VoL 2 EUPHORBIACEAE 435 



Luzon (Pampanga, Rizal, Batangas, Bulacan), Merrill 2720, Phil. PI. 

 1*31*, Sp. Blancoanae 50, B. S. 11*17, 8321* Ramos, F. B. 1110 Ahern's collec- 

 tor. In dry thickets at low altitudes; erroneously reduced by Pax and 

 Hoffmann to M. tiliifolius Muell.-Arg., a strictly littoral species. Endemic. 



Local names: Kutulan (Tag.); takip-asin-lalaki (Tag.). 



MALLOTUS PAPUAN US (J. J. Sm.) Pax & Hoffm. in Engl. Pflanzenreich 

 63 (1914) 202; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 16 (1920) 560. 



Mallotus hookerianus Muell.-Arg. var. papuanus J. J. Sm. in Nova 

 Guinea 8 (1912) 787, t. 137. 



Mallotus hirsutus Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 8 (1915) 2648. 



Mindanao (Surigao, Agusan), Elmer 131*80, B. S. 31*51*9 Ramos & Pas- 

 casio. In primary forests, ascending to 1,200 m. New Guinea, but 

 perhaps not distinguishable from the Chinese M. hookerianus Muell.-Arg. 



Local name: Masangauai (Mbo.). 



MALLOTUS PHILIPPENSIS (Lam.) Muell.-Arg. in Linnaea 34 (1865) 



196, DC. Prodr. 15 2 (1866) 980; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 195; 



Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 144, Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 



245; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 79, 3 (1908) Bot. 



416, Fl. Manila (1912) 294; Pax & Hoffm. in Engl. Pflanzenreich 



63 (1914) 184 (all as philippinensis). 

 Croton philippense Lam. Encycl. 2 (1786) 206. 

 Echinus philippinensis Baill. Adansonia 6 (1866) 314. 

 Rottlera philippinensis Scheff. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 4 



(1868-69) 124. 

 Rottleria manilensis Klotz. ex Pax & Hoffm. in Engl. Pflanzenreich 63 



(1914) 184, in syn. 



Throughout the Philippines, common in thickets and second-growth 

 forests at low altitudes. India to southern China and Formosa, southward 

 to New South Wales. 



Local names: Apuyot (Sul.) ; banato (Ibn., Ig., Tag.); buas (Ilk.); 

 darandang (Tag.) ; panagisen (Ibn.) ; panagisian (Neg.) ; panagisien (Ibn., 

 Klg.) ; pangaplasin (Ilk.) ; pikal (Sbl.) ; sala (Tag., Bis.) ; tafu' (Ibn.) ; 

 tagusala (P. Bis.) tutula (Tagb.). 



MALLOTUS REPANDUS (Willd.) Muell.-Arg. in Linnaea 34 (1865) 197, 

 DC. Prodr. 15 2 (1866) 981; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 5 (1887) 442; 

 F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 195; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. 

 (1885) 144, Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 245; Merr. in Philip. Journ. 

 Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 80, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 223; Pax & Hoffm. 

 in Engl. Pflanzenreich 63 (1914) 181. 

 Croton repandus Willd. in Neue Schrift. Naturf. Freunde 4 (1803) 



206. 

 Croton volubilis Llanos in Mem. Acad. Cienc. Madr. 4 (1856) 503; 

 F.-Vill. & Naves in Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 3, 4 1 (1880) 103. 



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Throughout the Philippines in thickets and second-growth forests at low 

 altitudes. India to southern China and Formosa, southward through Ma- 

 laya to New Caledonia and northeastern Australia. 



Local names: Malasiat (Tag.); marakarmai (Ilk.); panualan (Tag.); 

 sikir (Ilk.). 



