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CROTON CONSANGUINEUS Muell.-Arg. in Linnaea 34 (1865) 101, DC. 

 Prodr. 15 2 (1866) 619; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 192; Vidal Rev. 

 PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 241; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 1906) 

 Suppl. 78. 

 Croton sanguineus Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 143, sphalm. 



Luzon (Zambales, Bulacan, Bataan, Rizal), Leyte, Bohol, Cuming 1871, 

 Merrill 2977, B. S. 29617, 34208, 34029 Ramos & Edano, F. B. 2637, 2811,. 

 Meyer, Wenzel 1435, 1291, 1759. In thickets and forests at low altitudes. 

 Endemic. 



Local name: Malatuba (Tag., Bik.). 



CROTON CUMINGII Muell.-Arg. in Linnaea 34 (1865) 101, DC. Prodr. 15 ! 

 (1866) 566; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 191; Vidal Phan. Cuming. 

 Philip. (1885) 143, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 241. 



Luzon (Nueva Ecija, Bataan, Camarines), Mindoro, Palawan, Cagayan 

 Sulu, Cuming 1384, Merrill 5303, Phil. PI. 1227, B. S. 260 Bermejos, 6188 

 Robinson, F. B. 8628 Merritt, Ahem 265. In thickets at low altitudes. 

 Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Indo-China, Formosa, Riu Kiu Islands; to be 

 compared with C. punetatus Lour. 



CROTON HETEROCARPUS Muell.-Arg. in DC. Prodr. 15 2 (1866) 621; 

 Hallier f. in Meded. Rijks Herb. 1 (1911) 7. 

 Croton ardisioides Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 5 (1887) 393; Merr. in 

 Philip. Journ. Sci. 4 (1909) Bot. 278. 



Palawan, Elmer 12788, B. S. 857 Foxworthy, F. B. 3831, 4159 Curran. 

 In thickets at low altitudes. Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo. 



CROTON LANCIL1MBUS Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 20 (1922) 395. 



Mindanao (Zamboanga), B. S. 36855, 37078 Ramos & Edano. Along 

 streams at low altitudes. Endemic. 



CROTON LEIOPHYLLUS Muell.-Arg. in Linnaea 5 (1865) 103, DC. Prodr. 



15 3 (1866) 573; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 192; Vidal Phan. 

 Cuming. Philip. (1885) 143, Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 242; Merr. 

 in Philip. Bureau Forestry Bull. 1 (1903) 30, Philip. Journ. Sci. 

 1 (1906) Suppl. 78; Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 3 (1910) 912, 4 

 (1911) 1280. 



Luzon (Cagayan to Sorsogon) to Palawan and Mindanao. Widely dis- 

 tributed and often common in thickets and forests at low and medium alti- 

 tudes. Endemic unless referable to the Malayan C. oblongus Burm. f. (C. 

 laevifolius Blume, C. griffithii Hook. f.). 



Local names: Katap (Sul.) ; kuribeng (Ilk.); kokonon (Tagb.) ; ma- 

 latuba (Tagb., S. L. Bis.); sangngar (Neg.) ; tagoan-uak (Tag.). 



Var. MULTIFLORUS var. nov. 



A typo differt foliis majoribus, usque ad 20 cm longis et 11 cm latis, 

 petiolis longioribus, usque ad 7 cm longis, floribus numerosis. 



Luzon (Isabela), Panay, Balabac, Siargao, F. B. 24079 Barros (type), 

 B. S. 31022, 31329, 31457 Ramos & Edano, 34830, 34831 Ramos & Pascasio, 

 15657 Fenix. In forests at low altitudes. Endemic. 



Local name: Lareg (Ilk.). 



