VoL 2 EUPHORBIACEAE 463 



Cultivated in gardens, apparently nowhere spontaneous, Merrill Sp. 

 Blancoanae 823. India to Malaya, probably introduced in the latter region. 



Local names: Bait (Pamp., Tag.); karimbuaya (Ilk.); lengua de perro 

 (Sp.) ; soro-soro (Tag.); sorog-sorog (Pamp., Tag.); sudusudu (P. Bis.). 



EUPHORBIA PLUMERIOIDES Teysm. ex Hassk. Hort. Bogor. Descript. 1 

 (1858) 29; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 2 (1858-59) 419; Boiss. in DC. Prodr. 

 15 ■ (1862) 110; J. J. Sm. ex Koord. & Val. in Meded. Dept. Land- 

 bouw 10 (1910) 24 (Bijdr. Boomsoort. Java 12: 24). 



Luzon (Batangas), Golo, F. B. 28270 Sulit, Merrill 11559. On ridges 

 and slopes in thin soil among bowlders, sea level to 500 meters altitude. 

 Java (planted), New Guinea. 



Dr. J. J. Smith states, 1. c, that the species apparently comes from New 

 Guinea. In Batangas Province and on Golo Island it is strictly native, in 

 the latter place being abundant on serpentine bluffs, dominating the vege- 

 tation on these bluffs. 



EUPHORBIA PROSTRATA Ait. Hort. Kew. 2 (1789) 136; Boiss. in DC. 

 Prodr. 15 2 (1862) 47; Boiss. Ic. Euph. (1866) 12, t. 17; Bernard 

 in Ic. Bogor. 4 (1910) 51, t. 316; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 283. 



Occasional in waste places, along streets, etc., in and about towns, 

 strongly simulating Euphorbia thymifolia Linn. Pantropic. 



EUPHORBIA PULCHERRIMA Willd. ex Klotz. in Otto & Dietr. Allgem. 

 Gartenz. 2 (1834) 27; Boiss. in DC. Prodr. 15 2 (1862) 71; 

 F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 186; Naves in Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 

 3 (1877-83) t. 167; Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 6 (1904) 

 27, FL Manila (1912) 282. 

 Poinsettia pulcherrima Grah. in New Edinb. Philos. Journ. 20 (1836) 

 412. 



Cultivated for ornamental purposes, probably introduced about 1870, 

 as yet nowhere spontaneous. A native of Mexico. 



Local names: Pascuas (Sp.) ; rosas de pascua (Sp.). 



EUPHORBIA SERRULATA Reinw. ex Blume Bijdr. (1826) 635; Boiss. 

 in DC. Prodr. 15 2 (1862) 25; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 2 (1858-59) 421; 

 F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 186; Vidal Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 

 233; Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 27 (1905) 75, Philip. 

 Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 418, Fl. Manila (1912) 282, Sp. Blancoanae 

 (1918) 185. 

 Euphorbia parannaqueyisis Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 286, ed. 3, 

 2 (1878) 165. 



Throughout the Philippines in open grasslands at low and medium alti- 

 tudes. Southern China and Formosa through Malaya to Timor, tropical 

 Australia, and Polynesia. 



Local name: Kayutkaran (Bag.). 



EUPHORBIA SPLENDENS Bojer in Curtis's Bot. Mag. t. 2902; Boiss. in 

 DC. Prodr. 15 2 (1862) 79; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 186; Naves 

 in Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 3 (1877-83) t. 167; Merr. Fl. Manila 

 (1912) 281. 



