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Rottlera acuminata A. Juss. Euphorb. Tent. (1824) 33, non Mallotus 
acuminatus K. Schum., nec Muell.-Arg. 
Mallotus playfairii Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 26 (1894) 441; 
Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 80, 3 (1908) Bot. 416; 
Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 3 (1910) 924. 
Throughout the Philippines in thickets along the seashore, never inland. 
Formosa to Sumatra, New Guinea, northeastern Australia, and Samoa. 
_ Local names: Alai (Tag.); briki (Bag.); gapas-gapas (Bik.); mahotai 
(C. Bis.) ; palu-baliskad (C. Bis.) ; sala (Tag.). 
DOUBTFUL SPECIES 
MALLOTUS DISPAR Muell.-Arg.; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 195. 
MALLOTUS MACROSTACHYUS Muell.-Arg.; F.-Vill. 1. ¢. 
MALLOTUS MORITZIANUS Muell.-Arg.; F.-Vill. 1. ¢. 
MALLOTUS SUBPELTATUS Muell.-Arg.; F.-Vill. 1. ¢. 
MALLOTUS ZOLLINGERI Muell.-Arg.; F.-Vill. 1. ¢. 
MALLOTUS ROXBURGHIANUS Muell.-Arg.; Usteri Beitr. Ken. Philip. Veg. 
(1905) 126. 
This species is known only from India; it is suspected that Usteri’s 
specimen is Mallotus floribundus Muell.-Arg. 
27. NEOTREWIA Pax and Hoffmann 
NEOTREWIA CUMINGII (Muell.-Arg.) Pax & Hoffm. in Engl. Pflanzen- 
reich 63 (1914) 212, f. 31, A-E. 
Mallotus cumingii Muell.-Arg. in Linnaea 34 (1866) 195, DC. Prodr. 
15” (1866) 978; Vidal. Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 144, Rev. Pl. 
Vase. Filip. (1886) 245; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 195; Koord. 
in Meded. Lands Plant. 19 (1898) 587. 
Trewia ambigua Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 79. 
Mallotus pinnatinervius Elm. ex Pax & Hoffm. 1. c. in syn. 
Luzon (Cagayan to Sorsogon), Mindoro, Samar, Leyte, Masbate, Panay, 
Negros, Cebu, Mindanao (incl. Elmer 16131 as N. arborea Elm.). In thick- 
ets and forest at low and medium altitudes, often common. A monotypic 
genus, also in Celebes, Koorders 16962!, 16964! 
Local names: Apanang (S. L. Bis., Buk.) ; bato-baté (Tag.) ; bilis (Sul.) ; 
burilis (C. Bis.) ; kabantala (Bag.); malasuite (Tag.) ; matobat6é (P. Bis.) ; 
pamasilién (Ilk.); panghangin (Neg.); patian (C. Bis.); tabunghian (C. 
Bis.). 
28. WETRIA Baillon 
WETRIA MACROPHYLLA (Blume) J. J. Sm. in Meded. Dept. Landbouw 
10 (1910) 471; Pax & Hoffm. in Engl. Pflanzenreich 63 (1914) 219; 
Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 16 (1920) 561. 
Trewia macrophylla Blume Bijdr. (1825) 612. 
Wetria trewioides Baill. Etud. Gén. Euphorb. (1858) 409. 
Pseudotrewia macrophylla Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1* (1859) 414. 
Alchornea blumeana Muell.-Arg. in Linnaea 34 (1865) 167, DC. 
Prodr. 15° (1866) 900. 
