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Luzon (Ilocos Norte, Apayao, Laguna, Tayabas, Bataan), Polillo, Min- 

 doro, Mindanao, Merrill 1201, Elmer 11091, 12000,, B. S. 27140, 23839, 16629 

 Ramos, 28218 Fenix, F. B. 1218 Borden.'' In forests at low and medium 

 altitudes. Endemic. 



Local name: Basulai (Bag.). 



2. HAEMATOCARPUS Miers 



HAEMATOCARPUS SUBPELTATUS Merr. in Philip. Journ. iSci. 14 (1919) 

 383. 

 Luzon (Camarines), B. S. 33750 Ramos & Edano. In forests at low al- 

 titudes. Endemic. 



3. ARCANGELISIA Beccari 



ARCANGELISIA FLAVA (Linn.) Merr. Interpret. Herb. Amb. (1917) 222. 

 Menispermum flavum Linn, in Stickm. Herb. Amb. (1754) 14, Amoen. 



Acad. 4 (1759) 128, Syst. ed. 10 (1759) 992. 

 Menispermum flavescens Lam. Encycl. 4 (1797) 98. 

 Anamirta flavescens Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 3 (1858) 79. 

 Cocculus flavescens DC. Syst. 1 (1818) 520. 

 Arcangelisia inclyta Becc. Malesia 1 (1877) 147. 

 Anamirta lemniscata Miers in Ann. Nat. Hist. Ill 14 (1864) 51. 

 Arcangelisia lemniscata Becc. Malesia 1 (1877) 147; Merr. in Philip. 

 Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 406; Diels in Engl. Pflanzenreich 46 



(1910) 106, /. 38, Lean. Philip. Bot. 4 (1911) 1163. 

 Tuba flava Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5 (1747) 38, t. 2h. 



Batan Islands to Palawan and Mindanao, scattered in thickets and for- 

 ests at low and medium altitudes. Java and Borneo to New Guinea. 



Local names: Abustra (Ilk.); abutra (Ilk.); albotra (S. L. Bis,); ali- 

 bodra (P. Bis.) ; buti (Tag.) ; lagtal (S. L. Bis.) ; lagtan (P. Bis) ; lagtang 

 (Tag., Bik., Sul.) ; suma (Tag., Pamp.); taua (Bag.) ; uplig (Ilk.). 



4. ANAMIRTA Colebrooke 



ANAMIRTA COCCULUS (Linn.) W. & A. Prodr. 1 (1834) 446; Miq. Fl. 

 Ind. Bat. 1 2 (1858) 78; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 8; Vidal Cat. 

 PI. Prov. Manila (1880) 16; Ceron Cat. PI. Herb. Manila (1892) 

 13; Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 27 (1905) 17, Philip. 

 Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 52, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 145; Diels 

 in Engl. Pflanzenreich 46 (1910) 108, /. 40, Leafl. Philip. Bot. 4 



(1911) 1165. 



Menispermum cocculus Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 340; Blanco Fl. Filip. 

 (1837) 809, ed. 2 (1845) 557, ed. 3, 3 (1879) 216. 



Northern Luzon to southern Mindanao. In thickets at low and medium 

 altitudes, scattered. India, through Malaya to New Guinea. 



Local names: Arai (Bag.); balasin (Tag., Bis.); bayati (Tag.); baya- 

 ting (Ilk.) ; labtang (Ilk., Ig.) ; lagtal (Bis.) ; lagtang (Bis., Mbo., Sul.) ; 

 lakdang (Bis.) ; laktang (Tag., Bis., Pamp.) ; lanta (Tag., Pamp.) ; ligtang 

 (Tag.); liktang (Tag., Bis.); suma (Tag.). 



The local names are greatly confused as between Anamirta and Arc- 

 angelisia; this species has white wood, and its fruits are used for poison- 

 ing fish, while Arcangelisia has yellow wood. 



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