PLANTS FROM BATANES AND BABUYANES ISLANDS. 397 
OPLISM EN US Beauv. 
O. compositus (Linn.) Beauv. 
Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3692 Fenix. N. v., BalisiOis. 
Widely distributed in the Philippines; tropics of both hemispheres. 
SET AR I A Beauv. 
S. italica (Linn.) Beauv. 
Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3170 M earns ; 3629 Fenix. N. v., Rautnocara. 
Cultivated in the Philippines, as in most tropical and temperate regions. 
S. verticillata (Linn.) Beauv. 
Camiguin, 4041 Fenix. 
Near the seashore: not previously reported from the Philippines; temperate 
and tropical regions of the World. 
SPINIFEX Linn. 
S. squarrosus Linn. 
Camiguin, 3980 Fenix. 
Along the seashore throughout the Philippines ; British India to southern 
China, Malaya, and Australia. 
ELEUSINE Gaertn. 
E. indica (Linn.) Gaertn. 
Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3630 Fenix. 
Common in the Philippines; tropics of both hemispheres. 
ER AGROSTIS Host. 
E. tenella (Linn.) R. & S. 
Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3635 Fenix. 
Common in the Philippines; tropical Asia, Africa, and Malaya. 
CENTOTHECA Desv. 
C. lappacea (Linn.) Desv. 
Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3657 Fenix. Camiguin, 4054 Fenix. 
Common in the Philippines; tropical Asia, Africa, Malaya, Australia, and 
Polynesia. 
SCHIZOSTACHYUM Nees. 
S. acutiflorum Munro. 
Camiguin, IfOSl Fenix. 
Widely distributed in the Philippines; endemic. 
CYPERACEJE. 
KYLLINGA Rottb. 
K. monocephala Rottb. 
Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3684 Finix. Camiguin, 3959 Fenix. 
Common in the Philippines; warm regions of the Old World, from eastern Asia 
to Polynesia. 
PYCREUS Beauv. 
P. polystachyus Beauv. 
Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3174 Mearns; 3588 Fenix. 
Common in the Philippines ; in all warm countries, especially near the sea. 
