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PEPEROMIA RIVULORUM C. DC. in Lean. Philip. Bot. 3 (1910) 762, 

 Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. .412. 



Mindanao (Mt. Apo), Elmer 11147, Copeland 933. On mossy bowlders 

 in shaded ravines along streams. Endemic. 

 Local name: Lambu-lambu (Bag.). 



PEPEROMIA RUBRIVENOSA C. DC. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 

 409. 

 Luzon (Benguet), Williams 1083. On trees. Endemic. 



PEPEROMIA TOMENTOSA (Vahl) A. Dietr. Sp. PI. 1 (1831) 172 var. 

 CARNOSA C. DC. Prodr. 16 * (1869) 455, Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 

 (1910) Bot. 409. 

 Piper tomentosum Vahl Enum. 1 (1804) 351. 



Central Luzon to Mindanao, Clemens 517, B. S. 20126 Be Veyra. On 

 trees at medium altitudes. Java. 

 Local name: Libagod (Bag.). 



PEPEROMIA VENTENATII Miq. var. PUBESCENS Miq. in Nov. Act. 



Acad. Nat. Cur. 19 (1843) Suppl. 1 : 485, Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 2 (1858-59) 



434; C. DC. Prodr. 16 * (1869) 446, Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) 



Bot. 408; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 176. 



Luzon (Benguet, Lepanto, Bontoc, Rizal), Merrill 4.592, 7709, Vano- 



verbergh 488, B. S. 29619 Ramos & Edano. In the mossy forest at higher 



altitudes. Java. 



EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Peperomia bilineata Miq.; Usteri Beitr. Ken. Philip. Veg. (1905) 125. 

 Usteri's Guimaras specimen was probably wrongly identified. 



Peperomia mariannensis C. DC; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 176. 



Peperomia membranacea Hook.; F.-Vill. 1. c. 



Peperomia argyreia Morren in Belg. Hort. 17 (1867) 2, t. 2; Merr. Fl. 

 Manila (1912) 170. 

 An exotic species of American origin occasionally cultivated in Manila 

 for its variegated leaves. 



CHLORANTHACEAE 



1. CHLORANTHUS Swartz 



CHLORANTHUS BRACHYSTACHYS Blume Fl. Jav. Chlor. (1828) 13, t. 2; 

 Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 1 (1856-57) 801; Solms in DC. Prodr. 16 * 

 (1869) 475; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 177; Vidal Phan. Cuming. 

 Philip. (1885) 138, Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 220; Merr. in 

 Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 40, 2.(1907) Bot. 269, 5 (1910) 

 Bot. 342. 

 Common and widely distributed throughout the Archipelago in primary 



forests at medium and higher altitudes. India to Japan, southward to 



Malaya. 



Local names: Apot (Ig.) ; damoko (Ig.) ; emem (Ig.) ; gapas (Ig.) ; 



gumok (Buk.) ; kari-kari (Bag.); total (Yak.); umuum (Ig.). 



CHLORANTHUS OFFICINALIS Blume Enum. PL Jav. (1827) 79, Fl. Jav. 

 Chlor. (1828) 10, t. 1; Miq. FL Ind. Bat. 1 * (1856-57) 801; Solms 



