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Throughout the Philippines in thickets at low and medium altitudes, 
usually common. India to southern China and Formosa southward through 
Malaya to Timor and Celebes. 
Local names: Malatinta (Tag.); matang-buiud (Bik.); nipin (Sul.); 
sungot-dlang (Bis.); tinatinaan (Tag.); tintatintahan (Tag., Bik.). 
PHYLLANTHUS ROBINSONI! Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 7 (1912) Bot. 
405. 
Cebu, B. S. 11058 Ramos. On dry slopes. Endemic. 
PHYLLANTHUS RUPICOLA Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 3 (1910) 927. 
Sibuyan, Cebu, Panay, Elmer 12240, Merrill 6709, B. S. 11077 Ramos. 
On shaded cliffs and on bowlders along streams, altitude 100 to 225 m. 
Endemic. 
PHYLLANTHUS SAMARENSIS Muell.-Arg. in Linnaea 34 (1865) 73, 
DC. Prodr. 15* (1866) 295; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 188; C. B. 
Rob. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 4 (1909) Bot. 79. 
Samar, Jagor, B. S. 24460 Ramos. In damp ravines along streams at 
low altitudes. Endemic. 
Local name: Malaantagum (S. L. Bis.). 
PHYLLANTHUS SECURINEGIOIDES Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 9 (1914) 
Bot. 490. 
Phyllanthus urdanetensis Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 7 (1915) 2650. 
Luzon (Tayabas), Mindanao (Agusan), Elmer 13936, 14168, B. S. 20725 
Escritor, 18270 Ramos. In forests at low altitudes in Tayabas, ascending 
to 1,500 m in Mindanao. 
Local names: Halong-halong (Mbo.); kamahodan (Mbo.). 
PHYLLANTHUS SIBUYANENSIS Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 3 (1910) 928. 
Sibuyan, Elmer 12113. In forested ravines along streams, altitude about 
225 m. Endemic. 
PHYLLANTHUS SIMPLEX Retz. Obs. 5 (1789) 29; Muell.-Arg. in DC. 
Prodr. 157 (1866) 391; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 188; Vidal 
Rev. Pl. Vase. Filip. (1886) 236; C. B. Rob. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 4 
(1909) Bot. 81; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 285. 
Throughout the Philippines, in open grasslands, fallow ricelands, etc., at 
low and medium altitudes; common. India to southern China, Malaya, 
and Polynesia. 
Local names: Kaya-an (Bag.); kayut-builan (Bag.). 
PHYLLANTHUS STIPULARIS Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 
75; C. B. Rob. op. cit. 4 (1909) 82. 
Luzon (Bataan), Baker 3560, Whitford 1102, 282, Williams 608, F. B. 
6280 Curran, 2841 Meyer, 2087 Borden. On ridges and slopes in primary 
forests on Mount Mariveles, altitude 500 to 900 m. Endemic. 
