464 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 1923 



Cultivated in Manila and other large towns for ornamental purposes, 

 but nowhere spontaneous. A native of Madagascar. 

 Local names: Corona de espinas (Sp.) ; flor fina (Sp.). 



EUPHORBIA THYMIFOLIA Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 454; Burm. f. Fl. Ind. 

 . (1768) 112; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 2 (1858-59) 420; Boiss. in DC. 

 Prodr. 15 2 (1862) 47; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 186; Ceron 

 Cat. PI. Herb. Manila (1892) 147; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 

 (1908) Bot. 418, FL Manila (1912) 383; Bernard in Ic Bogor. 

 4 (1910) 49, t. 315. 



Throughout the Philippines in waste places, along roads and trails, in 

 fallow rice paddies, etc. Pantropic. 

 Local name: Makikitot (Ilk.). 



EUPHORBIA TIRUCALLI Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 452; Blanco Fl. Filip. 



(1837) 412, ed. 2 (1845) 287, ed. 3, 2 (1878) 167, t. 210; Miq. FL 



Ind. Bat. 1 2 (1858-59) 420; Boiss. in DC. Prodr. 15= (1862) 96; 



F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 186; Naves in Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 3 



(1877-83) t. 210; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 282. 



Northern Luzon to Mindanao. Occasionally planted in gardens, hedges, 



etc., but apparently nowhere spontaneous. An introduced plant in the 



Philippines. A native of Africa, now planted in most tropical countries. 



Local names: Bali-bali (P. Bis.); consuelda (Sp.) ; katuit (Tag.); kon- 

 suerda (Tag.); gaton (Ig.) ; putputud (Ig.); solda-solda (C. Bis.); suelda- 

 con-suelda (Bik.) ; suerda (Tag.). 



EUPHORBIA TRIGONA Haw. PL Succ. (1812) 127; Boiss. in DC. Prodr. 

 15 ' (1862) 256; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 5 (1887) 256. 



Luzon (Bataan, Lepanto), Mindoro, Palawan, and doubtless in other 

 islands and provinces, B. S. 6683 Robinson, F. B. 9826 Merritt, 6379 Curran, 

 B. S. 38102 Ramos & Edano. In thickets and on limestone cliffs, usually 

 along the seashore, ascending to 300 m. India to Malaya. 



Local names: Suda-suda (P. Bis.); tuba (Bon.). 



EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Euphorbia gaudichaudii Boiss.; F.-Vill. Novis, App. (1880) 186. 

 Euphorbia sparmanni Boiss.; F.-Vill. op. cit. 185. 



EXCLUDED GENUS 



Sebastiana chamaelia Muell.-Arg. in DC. Prodr. 15 2 (1866) 1175; F.-Vill. 

 Novis. App. (1880) 197. 

 The Philippine record was based on Cuming 2324-, which was from Ma- 

 lacca, not from the Philippines. 



BUXACEAE 



1. BUXUS Linnaeus 

 BUXUS LOHERI Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 9 (1914) Bot. 311. 



Luzon (Rizal), Loher 6857, 681*6. In forests at medium altitudes. En- 

 demic. 



BUXUS PACHYPHYLLA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 9 (1914) Bot. 310. 

 Luzon (Tayabas), B. S. 20828 Escritor, 251*62, 25512 Yates. In primary 

 forests at low or medium altitudes. Endemic. 



