404 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS — 
Curran. In forested ravines and on ridges, altitude 1,000 to 1,500 m. 
Endemic. 
Local names: Sangki (Ig.); tumuhan (Bon.). 
DOUBTFUL SPECIES 
GLOCHIDION ZEYLANICUM Juss. var. MALAYANUM J. J. Sm. in Koord. & Val. 
Bijdr. Boom. Java 12 (1910) 118. 
The Philippine specimen referred here by Smith is probably Glochidion 
leytense Elm.; see C. B. Robinson in Philip. Journ. Sci. 6 (1911) Bot. 331. 
8. BREYNIA Forster 
BREYNIA ACUMINATA Muell.-Arg. in DC. Prodr. 15% (1866) 442; 
F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 189; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. 
(1885) 142, Rev. Pl. Vasc. Filip. (1886) 238; Merr. in Philip. 
Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 76; C. B. Rob. op. cit. 4 (1909) Bot. 104. 
Melanthesia acuminata Muell.-Arg. in Linnaea 32 (1863) 74. 
Luzon (Cagayan to Laguna, common), Mindoro, Samar, Leyte, Negros. 
In thickets and forests at low and medium altitudes, ascending to 1,200 m. 
Endemic. 
Local names: Atiluag (Ting.) ; kalkaldia (Bon.) ; karmai (Ilk.) ; karmai- 
bugkau (Ilk.); marakaromai (Ilk.); matang-tlang (Tag.); palin (Pang.); 
pertik (Bon.). 
BREYNIA CERNUA (Poir.) Muell.-Arg. in DC. Prodr. 15* (1866) 4389; 
F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 189; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. 
(1885) 142, Rev. Pl. Vase. Filip. (1886) 238; Merr. in Philip. 
Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 75, 3 (1908) Bot. 415, Fl. Manila (1912) 
286; C. B. Rob. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 4 (1909) Bot. 105. 
? Phyllanthus cernuus Poir. in Lam. Encycl. 5 (1804) 298. 
Breynia cernua Muell.-Arg. var. acutifolia Muell.-Arg. in DC. Prodr. 
15” (1866) 439. 
Melanthesia cernua Muell.-Arg. var. acutifolia Muell.-Arg. in Linnaea 
32 (1868) 74. 
Batan Islands and northern Luzon to Palawan and Mindanao. Com- 
mon in thickets at low and medium altitudes, ascending to 1,500 m. Java 
to the Moluccas, New Guinea, and Australia. 
Local names: Angayugayong (Iv.); antimtinid (Iv.); bagbagotot (Ilk.) ; 
chimi (Ig.); hinuyop (If.); kalamyasan (Tag.); karamanas (Tag.); ma- 
tang-buiid (Bik.); mdtang-hipon (Tag.) ; matang-ulang (Tag., Sbl.) ; nipin 
(Sul.) ; mgaga (Ibn.); oyungya (P. Bis.) ; saga (Tag.); saga-saga (Tag.) ; 
saga-sagang-kahoi (Tag.) ; sitsit (Ig.); tambuiud (Bik.); saipantug (Sul.) ; 
songut-élang (Bis.) ; tolog-tolog (P. Bis.) ; tintug (Sul.); tugtug (C. Bis.) ; 
turog (Buk.); tutulog (Sub.). 
BREYNIA RHAMNOIDES (Retz.) Muell.-Arg. in DC. Prodr. 157 (1866) 
440; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 189; Vidal Rev. Pl. Vasc. Filip. 
(1886) 238; C. B. Rob. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 4 (1909) Bot. 104; 
Merr. op. cit. 5 (1910) 856, Fl. Manila (1912) 286; Elm. Leafi. 
Philip. Bot. 3 (1910) 906. 
Phyllanthus rhamnoides Retz. Obs. 5 (1791) 380. 
Habitat and Philippine distribution of the preceding species, and not 
always clearly distinguishable from it. India to China and Malaya. 
