Vo1 - 2 , EUPHORBIACEAE 457 



55. CHEILOSA Blume 



CHEILOSA HOM ALII FOLIA Merr. in Phijip. Journ. Sci. 8 (1913) Bot. 

 379; Pax & Hoffm. in Engl. Pflanzenreich 68' (1919) 50. 



Leyte, Samar, Dinagat, Wenzel 147, 161, 647, 926, 1072, B. S. 24373 

 Ramos, 35170 Ramos & Pascasio, Merrill Phil. PI. 1664. In primary for- 

 ests at low altitudes. Endemic. 



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



Var. GRAN Dl FOLIA var. nov. 



A typo differt foliis majoribus, 25 ad 30 cm longis, usque ad 16 cm latis, 

 inflorescentiis pilosis. 



-Mindanao (Zamboanga), B. S. 37282 Ramos & Edano. In forests along 

 streams at low altitudes. Endemic. 



Local name: Lalatan (Sub.). 



56. EN OOSPERM UM Bentham 



ENDOSPERMUM OVATUM Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 9 (1914) Bot. 

 481; Pax & Hoffm. in Engl. Pflanzenreich 68 4 (1917) 53. 



Mindanao (Butuan), B. S. 15921 Fenix. In forests at low altitudes. 

 Endemic. 



Pax and Hoffmann, without having seen botanical specimens, state: 

 "Certissime non ad Endospermum pertinens." It is an Endospermum with- 

 out the slightest doubt! 



ENDOSPERMUM PELTATUM Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 3 5 

 (1906) 35, Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 82; Pax in Engl. 

 Pflanzenreich 52 * (1912) 37. 



Luzon (Cagayan, Benguet, Bataan, Rizal, Laguna, Tayabas, Camarines, 

 Albay, Sorsogon), Mindoro, Mindanao (Agusan, Butuan, Cotabato, incl. 

 Elmer 16188 as E. philippinense Elm.). In primary forests at low alti- 

 tudes. Endemic. 



Local names: Baubau (Ibn.) ; bayang (Mbo., Mand.) ; biluang (Bik.) ; 

 binoang (Tag.) ; binuang (Tag.) ; ginabang (Ig.) ; indang (Tag.) ; kabal 

 (Tag.) ; kalukoi (Tag.) ; magabong (Mag.) ; malasabon (Tag.) ; malibubuk 

 (Mbo.). 



57. OMPHALEA Linnaeus 



OMPHALEA BRACTEATA (Blanco) Merr. Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 230. 



Tragia bracteata Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 480, ed. 3,3 (1879) 94. 

 Pimeleodendron amboinicum F.-VilL Novis. App. (1880) 196, non 



Hassk. 

 Omphalea philippinensis Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 

 236; Pax in Engl. Pflanzenreich 52 (1912) 17. 

 Luzon (Rizal, Tayabas, Laguna, Camarines), Cuming 1468, Vidal 1712, 

 2380, 3875, Loher 5213, Merrill 1716, Sp. Blancoanae 1061, Whitford 821, 

 F. B. 21475 Alvarez, 26027 Catalan. In forests along streams. Borneo, 

 Celebes. 



Local names: Kamakamatisan (Tag.); kanauai (Tag.); tablon (Tag.). 



OMPHALEA GRAN Dl FOLIA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 16 (1920) 574. 



Panay, B. S. 30813', 30825 Ramos & Edano. In damp forests along 

 streams. Endemic. 



