Vol. 2 EUPHORBIACEAE 443 
MACARANGA SYLVATICA Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 2 (1908) 431. 
Macaranga ramiflora Elm. var. sylvatica Pax & Hoffm. in Engl. 
Pflanzenreich 63 (1914) 324. 
Negros, Leyte, Elmer 9838, 10361, Wenzel 358, B. S. 15310 Ramos. In 
primary forests, altitude 500 to 1,200 m. Endemic. 
MACARANGA TANARIUS (Linn.) Muell.-Arg. in DC. Prodr. 15* (1866) 
997 (var. genuina Muell.-Arg.); F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 195; 
Vidal Sinopsis Atlas (1883) 39, t. 84, f. C., Phan. Cuming. Philip. 
(1885) 144, Rev. Pl. Vasc. Filip. (1886) 246; Merr. in Philip. 
Bureau Forestry Bull. 1 (1903) 31, Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) 
Suppl. 80, 3 (1908) Bot. 417, Fl. Manila (1912) 295, Interpret. 
Herb. Amb. (1917) 320; Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 3 (1910) 923; 
Pax & K. Hoffm. in Engl. Pflanzenreich 63 (1914) 352. 
Ricinus tanarius Linn. in Stickm. Herb. Amb. (1754) 14, Amoen. 
Acad. 4 (1759) 125, Syst. ed. 10 (1759) 1277, Sp. Pl. ed. 2 (1763) 
1430. 
Mappa tanarius Blume Bijdr. (1825) 624; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1° 
(1858-59) 401. 
Throughout the Philippines, characteristic of thickets and second-growth 
forests at low and medium altitudes. This is the original form of the 
species, i. e., Ricinus tanarius Linn. of Amboina, with glabrous leaves, and 
includes Elmer 14589, 14409 as M. vulcanica Elm. Andaman Islands and 
the Malay Peninsula to southern China and Formosa southward to north- 
eastern Australia. 
Var. TOMENTOSA (Blume) Muell.-Arg. in DC. Prodr. 15* (1866) 997; 
Ceron Cat. Pl. Herb. Manila (1892) 155; Merr. in Philip. Bureau 
Forestry Bull. 1 (1903) 31, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 226. 
Mappa tomentosa Blume Bijdr. (1825) 624; Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1? 
(1858-59) 401; Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 4 (1911) 1295. 
Croton lacciferum Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 752, ed. 2 (1845) 715, 
ed:.3, 3) (1879) 153. 
Range of the species; much commoner in the Philippines than is the 
typical form with glabrous leaves. 
Local names: Alungabun (Bag.); anabun (Bag.); bagambang (Tag.) ; 
bilan (Pamp.); bilua (Pamp.); biluan (Tag.); biluan-lalaki (Tag.) ; bilt- 
nga (Tag.) ; bingua (Is.); bindnga (Tag., Pamp., P. Bis.) ; bintan (Tagb.) ; 
binuang (Tag.) ; bingua (C. Bis.) ; bintnga (Tag., Kuy., P. Bis.) ; binungan 
(Tag.); bintan (Tagb.); gamuwu’ (Ibn.); ginabang (Ting., Ig.) ; himindang 
(Bik.); kinaébang (Ig.); labauel (Ig.); lagau (C. Bis., Bag.); lagaon 
(Mbo.) ; ligabun (Mbo.) ; lungdban (Tagk.) ; lingabunga (Sub.); lingbunga 
(Sul.); lungakan (Bag.); maasim (Tag.); mindang (Bik.); mintnga 
(Tag., Bik., Mbo.); sabauil (Ilk.); samaet (Ibn.); samak (Ilk., Ting.) ; 
samar (Ilk.) ; samuk (Ibn.). 
MACARANGA TRILOBA (Reinw.) Muell.-Arg. in DC. Prodr. 15° (1866) 
989; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 5 (1887) 452; J. J. Sm. in Koord. & Val. 
Bijdr. Boom. Java 12 (1910) 504; Pax & Hoffm. in Engl. Pflan- 
zenreich 63 (1914) 380, f. 63, A-E. 
