iP} ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 1923 
in DC. Prodr. 16% (1869) 474; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 177; 
Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 188, Rev. Pl. Vasc. Filip. 
(1886) 220; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 269, Sp. 
Blancoanae (1918) 119. 
Chloranthus inconspicuus Blanco FI. Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 54, ed. 3, 1 
(1877) 101; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 177, non Sw. 
Chloranthus salicifolius Pres] Epim. (1851) 231; Walp. Ann. 3 
(1852-538) 352; Baill. Adansonia 3 (1863) 206; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 
1* (1856-57) 801. 
Widely distributed in forests at low and medium altitudes from central 
Luzon southward to Palawan and Mindanao. India to western China, 
southward through Malaya. 
Local names: Barau-barau (Mang.); sunulampong (Sub.). 
CHLORANTHUS PHILIPPINENSIS Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 7 (1912) 
Bot. 259. 
Luzon (Cagayan, Abulug River), Weber 1582. In forests at medium 
altitudes. Endemic. 
CHLORANTHUS VERTICILLATUS Merry. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 10 (1915) 
Bot. 3. 
Luzon (Ifugao, Mt. Polis), B. S. 19757 McGregor. In forests at high 
altitudes. Endemic. 
2. ASCARINA Forster 
ASCARINA PHILIPPINENSIS C. B. Rob. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 4 (1909) 
Bot. 70. 
Mindanao (Bukidnon, Davao, Mt. Apo), Panay, Williams 2541, Elmer 
11480, B. S. 80647, 88559: Ramos & Edano, 32332 McGregor. In forests at 
high altitudes. Endemic. 
Local name: Kari-kari (Bag.). 
ASCARINA RETICULATA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 12 (1917) Bot. 263. 
Luzon (Ilocos Norte, Nueva Ecija), B. S. 26399 Ramos & Edano, 33323 
Ramos. In forests. Endemic. A small genus otherwise known only 
from New Caledonia, New Zealand, and southern Polynesia. 
Local name: Parukanak (Neg.). 
SALICACEAE 
1. SALIX Linnaeus 
SALIX TETRASPERMA Roxb. Pl. Coromandel 1 (1795) 66, t. 97; Spreng. 
Syst. 1 (1825) 100; Llanos ex F.-Vill. & Naves in Blanco FI. Filip. 
ed. 3, 4' (1880) 106; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 210; Merr. Sp. 
Blancoanae (1918) 119. 
Salix azaolana Blanco FI. Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 539, ed. 3, 3 (1879) 188; 
Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 27 (1905) 81, Philip. Journ. 
Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 182. 
Luzon (Cagayan, Laguna, Rizal, Bulacan), Bohol, Mindanao, Merrill Sp. 
Blancoanae 115, Phil. Pl. 461, F. B. 1987, 2189 Ahern’s collector, B. S., 
26102 Fénix. In forests in swamps and near streams at low and medium 
altitudes. India to China, Formosa, southward to Sumatra and Java. 
Local names: Libés (Tag.); maksa (C. Bis.); malatiki (Tag.); tiadun 
(Tag.). 
