404 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 1923 



Curran. In forested ravines and on ridges, altitude 1,000 to 1,500 m. 

 Endemic. 



Local names: Sangki (Ig.) ; tumuhan (Bon.). 



DOUBTFUL SPECIES 



Glochidion zeylanicum Juss. var. malayanum J. J. Sm. in Koord. & Val. 

 Bijdr. Boom. Java 12 (1910) 118. 



The Philippine specimen referred here by Smith is probably Glochidion 

 leytense Elm.; see C. B. Robinson in Philip. Journ. Sci. 6 (1911) Bot. 331. 



8. BREYNIA Forster 



BREYNIA ACUMINATA Muell.-Arg. in DC. Prodr. 15 2 (1866) 442; 



F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 189; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. 



(1885) 142, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 238; Merr. in Philip. 



Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 76; C. B. Rob. op. cit. 4 (1909) Bot. 104. 



Melanthesia acuminata Muell.-Arg. in Linnaea 32 (1863) 74. 



Luzon (Cagayan to Laguna, common), Mindoro, Samar, Leyte, Negros. 



In thickets and forests at low and medium altitudes, ascending to 1,200 m. 



Endemic. 



Local names: Atiluag (Ting.) ; kalkaldia (Bon.) ; karmai (Ilk.) ; karmai- 

 bugkau (Ilk.); marakaromai (Ilk.); matang-ulang (Tag.); palin (Pang.); 

 pertik (Bon.). 



BREYNIA CERNUA (Poir.) Muell.-Arg. in DC. Prodr. 15 * (1866) 439; 

 F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 189; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. 



(1885) 142, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 238; Merr. in Philip. 

 Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 75, 3 (1908) Bot. 415, PL Manila (1912) 

 286; C. B. Rob. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 4 (1909) Bot. 105. 



? Phyllanthus cernuus Poir. in Lam. Encycl. 5 (1804) 298. 



Breynia cernua Muell.-Arg. var. acutifolia Muell.-Arg. in DC. Prodr. 



15 2 (1866) 439. 

 Melanthesia cernua Muell.-Arg. var. acutifolia Muell.-Arg. in Linnaea 

 32 (1863) 74. 

 Batan Islands and northern Luzon to Palawan and Mindanao. Com- 

 mon in thickets at low and medium altitudes, ascending to 1,500 m. Java 

 to the Moluccas, New Guinea, and Australia. 



Local names: Angayugayong (Iv.) ; antimtinid (Iv.) ; bagbagotot (Ilk.) ; 

 chimi (Ig.) ; hinuyop (If.); kalamyasan (Tag.); karamanas (Tag.); ma- 

 tang-buiud (Bik.) ; matang-hipon (Tag.); matang-ulang (Tag., Sbl.) ; nipin 

 (Sul.) ; ngaga (Ibn.) ; oyungya (P. Bis.) ; saga (Tag.) ; saga-saga (Tag.) ; 

 saga-sagang-kahoi (Tag.); sitsit (Ig.) ; tambuiud (Bik.); saipantug (Sul.) ; 

 songut-olang (Bis.) ; tolog-tolog (P. Bis.) ; tintug (Sul.) ; tugtug (C. Bis.) ; 

 turog (Buk.) ; tutulog (Sub.). 



BREYNIA RHAMNOIDES (Retz.) Muell.-Arg. in DC. Prodr. 15 2 (1866) 

 440; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 189; Vidal Rev. PL Vase. Filip. 



(1886) 238; C. B. Rob. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 4 (1909) Bot. 104; 

 Merr. op. cit. 5 (1910) 356, Fl. Manila (1912) 286; Elm. Leafl. 

 Philip. Bot. 3 (1910) 906. 



Phyllanthus rhamnoides Retz. Obs. 5 (1791) 30. 

 Habitat and Philippine distribution of the preceding species, and not 

 always clearly distinguishable from it. India to China and Malaya. 



