VoL 2 EUPHORBIACEAE 451 



45. M ICRODESM IS Hooker f. 



MICRODESMIS CASEARIFOLIA Planch, in Hook. Ic. 8 (1848) t. 758; 

 Muell.-Arg. in DC. Prodr. 15 2 (1866) 1041; Hook. f. PL Brit. 

 Ind. 5 (1887) 380; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 4 (1909) Bot. 

 283; Pax in Engl. Pflanzenreich 47 (1911) 106, 52 (1912) 286, 

 63 (1914) 408. 

 Tetragyne acuminata Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. (1860-61) 463; Muell.- 

 Agr. in DC. Prodr. 15 2 (1866) 1254; Hallier f. in Meded. Rijks 

 Herb. 1 (1910) 11. 

 Microdesmis philippinensis Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 4 (1911) 1300. 

 Palawan, Bancalan, Balabac. Common in thickets, second-growth for- 

 ests, etc., at low and medium altitudes. Burma to southern China, Hainan, 

 Malay Peninsula, Borneo. 



Local name: Balanatu (Tagb.). 



46. TRIGONOSTEMON Blume 



TRIGONOSTEMON ACUMINATUS Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 11 (1916) 

 Bot. 190; Pax & Hoffm. in Engl. Pflanzenreich 68 4 (1919) 41. 



Samar, B. S. 24189, 24.528 Ramos, 24890 Edano. In primary forests at 

 low altitudes. Endemic. 



TRIGONOSTEMON ANGUSTI FOLIUS Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 20 

 (1922) 396. 



Mindanao (Zamboanga), B. S. 36764, 36560 Ramos & Edano. On for- 

 ested slopes at low altitudes. Endemic. 

 Local name: Pululi (Sub.). 



TRIGONOSTEMON ANOMALUS Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 16 (1920) 569. 



Mindanao (Zamboanga), F. B. 22018 Villamil, B. S. 36612, 37297, 37326, 

 37437 Ramos & Edano. In forests at low altitudes. Endemic. 



TRIGONOSTEMON EVERETTII Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 7 (1912) Bot. 

 408. 



Negros, F. B. 7257, 5581 Everett. In primary forests at low altitudes. 

 Endemic. 



Pax & Hoffmann, in Engl. Pflanzenreich 63 (1914) 408, consider that 

 this species scarcely belongs in Trigonostemon, but from the material 

 available I fail to place it elsewhere. 



TRIGONOSTEMON HIRSUTUS C. B. Rob. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 6 (1911) 

 Bot. 335; Pax & Hoffm. in Engl. Pflanzenreich 63 (1914) 406. 



Mindanao (Zamboanga), B. S. 11798 Robinson^ F. B. 9311 Whit ford & 

 Hutchinson, B. S. 36642 Ramos & Edano. In primary forests at low al- 

 titudes. Endemic. 



Local name: Gulambog (Sub.). 



TRIGONOSTEMON LAXIFLORUS Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 16 (1920) 

 567. 

 Panay, B. S. 31097 Ramos & Edano. In primary forests at low alti- 

 tudes. Endemic. 



