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Pax and Hoffmann misinterpreted Claoxylon arboreum Elm., citing the 
type and only specimen mentioned in its original description as representing 
C. pedicellare Pax & Hoffm. 
Local names: Balongsagai (Mbo.); banata (S. L. Bis.); magabadbad 
(Bag.); sagai (C. Bis.). 
CLAOXYLON BRACHYANDRUM Pax & Hoffm. in Engl. Pflanzenreich 63 
(1914) 115. 
Claoxylon rubescens Muell.-Arg. in DC. Prodr. 157 (1866) 788, p. p. 
(incl. var. meyenianum Muell.-Arg.); F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 
193; Vidal Rev. Pl. Vase. Filip. (1886) 243, Phan. Cuming. Philip. 
(1885) 142; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 79, 3 
(1908) Bot. 416; Pax & Hoffm. in Engl. Pflanzenreich 63 (1914) 
118, pro majore parte, non Miq. 
Claoxylon rubrinerve Baill. Etud. Gén. Euphorb. (1858) 493, nomen 
nudum. 
Batan Islands, Luzon (Cagayan, Bontoc, Benguet, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos 
Sur, Pampanga, Rizal), Culion, Palawan, Panay, Mindanao (Bukidnon), 
Cuming 1137, Merrill 9611, 9479, 667, Loher 4704, 4708, B. S. 29318, 29637, 
39125, 37628 Ramos & Edano, 230 Bermejos, 1025 Ramos, 12735 Fénia, F. 
B. 2918 Borden. In forests at low and medium altitudes, ascending to 
1,400 m. Endemic. 
Local names: Kolitatang (Neg.); maratuba (Ilk.); tanau-tanau (Neg.); 
tungou (Iv.); ungalau (Neg.). 
CLAOXYLON CRASSIPES Pax & Hoffm. in Engl. Pflanzenreich 63 (1914) 
121, ; 
Luzon (Tayabas, east coast), B. S. 9361, 9896 Robinson. In the mossy 
forest, altitude about 900 m. Endemic. 
CLAOXYLON CRASSIVENIUM Pax & Hoffm. in Engl. Pflanzenreich 63 
(1914) 120. 
Mindoro, Merrill 5668. In forests, altitude about 2,000 m. Endemic. 
CLAOXYLON ELLIPTICUM Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 16 (1920) 553. 
Panay, B. S. 32803 McGregor. In forests, altitude about 800 m. En- 
demic. 
CLAOXYLON ELONGATUM Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 
204; Pax & Hoffm. in Engl. Pflanzenreich 63 (1914) 112 (excl. syn. 
C. arboreum Elm.). 
Luzon (Laguna, Tayabas), Merrill 5141, Phil. Pl. 1047, Elmer 9204, B. 
S. 17934 Brown, 20591 Ramos, 28825 Ramos & Edano, F. B. 25377, 28816 
Mabesa. In primary forests at low and medium altitudes. Claoxylon ar- 
boreum Elm. is not certainly distinct. Endemic. 
CLAOXYLON EUPHORBIOIDES (Elm.) comb. nov. 
Quadrasia euphorbioides Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 7 (1915) 2656. 
Sibuyan, Negros, Elmer 12424, 12428, 12478, B. S. 15188 Ramos. In 
primary forests, ascending to 600 m. Endemic. 
The genus Quadrasia proposed by Mr. Elmer in the Flacourtiaceae 
proves to be identical with Claoxylon, the species being allied to C. subvi- 
ride Elm., but differing especially in its fruit characters. 
Local name: Lagino (P. Bis.). 
