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Samar, Leyte, Siargao, Mindanao (Surigao), Merrill Phil. Pl. 1663, B. S. 
24178 Ramos, 24907 Edano, 34410, 34837 Ramos & Pascasio. In thickets 
and forests at low altitudes. Endemic. 
. EXCLUDED SPECIES 
HOMALANTHUS GIGANTEUS Zoll.; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 196. 
60. SAPIUM Jacquin 
SAPIUM LUZONICUM (Vidal) Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 16 (1920) 577. 
Myrica luzonica Vidal Sinopsis Atlas (1883) 40, t. 90, f. B; Rolfe 
in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 21 (1884) 316. 
Sapium merrillianum Pax & Hoffm. in Engl. Pflanzenreich 52 (1912) 
Bile 
Sapium lateriflorum Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 
83; Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 4 (1911) 1303, non Hemsl. (1901). 
Urandra, elliptica Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 195. 
Luzon (Ilocos Sur, Bulacan, Rizal, Bataan, Laguna), Mindoro, Palawan, 
Ticao, Bucas Grande, Mindanao (Davao). In primary forests at low alti- 
tudes. Endemic. 
Local names: Balakat-gubat (Tag.); balakbak-gubat (Tag.); lamég 
(Tag.) ; lamug (Tag.); loi (Tag.); magalmod (Tagb.); maraoténg (IIk.) ; 
tagumtum (P. Bis.) ; tua-tua (Mand.); tueg (Ig.). 
SAPIUM SANCHEZII Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 7 (1912) Bot. 402; 
Pax & Hoffm. in Engl. Pflanzenreich 63 (1914) 423. 
Mindanao (Surigao, Lanao, Cotabato), Bolster 373, Sanchez, F. B. 
20628, 18289 Miranda, 23036 Ferraris. In thickets or forests along or near 
the seashore. Endemic. 
Local name: Bantiano (C. Bis.). 
EXCLUDED SPECIES 
SAPIUM SEBIFERUM Roxb.; Usteri Beitr. Ken. Philip. Veg. (1905) 126. 
Roxburgh’s species does not occur in the Philippines; Usteri’s specimen 
is in all probability Homalanthus populneus Pax. 
61. EUPHORBIA Linnaeus 
EUPHORBIA ATOTO Forst. f. Prodr. (1786) 207; Boiss. in DC. Prodr. 
15° (1862) 12; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 185; Merr. in Philip. 
Bureau Forestry Bull. 1 (1903) 32, Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 27 
(1905) 75, Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 417, Sp. Blancoanae 
(1918) 230. 
Euphorbia dulcis Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 412, ed. 2 (1845) 287, ed. 
38, 2 (1878) 167, non Linn. 
Along sandy seashores throughout the Philippines. India to southern 
China and Formosa through Malaya to Australia and Polynesia, a charac- 
teristic strand plant. 
Local names: Tairas (Iv.) ; lamingo (Bag.). 
EUPHORBIA CAPILLARIS Gagnep. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 68 (1921) 
298. 
Euphorbia hypericifolia Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 283, non Linn. 
