460 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 1923 



Mindanao (Surigao, Agusan, Lanao, Davao), Elmer 10653, 1404.5, 13871, 

 Ahern 385, 513, Williams 2570, Clemens. In thickets and old clearings, 

 ascending to 1,000 m. Endemic. 



Local names: Balanti (Mbo., C. Bis.); bilanti (Mbo., Bag.); balarte 

 (Bag.). 



HOMALANTHUS MEGAPHYLLUS Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 9 (1914) 

 Bot. 485; Pax & Hoffm. in Engl. Pflanzenreich 68 4 (1917) 57. 



Mindanao (Bukidnon, Surigao), B. S. 15765 Fenix, 34790 Ramos & Pas- 

 casio. In thickets along streams up to 1,000 m altitude. Endemic. 

 Local names: Labulti (Buk.) ; nabugki (Buk.). 



HOMALANTHUS POPULNEUS (Geisel.) Pax in Engl. & Prantl. Nat. 



Pflanzenfam. 3 5 (1890) 96; J. J. Sm. in Koord. & Val. Bijdr. 



Boom. Java 12 (1910) 621; Pax in Engl. Pflanzenreich 52 - (1912) 



46 (var. genuinus Pax). 

 Stillignia populnea Geisel. Croton. Monogr. (1807) 80. 

 Carumbium populnemn Muell.-Arg. in DC. Prodr. 15 " (1866) 1144. 



Sulu Archipelago (Jolo, Tawitawi), Mindanao, Palawan, B. S. 10813 

 Foxworthy, Merrill Phil. PI. 1369. In thickets at low altitudes. Malay 

 Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Celebes, Amboina, New Guinea. 



Var. LEVIS (Blanco) Merr. Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 230. 



Excoecaria levis Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 788, ed. 2 (1845) 543, ed. 



3, 3 (1879) 194. 

 Carwmbium populneum Muell.-Arg. var. minus Muell.-Arg. in DC. 



Prodr. 15- 2 (1866) 1145. 

 Omalanthus leschenaultianus Klotz. in Nov. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. 1 9 



(1843) Suppl. 1 : 414, vix Juss. 

 Homalanthus populifolius F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 196; Vidal 



Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 144, Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 



247, non Grah. 

 Homalanthus populneus Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 



83, 2 (1907) Bot. 278; Elm. Lean. Philip. Bot. 3 (1910) 921, 4 



(1911) 1294, vix Pax. 

 Homalanthus populneus Pax var. siccus Pax in Engl. Pflanzenreich 



52 (1912) 46, excl. syn. Blanco. 

 Homalanthus populneus Pax var. minor Merr. in Philip. Journ. 



Sci. 7 (1912) Bot. 390; Pax & Hoffm. in Engl. Pflanzenreich 63 



(1914) 420. 



Luzon (Pangasinan, Bulacan, Bataan, Zambales, Rizal, Laguna, Batan- 

 gas, Tayabas, Sorsogon, Albay), Palawan, Leyte, Panay, Negros, Mindanao, 

 Basilan. Common in thickets, deserted clearings, etc., at low and medium 

 altitudes. Endemic. 



Local names: Balanti (Bik., P. Bis.) ; balantig (P. Bis.) ; balati (Bag.) ; 

 banti (Sul.); baianti (Tag.); binunang-susong (Tag.); botabota (Tag.); 

 buntaloli (Tagb.) ; bubiting (Sub.) ; buta (Tag.) ; malabinunga (Tag.) ; 

 maladuron (Tag.). 



HOMALANTHUS ROTUNDI FOLI US Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 9 (1914) 

 Bot. 486; Pax & Hoffm. in Engl. Pflanzenreich 68 4 (1917) 57. 



