370 
(39) LEPTASPIS R. Br. 
Staininate spikelets small, terminal on short branchlets; pistillate 
tlowers 1 to 2, sessile on the loAver ])ortion of the same branches, large, 
gloljose, with two short empty glnmes. Leaves large, broad, pedicellate. 
Species 5 in the tropics of the Old World; 2 or 3 in the Philippines. 
1. Leaves obloug to oblong-oblanceolate (1) L. urceolata 
1. Leaves lanceolate - (2) L. cumingii 
(1) Leptaspis urceolata (Roxh.) R. Br. in Benn. PI. Jav. Rar. (1838-1852) 
23. t. d; Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. 3 (1859) 374; Stend. Syn. 1 (1855) 100; F.-Vill. 
Nov. App. (1883) 318; Vidal Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1880) 288; Phan. Cuming. 
Philip. (1885) 157. L. maniUensis Stend. Syn. 1 (1855) 8; Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. 3 
(1859) 374; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 318. Phams urceolatus Roxh. FI. Ind. 3 
(1832) on. 
Mindanao, Davao (702 Copeland) March, 1904; Catalonan [Copeland) April, 
1902: Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley (014 Clemens) June, 1900. 
Malajnni Peninsula, and Archipelago to New Guinea. 
(2) Leptaspis cumingii Stend. Syn. 1 (1855) 410; Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. 3 
(1859) 375; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 318; Vidal. Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 
157; Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1880) 288. 
Philippines (1027 Cuming). Not seen. 
Endemic. 
(3) Leptaspis sp. L. coehleata Thw.? Hack, in Govt. Lab. Publ. 35 (1905) 
81. 
Mindanao, Davao (703 Copeland) March, 1904. Material too imperfect for 
satisfactory identification. 
(40) ORYZA Linn. 
Spikelets elongated ; em])ty ghimes of two small scales or bristles, and 
underneath these, two more minute rudimentary empty glumes. Flower- 
ing glume complicate and keeled, usually awned. Stamens 6. 
Species about 6, in the Tropics of both hemispheres ; 2 in the Philippines, 
1, with many forms and varieties, cultivated (rice). 
1. Spikelets paniculate; cultivated only (1) 0. sativa 
1. Spikelets in a simple raceme; a sylvan species (2) O. meyeriana 
(1) Oryza sativa Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 333; Kunth Enum. 1 (1833) 7; 
Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. 3 (18,59) 308; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 318; Pilger in 
Perk. Frag. FI. Philip. (1904) 145; Merr. Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1900) Suppl. 28; 
Blanco FI. Filip, ed. 1 (1837) 273; ed. 2 (1845) 190 et varr. hinamhan, glutinosa, 
lamnyo, pilosa, praeeox, quinanda, rnlira, ct violacea. Blanco 11. cc. 0. uristata 
Blanco 11. cc. 274, 190. 0. latifolia Desv. ; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 319. 0. glu- 
Hnosa, montana et praeeox Lour. FI. Cochinch. (1790) 215; F.-Vill. Nov. Apj). 
(1883) 319. 0. minuta Pres) Rel. Haenk. 1 (1830) 208; Kunth Enum. 1 (1833) 
7; Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. 3 (1859) 371; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 319, ex descr. 
Tropical Asia, Imt generally cultivated in tropical and warm countries of the 
World. Common rice, widely cultivated in the Philippines, with very numerous 
cultural varieties. 
(2) Oryza meyeriana (Zoll. et Mor.) Baill. Hist. PI. 12 (1894) 100; Pilger 
in Perk. Frag. FI. Philip. (1904) 145. Padia meyeriana- Zoll. et Mor. Verz. Ind. 
Archip. (1854-55) 103; Stend. Syn. 1 (1855) 3; jUiq. FI. Ind. Bat. 3 (1859) 
