Vo1 - 2 EUPHORBIACEAE 443 



MACARANGA SYLVATICA Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 2 (1908) 431. 



Macaranga ramiflora Elm. var. sylvatica Pax & Hoffm. in Engl. 

 Pflanzenreich 63 (1914) 324. 



Negros, Leyte, Elmer 9838, 10861, Wenzel 858, B. S. 15810 Ramos. In 

 primary forests, altitude 500 to 1,200 m. Endemic. 



MACARANGA TANARIUS (Linn.) Muell.-Arg. in DC. Prodr. 1 5 2 (1866) 

 997 (var. genuina Muell.-Arg.); F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 195; 

 Vidal Sinopsis Atlas (1883) 39, t. 84, f. C, Phan. Cuming. Philip. 

 (1885) 144, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 246; Merr. in Philip. 

 Bureau Forestry Bull. 1 (1903) 31, Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) 

 Suppl. 80, 3 (1908) Bot. 417, PI. Manila (1912) 295, Interpret. 

 Herb. Amb. (1917) 320; Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 3 (1910) 923; 

 Pax & K. Hoffm. in Engl. Pflanzenreich 63 (1914) 352. 

 Ricinus tanarius Linn, in Stickm. Herb. Amb. (1754) 14, Amoen. 

 Acad. 4 (1759) 125, Syst. ed. 10 (1759) 1277, Sp. PI. ed. 2 (1763) 

 1430. 

 Mappa tanarius Blume Bijdr. (1825) 624; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 5 

 (1858-59) 401. 



Throughout the Philippines, characteristic of thickets and second-growth 

 forests at low and medium altitudes. This is the original form of the 

 species, i. e., Ricinus tanarius Linn, of Amboina, with glabrous leaves, and 

 includes Elmer 14-589, 14409 as M. vulcanica Elm. Andaman Islands and 

 the Malay Peninsula to southern China and Formosa southward to north- 

 eastern Australia. 



Var. TOMENTOSA (Blume) Muell.-Arg. in DC. Prodr. 15 2 (1866) 997; 

 Ceron Cat. PI. Herb. Manila (1892) 155; Merr. in Philip. Bureau 

 Forestry Bull. 1 (1903) 31, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 226. 

 Mappa tomentosa Blume Bijdr. (1825) 624; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 z 



(1858-59) 401; Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 4 (1911) 1295. 

 Croton lacciferum Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 752, ed. 2 (1845) 715, 

 ed. 3, 3 (1879) 153. 



Range of the species; much commoner in the Philippines than is the 

 typical form with glabrous leaves. 



Local names: Alungabun (Bag.); anabun (Bag.); bagambang (Tag.); 

 bilan (Pamp.) ; bilua (Pamp.) ; biluan (Tag.); biluan-lalaki (Tag.); bilu- 

 nga (Tag.) ; bingua (Is.) ; binonga (Tag., Pamp., P. Bis.) ; binuan (Tagb.) ; 

 binuang (Tag.) ; bingua (C. Bis.) ; binunga (Tag., Kuy., P. Bis.) ; binungan 

 (Tag.); binuan (Tagb.); gamu' (Ibn.) ; ginabang (Ting., Ig.) ; himindang 

 (Bik.) ; kinabang (Ig.) ; labauel (Ig.) ; lagau (C. Bis., Bag.) ; lagaon 

 (Mbo.) ; ligabun (Mbo.) ; lungaban (Tagk.) ; lingabunga (Sub.) ; lingbunga 

 (Sul.) ; lungakan (Bag.) ; maasim (Tag.) ; mindang (Bik.) ; minunga 

 (Tag., Bik., Mbo.) ; sabauil (Ilk.) ; samaet (Ibn.) ; samak (Ilk., Ting.) ; 

 samar (Ilk.) ; samuk (Ibn.). 



MACARANGA TRILOBA (Reinw.) Muell.-Arg. in DC. Prodr. 15 2 (1866) 

 989; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 5 (1887) 452; J. J. Sm. in Koord. & Val. 

 Bijdr. Boom. Java 12 (1910) 504; Pax & Hoffm. in Engl. Pflan- 

 zenreich 63 (1914) 380, /. 68, A-E. 



