VoL 2 EUPHORBIACEAE 395 



Throughout the Philippines in thickets at low and medium altitudes, 

 usually common. India to southern China and Formosa southward through 

 Malaya to Timor and Celebes. 



Local names: Malatinta (Tag.); matang-buiud (Bik.) ; nipin (Sul.) ; 

 sungot-olang (Bis.) ; tinatinaan (Tag.) ; tintatintahan (Tag., Bik.). 



PHYLLANTHUS ROBINSONII Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 7 (1912) Bot. 

 405. 



Cebu, B. S. 11058 Ramos. On dry slopes^ Endemic. 



PHYLLANTHUS RUPICOLA Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 3 (1910) 927. 



Sibuyan, Cebu, Panay, Elmer 12240, Merrill 6709, B. S. 11077 Ramon. 

 On shaded cliffs and on bowlders along streams, altitude 100 to 225 m. 

 Endemic. 



PHYLLANTHUS SAMARENSIS Muell.-Arg. in Linnaea 34 (1865) 73, 

 DC. Prodr. 15 2 (1866) 295; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 188; C. B. 

 Rob. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 4 (1909) Bot. 79. 



Samar, Jagor, B. S. 24-4-60 Ramos. In damp ravines along streams at 

 low altitudes. Endemic. 



Local name: Malaantagum (S. L. Bis.). 



PHYLLANTHUS SECURI N EGIOI DES Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 9 (1914) 

 Bot. 490. 

 Phyllanthus urdanetensis Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 7 (1915) 2650. 



Luzon (Tayabas), Mindanao (Agusan), Elmer 13936, 14-163, B. S. 20725 

 Escritor, 13270 Ramos. In forests at low altitudes in Tayabas, ascending 

 to 1,500 m in Mindanao. 



Local names: Halong-halong (Mbo.) ; kamahodan (Mbo.). 



PHYLLANTHUS SIBUYANENSIS Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 3 (1910) 928. 



Sibuyan, Elmer 12113. In forested ravines along streams, altitude about 

 225 m. Endemic. 



PHYLLANTHUS SIMPLEX Retz. Obs. 5 (1789) 29; Muell.-Arg. in DC. 

 Prodr. 15 2 (1866) 391; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 188; Vidal 

 Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 236; C. B. Rob. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 4 

 (1909) Bot. 81; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 285. 



Throughout the Philippines, in open grasslands, fallow ricelands, etc., at 

 low and medium altitudes; common. India to southern China, Malaya, 

 and Polynesia. 



Local names: Kaya-an (Bag.); kayut-bulan (Bag.). 



PHYLLANTHUS STIPULARIS Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 

 75; C. B. Rob. op. cit. 4 (1909) 82. 



Luzon (Bataan), Baker 3560, Whit ford 1102, 282, Williams 608, F. B. 

 6280 Curran, 2841 Meyer, 2087 Borden. On ridges and slopes in primary 

 forests on Mount Mariveles, altitude 500 to 900 m. Endemic. 



