462 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS wigs 
Luzon (Manila and vicinity), Merrill 3678, Marave 45, 49, B. S. 9509 
Robinson. In waste places, open grasslands, etc., locally abundant, but 
certainly introduced. Siam, Indo-China. 
EUPHORBIA HETEROPHYLLA Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 453; Boiss. in DC. 
Prodr. 15° (1862) 72; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 282. 
Poinsettia heterophylla Klotz. & Garcke in Monatsber. Akad. Berl. 
(1859) 258. 
Manila and other large towns; in waste places, occasional; originally in- 
troduced for ornamental purposes. A native of tropical America. 
EUPHORBIA HIRTA Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 454; Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 2 
(1845) 286, ed. 3, 2 (1878) 166; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 283, 
Interpret. Herb. Amb. (1917) 328, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 231. 
Euphorbia pilulifera Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 454; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1? 
(1858-59) 420; Boiss. in DC. Prodr. 15’ (1862) 21; F.-Vill. Novis. 
App. (1880) 186: Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 141, Rev. 
Pl. Vase. Filip. (1886) 233; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) 
Suppl. 83, 3 (1908) Bot. 418. 
Euphorbia capitata Lam. Eneycl. 2 (1785) 422; Blanco FI. Filip. 
(18387) 411. 
Throughout the Philippines in waste places, open grasslands, etc., usually 
very abundant. Pantropic. 
Local names: Bambanilag (If.); botobotonis (Tag.); bolobotonis 
(Pamp.) ; bobi (Bis.); botonis (Ilk.); bugayau (S. L. Bis.) ; butobutonisan 
(Tag.) ; gatas-gatas (Bis., Tag.) ; magatas (Pamp.) ; malis-malis (Pamp.) ; 
maragatas (Ilk.); pansi-pansi (Bik.); patik-patik (Sul.); piliak (Sub.); 
saikan (Tag.); sisiohan (Pamp.); soro-sord (Bik.); tababa (Bis.); tairas 
(Iv.); tauataua (P. Bis.) ; teta (Bon.). 
EUPHORBIA LUZONIENSIS Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 16 (1920) 578. 
Luzon: (Ilocos Norte), B. S. 27309bis, 27517 Ramos. In open dry places 
at low altitudes. Endemic. 
EUPHORBIA MAKINOI Hayata in Journ. Coll. Sci. Univ. Tokyo 30° 
(1911) 262; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 16 (1920) 579. 
Euphorbia microphylla Hayata op. cit. 20° (1904) 79, t. 5, f. H, 
non Heyne. 
Luzon (Ilocos Norte), B. S. 27309, 32746 Ramos. In open dry places 
at low altitudes. Formosa; not certainly distinct from Euphorbia neo- 
caledonica Boiss. 
EUPHORBIA NERIIFOLIA Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 451; Baill. in DC. Prodr. 
157 (1862) 79; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 186; Mig. Fl. Ind. 
Bat. 17 (1858-59) 418; Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 27 
(1905) 75, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 231. 
Euphorbia ligularia Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1914) 36, nomen nudum, FI. 
Ind. ed. 2, 2 (1832) 465; Usteri Beitr. Ken. Philip. Veg. (1905) 126. 
Euphorbia pentagona Blanco FI. Filip. (1887) 4138, ed. 2 (1845) 287, 
ed. 3, 2 (1878) 168, non Haw. 
Euphorbia trigona Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 281, non Haw. 
