460 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS anee 
Mindanao (Surigao, Agusan, Lanao, Davao), Elmer 10658, 14045, 18871, 
Ahern 885, 513, Williams 2570, Clemens. In thickets and old clearings, 
ascending to 1,000 m. Endemic. 
Local names: Balanti (Mbo., C. Bis.); bilanti (Mbo., Bag.); balarte 
(Bag.). 
HOMALANTHUS MEGAPHYLLUS Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 9 (1914) 
Bot. 485; Pax & Hoffm. in Engl. Pflanzenreich 68* (1917) 57. 
Mindanao (Bukidnon, Surigao), B. S. 15765 Fénix, 34790 Ramos & Pas- 
casio. In thickets along streams up to 1,000 m altitude. Endemic. 
Local names: Labulti (Buk.); nabugki (Buk.). 
HOMALANTHUS POPULNEUS (Geisel.) Pax in Engl. & Prantl. Nat. 
Pflanzenfam. 3° (1890) 96; J. J. Sm. in Koord. & Val. Bijdr. 
Boom. Java 12 (1910) 621; Pax in Engl. Pflanzenreich 52’ (1912) 
46 (var. genuinus Pax). 
Stillignia populnea Geisel. Croton. Monogr. (1807) 80. 
Carumbium populneum Muell.-Arg. in DC. Prodr. 157 (1866) 1144. 
Sulu Archipelago (Jolo, Tawitawi), Mindanao, Palawan, B. S. 10813 
Foxworthy, Merrill Phil. Pl. 1369. In thickets at low altitudes. Malay 
Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Celebes, Amboina, New Guinea. 
Var. LEVIS (Blanco) Merr. Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 230. 
Excoecaria levis Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 788, ed. 2 (1845) 543, ed. 
3, 3 (1879) 194. 
Carumbium populneum Muell.-Arg. var. minus Muell.-Arg. in DC. 
Prodr. 15° (1866) 1145. 
Omalanthus leschenaultianus Klotz. in Nov. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. 19 
(1843) Suppl. 1: 414, vix Juss. 
Homalanthus populifolius F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 196; Vidal 
Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 144, Rev. Pl. Vase. Filip. (1886) 
247, non Grah. 
Homalanthus populneus Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 
83, 2 (1907) Bot. 278; Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 3 (1910) 921, 4 
(1911) 1294, vix Pax. 
Homalanthus populneus Pax var. siccus Pax in Engl. Pflanzenreich 
52 (1912) 46, excl. syn. Blanco. 
Homalanthus populneus Pax var. minor Merr. in Philip. Journ. 
Sci. 7 (1912) Bot. 390; Pax & Hoffm. in Engl. Pflanzenreich 63 
(1914) 420. 
Luzon (Pangasinan, Bulacan, Bataan, Zambales, Rizal, Laguna, Batan- 
gas, Tayabas, Sorsogon, Albay), Palawan, Leyte, Panay, Negros, Mindanao, 
Basilan. Common in thickets, deserted clearings, etc., at low and medium 
altitudes. Endemic. 
Local names: Baldnti (Bik., P. Bis.) ; balantig (P. Bis.); balati (Bag.) ; 
banti (Sul.); baidnti (Tag.); binunang-susong (Tag.); botabota (Tag.) ; 
buntaloli (Tagb.); bubiting (Sub.); bata (Tag.); malabininga (Tag.); 
maladtron (Tag.). 
HOMALANTHUS ROTUNDIFOLIUS Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 9 (1914), 
Bot. 486; Pax & Hoffm. in Engl. Pflanzenreich 68* (1917) 57. 
