VoL 2 EUPHORBIACEAE 439 



ALCHORNEA SICCA (Blanco) Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 



192, Fl. Manila (1912) 297, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 224. 

 Excoecaria sicca Blanco Fl. Filip. (f837) 787, ed. 2 (1845) 542, ed. 



3, 3 (1879) 193, t. 307. 

 Croton drupaceum Blanco 1. c. ed. 2 (1845) 519, ed. 3, 3 (1879) 155, 



non Roxb. 

 Alchornea mollis F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 194, non Muell.-Arg. 

 Alchornea philippinensis Pax & K. Hoffm. in Engl. Pflanzenreich 63 



(1914) 249. 



Luzon (Pangasinan, Pampanga, Rizal, Manila, Laguna), Merrill 4100, 

 Sp. Blancoanae 642, Phil. PI. 988, Loher 4.667, Didricksen 3146, Warburg 

 13629, 13630. In thickets along small streams at low altitudes. Endemic. 



Local name: Balanti (Tag.). 



EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Alchornea blumeana Muell.-Arg. ; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 194. 

 Alchornea cuneifolia Muell.-Arg.; F.-Vill. 1. c. 



30. CLEIDION Blume 



CLEIDION LANCEOLATUM Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 9 (1914) Bot. 

 474; Pax & Hoffm. in Engl. Pflanzenreich 68 4 (1919) 23. 



Samar, Phil PI. 1648 Merrill, F. B. 21052 Sherfessee, Cenabre, & Cortes. 

 In thickets along streams at low altitudes. Endemic. 



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



CLEIDION RAMOSII (Merr.) Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 20 (1922) 400. 



Mallotus ramosii Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 7 (1912) Bot. 401; Pax 



& Hoffm. in Engl. Pflanzenreich 63 (1914) 195. 

 Mallotus samarensis Merr. op. cit. 9 (1914) Bot. 488; Pax & Hoffm. 

 op. cit. 68 4 (1919) 18. 

 Mindoro, Samar, Camiguin de Misamis, Siargao, B. S. 14602, 17480, 

 35031, 34829, 39395, 39408 Ramos, 35031, 34829 Ramos & Pascasio. In 

 forests at low and medium altitudes, ascending to 1,000 m. Endemic. 



CLEIDION SPICIFLORUM (Burm. f.) Merr. Interpret. Herb. Amb. (1917) 

 322 in nota, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 225. 

 Acalypha spiciflora Burm. f. Fl. Ind. (1768) 203, t. 61, f. 2. 

 Cleidion javanicum Blume Bijdr. (1825) 613; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 2 

 (1858-59) 409; Baill. Etud. Gen. Euphorb. (1858) 404, t. 9, f. 3-5; 

 Muell.-Arg. in DC. Prodr. 15 2 (1866) 987; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 

 5 (1887) 444; Merr. in Philip. Bureau Forestry Bull. 1 (1903) 

 31; Pax & Hoffm. in Engl. Pflanzenreich 63 (1914) 290, /. 47. 

 Lasiostylis salicifolia Presl Bot. Bemerk. (1844) 149. 

 Northern Luzon to Palawan and Mindanao. In most or all provinces and 

 islands, in forests at low and medium altitudes. India and Ceylon through 

 Malaya to New Guinea. 



Local names: Agipos (Tag.); hantatampsi (C. Bis.); kayugkog (Tag.); 

 lapo-lapo (Ilk.) ; malagasaba (Tag.) ; malatuba (Bik.) ; saligao (Tag., 

 Ilk.) ; tayokan (Tag.). 



