plantaginea Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. 2, 2 (1832) 123. 

 Monochoria pauciflora Kunth Enum. 4 (1843) 135; Naves Novis. 

 ' App. (1880) 268. 



Monochoria plantaginea Kunth 1. c. ; Naves 1. c. 



Monochoria vaginalis Presl, var. plantaginea Solms in DC. Monog. 

 Phan. 4 (1883) 524. 



Luzon (Ilocos Norte, Bontoc, Benguet, Nueva Vizcaya), Merrill 4616, 

 ^ Phil. PL 1723, Elmer 5953, B. S. 31813 Santos, 11371 McGregor, 11+109 Rob- 

 inson, F. B. 16531 Curran & Merritt, 15516 Merritt & Darling. In swamps, 

 rice paddies, etc., altitude 1,000 to 2,000 m. India to China and Java. 



The family Philydraceae has been credited to the Philippines on the 

 basis of a Cuming specimen so labeled; Caruel in DC. Monog. Phan. 3 

 (1881) 3; Naves Novis. App. (1880) 268. Cuming's specimen was from 

 the Malay Peninsula, not from the Philippines. No representative of the 

 family is known from the Archipelago. 



JUNCACEAE 

 1. J UNCUS Linnaeus 



J UNCUS BUFONIUS Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 328; Buchenau in Engl. Pflan- 

 zenreich 25 (1906) 105; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 10 (1915) 

 Bot. 294. 

 Luzon (Benguet), Merrill 7794. Along the bridle trails in the mossy 



forest on Mt. Santo Tomas, altitude 1,900 m; probably introduced. Warmer 



parts of both hemispheres. 



JUNCUS EFFUSUS Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 326; Buchenau in Engl. Pflan- 

 zenreich 25 (1906) 135. 

 Juncus communis E. Meyer June. Gen. Monogr. Spec. (1819) 20; Naves 

 Novis. App. (1882) 273. 



Luzon (Benguet, Bontoc), Mindanao (Davao). In open swampy places, 

 altitude 1,400 to 2,300 m. Warmer parts of both hemispheres, especially 

 common in the North Temperate Zone. 



Local names: Badili (Ig.) ; balili (Bon.); pingot (Bon.); sudsud (Ig.). 

 JUNCUS PRISMATOCARPUS R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 259, var. LESCHE- 

 NAULTII (J. Gay) Buchenau in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 6 (1885) 137, 

 Engl. Pflanzenreich 25 (1906) 180. 

 Juncus leschenaultii J. Gay ex Laharpe in Mem. Soc. Linn. Paris 

 3 (1827) 205; C. B. Rob. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 176. 

 Luzon (Lepanto, Benguet), Merrill 4517, 4739, Williams 1974bis, B. S. 

 2791, 4261 Mearns. In cold open swamps, altitude 1,500 to 2,300 m. India 

 and Ceylon to Kamchatka and Japan, to southern China, Australia, and 

 New Zealand. 



2. LUZULA de Candolle 



LUZULA CAMPESTRIS (Linn.) DC. Fl. Fr. 3 (1805) 161; Naves Novis. 

 App. (1882) 273; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 337, 

 in nota; Buchenau in Engl. Pflanzenreich 25 (1906) 83, /. 52-55. 

 Juncus campestris Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 329. 



