118 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 1923 



6. ERYTHROPALUM Blume 



ERYTHROPALUM SCAN DENS Blume Bijdr. (1826) 921; Miq. Fl. Ind. 

 Bat. 1 l (1856-57) 704; Mast, in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 1 (1875) 

 578. 

 . Erythropalum vagum Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1886) 85; Ceron 

 Cat. PI. Herb. Manila (1892) 45, non ? Mast. 

 Erythropalum grandifolium Elm. Lean. Philip. Bot. 8 (1915) 2788. 



Northern Luzon to Palawan and Mindanao. In forests at low and me- 

 dium altitudes. Somewhat variable in the size and shape of its leaves, 

 but all intermediate stages occur. India to Indo-China, Malay Peninsula, 

 Sumatra, and Java. 



Local names: Balingayo (Tag.); barak-barak (Mbo.) ; pulipis (Sub.); 

 saynat (Tag.). 



BALANOPHORACEAE 



1. BALANOPHORA Forster 



BALANOPHORA DECURRENS Fawcett in Trans. Linn. Soc. Bot. 2 (1886) 

 234, t. 33, f. 1-4; Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 5 (1913) 1659. 

 Luzon, without definite locality, Azaola in Herb. Mus. Brit. Endemic. 



BALANOPHORA FUNGOSA Forst. Char. Gen. (1776) 99, t. 50; Richard 

 Elem. Bot. (1833) t. 15; Hook. f. in Trans. Linn. Soc. 22 (1859) 

 46, t. 8. 



Luzon (Rizal, Bulacan) , Palawan, B. S. 5^5 Foxworthy, 13067 Ramos, 

 Yoder. In forests at medium altitudes. New Hebrides, Australia. 



BALANOPHORA INCARNATA Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 5 (1913) 1661. 



Balanophora decurrens Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 

 51, non Fawc. 



Luzon (Benguet, Pampanga, Bataan), Mindoro, Camiguin de Misamis, 

 Mindanao, Merrill 4078, 4603, 3947, 5022, Elmer 13674, 10870, Whitford 

 1113, B. S. 15700 Fenix, 14613 Ramos, F. B. 3649 Curran, Copeland 1420, 

 1230, Clemens 1066. On roots of trees in forests at medium and higher 

 altitudes, extending to 2,100 m. Endemic. 



Local names: Kabokadkadtana (Bag.); magodaya (Mbo.). 



BALANOPHORA MICRANTHA Warb. in Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1905) 



169; Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 5 (1913) 1659. 

 Balanophora trimera Van Tiegh. in Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. IX 6 (1907) 



147; Fedde Repert. 7 (1909) 265. 

 Balanophora alutacea Hook. f. in Trans. Linn. Soc. 22 (1856) 47 



(quoad Philip.) ; Elm. Leafl. Philip.' Bot. 5 (1913) 1659, non Jungh. 

 Balanophora abbreviata Eichl. in DC. Prodr. 17 (1873) 148 (quoad 



Philip.) ; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 185, non Blume. 

 Balanophora fawcettii Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 5 (1913) 1659. 



Luzon (Tayabas, Laguna), Mindanao (Lanao), Loher 5161, Elmer 7613, 

 Baker 1802, Gates 7753, Clemens 1.145. In forests at medium altitudes, 

 in Luzon growing on the roots of Ficus nota Merr. Endemic. 



BALANOPHORA SUBGLOBOSA Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 5 (1913) 1660. 

 Leyte, Elmer 7197. In hill forests, rare. Endemic. 



