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not specifically distinct from the Malayan Pisonia sylvestris Teysm. & 
Binn. Tropical Asia and Malaya, in cultivation. 
Local names: Koles-maltiko (Tag.); maliko (Tag.). 
PISONIA LONGIROSTRIS Teysm. & Binn. in Nat. Tijdschr. Nederl. Ind. 
25 (1863) 401; Valeton in Ic. Bogor. 1 (1897) t. 21 sub nom. 
P. cauliflora ef. errata p. 149; C. B. Rob. in Bull. Torr. Bot. Club 
35 (1908) 65. 
Calpidia longirostris Heimerl. in Oester. Bot. Zeitschr. 63 (1913) 287. 
Jolo, Williams 3125. A very characteristic species, otherwise known only 
from the Moluccas (Buru) and New Guinea. 
PISONIA GRANDIS R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 422. 
Pisonia inermis Forst. f. Prodr. (1786) 75; Choisy in DC. Prodr. 
13° (1849) 441; Seem. in Journ. Bot. 1 (1863) 246; F.-Vill. Novis. 
App. (1880) 167, non Jacq. 
Pisonia brunoniana Endl. Prodr. Fl. Norf. (1883) 48; Choisy in 
DC. Prodr. 13’? (1849) 441. 
Bancoran (Sulu Sea), Merrill 7156, the enormous trees forming a 
gregarious forest entirely covering the island to the exclusion of all other 
trees. Moluccas, northeastern Australia, and across Polynesia to the 
Palmyra Islands. 
PISONIA UMBELLIFERA (Forst.) Seem. in Bonplandia 10 (1862) 164, 
Journ. Bot. 1 (1863) 244; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 167; Vidal. 
Sinopsis Atlas (1883) 36, t. 76, f. B; Merr. in Philip. Bureau 
Forestry Bull. 1 (1903) 19. 
Ceodes umbellifera Forst. Char. Gen. (1776) 71, t. 71. 
Ceodes umbellata Forst. f. Prodr. (1786) 93. 
Pisonia excelsa Blume Bijdr. (1825) 735; Choisy in DC. Prodr. 13° 
(1849) 441; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 167; Vidal Phan. Cuming. 
Philip. (1885) 186, Rev. Pl. Vasc. Filip. (1886) 215; Merr. Sp. 
Blancoanae (1918) 139. 
Buginvillea racemosa Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 307, ed. 2 (1845) 214, 
ed. 3, 2 (1878) 36. 
Cedrota guianensis Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 2138, ed. 3, 2 (1878) 
338, non Raeusch. 
Pisonia gammillii Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 175. 
Calpidia excelsa Heimerl. in Oester. Bot. Zeitschr. 63 (1913) 287. 
Pisonia villosa Vidal Cat. Pl. Prov. Manila (1880) 41, non Poir. 
Northern Luzon to Palawan and Mindanao, in damp forests and in 
thickets at low and medium altitudes, locally abundant. Formosa, Java, 
and Malaya to Australia and Polynesia. 
Local names: Anilin (Tagb.); antling (Ting., Tagb., Tag., Bik., P. 
Bis.); antiring (P. Bis.); balagasdha (Tag.); budubud (C. Bis.); maklas 
(Ilk.); malagasdha (Bik.); malasd-a (Tag.); malasaging (C. Bis.) ; 
obod-ébod (Mbo.); patdang-labiyo (Tag.); tagkuling (C. Bis.); takan (C. 
Bis.) ; tampa (P. Bis.). 
PHYTOLACCACEAE 
1. RIVINIA Linnaeus 
RIVINIA HUMILIS Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 121, var. GLABRA (Linn.) H. 
Walt. in Engl. Pflanzenreich 39 (1909) 105. 
