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Luzon (Pampanga, Rizal, Batangas, Bulacan), Merrill 2720, Phil. Pl. 
434, Sp. Blancoanae 50, B. S. 1417, 3324 Ramos, F. B. 1110 Ahern’s collec- 
tor. In dry thickets at low altitudes; erroneously reduced by Pax and 
Hoffmann to M. tiliifolius Muell.-Arg., a strictly littoral species. Endemic. 
Local names: Kutulan (Tag.); takip-asin-lalaki (Tag.). 
MALLOTUS PAPUANUS (J. J. Sm.) Pax & Hoffm. in Engl. Pflanzenreich 
63 (1914) 202; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 16 (1920) 560. 
Mallotus hookerianus Muell.-Arg. var. papuanus J. J. Sm. in Nova 
Guinea 8 (1912) 787, t. 137. 
Mallotus hirsutus Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 8 (1915) 2648. 
Mindanao (Surigao, Agusan), Elmer 13480, B. S. 34549 Ramos & Pas- 
casio. In primary forests, ascending to 1,200 m. New Guinea, but 
perhaps not distinguishable from the Chinese M. hookerianus Muell.-Arg. 
Local name: Masangauai (Mbo.). 
MALLOTUS PHILIPPENSIS (Lam.) Muell.-Arg. in Linnaea 34 (1865) 
196, DC. Prodr. 15* (1866) 980; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 195; 
Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 144, Rev. Pl. Vasc. Filip. (1886) 
245; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 79, 3 (1908) Bot. 
416, Fl. Manila (1912) 294; Pax & Hoffm. in Engl. Pflanzenreich 
63 (1914) 184 (all as philippinensis). 
Croton philippense Lam. Encycl. 2 (1786) 206. 
Echinus philippinensis Baill. Adansonia 6 (1866) 314. 
Rottlera philippinensis Scheff. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 4 
(1868-69) 124. 
Rottleriw manilensis Klotz. ex Pax & Hoffm. in Engl. Pflanzenreich 63 
(1914) 184, in syn. 
Throughout the Philippines, common in thickets and second-growth 
forests at low altitudes. India to southern China and Formosa, southward 
to New South Wales. 
Local names: Aptyot (Sul.); banat6é (Ibn., Ig., Tag.); buds (Ilk.); 
darandang (Tag.); panagisen (Ibn.); panagisian (Neg.); panagisien (Ibn., 
Klg.); pangaplasin (Ilk.); pikal (Sbl.); sala (Tag., Bis.); taft’ (Ibn.) ; 
tagusala (P. Bis.) tutula (Tagb.). 
MALLOTUS REPANDUS (Willd.) Muell.-Arg. in Linnaea 34 (1865) 197, 
DC. Prodr. 15’ (1866) 981; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 5 (1887) 442; 
F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 195; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. 
(1885) 144, Rev. Pl. Vasc. Filip. (1886) 245; Merr. in Philip. Journ. 
Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 80, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 223; Pax & Hoffm. 
in Engl. Pflanzenreich 63 (1914) 181. 
Croton repandus Willd. in Neue Schrift. Naturf. Freunde 4 (1803) 
206. 
Croton volubilis Llanos in Mem. Acad. Cienc. Madr. 4 (1856) 508; 
F.-Vill. & Naves in Blanco FI. Filip. ed. 3, 4* (1880) 103. 
Throughout the Philippines in thickets and second-growth forests at low 
altitudes. India to southern China and Formosa, southward through Ma- 
laya to New Caledonia and northeastern Australia. 
Local names: Malasiat (Tag.); marakarmai (Ilk.); panudlan (Tag.) ; 
sikir (Ilk.). 
