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PEPEROMIA RIVULORUM C. DC. in Leafl. Philip. Bot. 3 (1910) 762, 
Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 412. 
Mindanao (Mt. Apo), Elmer 11147, Copeland 983. On mossy bowlders 
in shaded ravines along streams. Endemic. 
Local name: Lambu-lambi (Bag.). 
PEPEROMIA RUBRIVENOSA C. DC. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 
409. 
Luzon (Benguet), Williams 1088. On trees. Endemic. 
PEPEROMIA TOMENTOSA (Vahl) A. Dietr. Sp. Pl. 1 (1831) 172 var. 
CARNOSA C. DC. Prodr. 16* (1869) 455, Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 
(1910) Bot. 409. 
Piper tomentosum Vahl Enum. 1 (1804) 351. 
Central Luzon to Mindanao, Clemens 517, B. S. 20126 De Veyra. On 
trees at medium altitudes. Java. 
Local name: Libagod (Bag.). 
PEPEROMIA VENTENATII Mig. var. PUBESCENS Miq. in Nov. Act. 
Acad. Nat. Cur. 19 (1843) Suppl. 1: 485, Fl. Ind. Bat. 1° (1858-59) 
434; C. DC. Prodr. 16* (1869) 446, Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) 
Bot. 408; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 176. 
Luzon (Benguet, Lepanto, Bontoc, Rizal), Merrill 4592, 7709, Vano- 
verbergh 488, B. S. 29619 Ramos & Edafio. In the mossy forest at higher 
altitudes. Java. 
EXCLUDED SPECIES 
PEPEROMIA BILINEATA Migq.; Usteri Beitr. Ken. Philip. Veg. (1905) 125. 
Usteri’s Guimaras specimen was probably wrongly identified. 
PEPEROMIA MARIANNENSIS-C. DC.; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 176. 
PEPEROMIA MEMBRANACEA Hook.; F.-Vill. 1. c. 
PEPEROMIA ARGYREIA Morren in Belg. Hort. 17 (1867) 2, t. 2; Merr. FI. 
Manila (1912) 170. 
An exotic species of American origin occasionally cultivated in Manila 
for its variegated leaves. 
CHLORANTHACEAE 
1. CHLORANTHUS Swartz 
CHLORANTHUS BRACHYSTACHYS Blume FI. Jav. Chlor. (1828) 13, t. 2; 
Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1* (1856-57) 801; Solms in DC. Prodr. 16* 
(1869) 475; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 177; Vidal Phan. Cuming. 
Philip. (1885) 138, Rev. Pl. Vasc. Filip. (1886) 220; Merr. in 
Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 40, 2 (1907) Bot. 269, 5 (1910) 
Bot. 342. : 
Common and widely distributed throughout the Archipelago in primary 
forests at medium and higher altitudes. India to Japan, southward to 
Malaya. 
Local names: Apot (Ig.); damoko (Ig.); emem (Ig.); gapas (Ig.); 
gumok (Buk.); kari-kari (Bag.); total (Yak.); umuum (Ig.). 
CHLORANTHUS OFFICINALIS Blume Enum. Pl. Jav. (1827) 79, Fl. Jav. 
Chlor. (1828) 10, t. 1; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1* (1856-57) 801; Solms 
