Voh 2 EUPHORBIACEAE 437 



Rottlera acuminata A. Juss. Euphorb. Tent. (1824) 33, non Mallotus 



acuminatus K. Schum., nee Muell.-Arg. 

 Mallotus playfairii Hemsl. in Jourh.'Linn. Soc. Bot. 26 (1894) 441; 

 Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 80, 3 (1908) Bot. 416; 

 Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 3 (1910) 924. 

 Throughout the Philippines in thickets along the seashore, never inland. 

 Formosa to Sumatra, New Guinea, northeastern Australia, and Samoa. 



Local names: Alai (Tag.); briki (Bag.); gapas-gapas (Bik.) ; mahotai 

 (C. Bis.) ; palu-baliskad (C. Bis.) ; sala (Tag.). 



DOUBTFUL SPECIES 



Mallotus dispar Muell.-Arg.; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 195. 



Mallotus macrostachyus Muell.-Arg.; F.-Vill. 1. c. 



Mallotus moritzianus Muell.-Arg.; F.-Vill. 1. c. 



Mallotus subpeltatus Muell.-Arg.; F.-Vill. 1. c. 



Mallotus zollingeri Muell.-Arg.; F.-Vill. 1. c. 



Mallotus roxburghianus Muell.-Arg.; Usteri Beitr. Ken. Philip. Veg. 

 (1905) 126. 



This species is known only from India; it is suspected that Usteri's 

 specimen is Mallotus floribundus Muell.-Arg. 



27. NEOTREWIA Pax and Hoffmann 



NEOTREWIA CUMINGII (Muell.-Arg.) Pax & Hoffm. in Engl. Pflanzen- 

 reich 63 (1914) 212, /. 31, A-E. 

 Mallotus cumingii Muell.-Arg. in Linnaea 34 (1866) 195, DC. Prodr. 

 15 2 (1866) 978; Vidal. Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 144, Rev. PL 

 Vase. Filip. (1886) 245; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 195; Koord. 

 in Meded. Lands Plant. 19 (1898) 587. 

 Trewia ambigua Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 79. 

 Mallotus pinnatinervius Elm. ex Pax & Hoffm. 1. c. in syn. 

 Luzon (Cagayan to Sorsogon)., Mindoro, Samar, Leyte, Masbate, Panay, 

 Negros, Cebu, Mindanao (inch Elmer 16131 as N. arborea Elm.). In thick- 

 ets and forest at low and medium altitudes, often common. A monotypic 

 genus, also in Celebes, Koorders 16962!, 16964..' 



Local names: Apanang (S. L. Bis., Buk.) ; bato-bato (Tag.) ; bilis (Sul.) ; 

 burilis (C. Bis.) ; kabantala (Bag.) ; malasuite (Tag.) ; matobato (P. Bis.) ; 

 pamasilien (Ilk.) ; panghangin (Neg.) ; patian (C. Bis.) ; tabunghian (C. 

 Bis.). 



28. WETRIA Baillon 



WETRIA MACROPHYLLA (Blume) J. J. Sm. in Meded. Dept. Landbouw 

 10 (1910) 471; Pax & Hoffm. in Engl. Pflanzenreich 63 (1914) 219; 

 Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 16 (1920) 561. 



Trewia macrophylla Blume Bijdr. (1825) 612. 



Wetria trewioides Baill. Etud. Gen. Euphorb. (1858) 409. 



Pseudotreivia macrophylla Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 2 (1859) 414. 



Alchornea blumeana Muell.-Arg. in Linnaea 34 (1865) 167, DC. 

 Prodr. 15= (1866) 900. 



