VoL 2 EUPHORBIACEAE 461 



Samar, Leyte, Siargao, Mindanao (Surigao), Merrill Phil. PL 1863, B. S. 

 24-178 Ramos, 24-907 Edano, 3U10, 34-837 Ramos & Pascasio. In thickets 

 and forests at low altitudes. Endemic. 



EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Homalanthus giganteus Zoll. ; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 196. 



60. SAPIUM Jacquin 



SAPIUM LUZON ICUM (Vidal) Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 16 (1920) 577. 

 Myrica luzonica Vidal Sinopsis Atlas (1883) 40, t. 90, f. B; Rolfe 



in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 21 (1884) 316. 

 Sapium merrillianum Pax & Hoffm. in Engl. Pflanzenreich 52 (1912) 



213. 

 Sapium lateriflorum Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 



83; Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 4 (1911) 1303, non Hemsl. (1901). 

 Urandra elliptica Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 195. 

 Luzon (Ilocos Sur, Bulacan, Rizal, Bataan, Laguna), Mindoro, Palawan, 

 Ticao, Bucas Grande, Mindanao (Davao). In primary forests at low alti- 

 tudes. Endemic. 



Local names: Balakat-giibat (Tag.) ; balakbak-gubat (Tag.) ; lamog 

 (Tag.) ; lamug (Tag.) ; loi (Tag.) ; magalmod (Tagb.) ; maraotong (Ilk.) ; 

 tagumtum (P. Bis.); tua-tua (Mand.) ; tueg (Ig.). 



SAPIUM SANCHEZII Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 7 (1912) Bot. 402; 

 Pax & Hoffm. in Engl. Pflanzenreich 63 (1914) 423. 



Mindanao (Surigao, Lanao, Cotabato), Bolster 373, Sanchez, F. B. 

 20628, 18289 Miranda, 23036 Ferraris. In thickets or forests along or near 

 the seashore. Endemic. 



Local name: Bantiano (C. Bis.). 



excluded species 



Sapium sebiferum Roxb.; Usteri Beitr. Ken. Philip. Veg. (1905) 126. 



Roxburgh's species does not occur in the Philippines; Usteri's specimen 

 is in all probability Homalanthus populneus Pax. 



61. EUPHORBIA Linnaeus 



EUPHORBIA ATOTO Forst. f. Prodr. (1786) 207; Boiss. in DC. Prodr. 

 15= (1862) 12; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 185; Merr. in Philip. 

 Bureau Forestry Bull. 1 (1903) 32, Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 27 

 (1905) 75, Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 417, Sp. Blancoanae 

 (1918) 230. 

 Euphorbia dulcis Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 412, ed. 2 (1845) 287, ed. 

 3, 2 (1878) 167, non Linn. 

 Along sandy seashores throughout the Philippines. India to southern 

 China and Formosa through Malaya to Australia and Polynesia, a charac- 

 teristic strand plant. 



Local names: Tairas (Iv.) ; lamingo (Bag.). 



EUPHORBIA CAPILLARIS Gagnep. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 68 (1921) 

 298. 

 Euphorbia hypericif olia Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 283, non Linn. 



