480 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 192S 



Lobb's specimen, labeled as originating in Luzon, was certainly col- 

 lected in Java, not in the Philippines; Lobb collected in both islands, and 

 his specimens are notorious for their erroneous localizations. 



CELASTRACEAE 



1. EUONYMUS Linnaeus 



EUONYMUS BENGUETENSIS Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 29 

 (1905) 26. 



Luzon (Bontoc, Benguet), Elmer 5977, Vanoverbergh 1234, B. S. 5779 

 Ramos, 37947 Ramos & Edano. In thickets, altitude 1,200 to 1,700 meters. 

 Formosa, Faurie 418, 420, 1373. 



Local name: Takbang (Ig.). 



EUONYMUS COCHINCHINENSIS Pierre Fl. Forest. Cochinch. 4 (1894) 

 t. 309; Pitard in Lecomte Fl. Gen. Indo-Chine 1 (1912) 873, 

 fig. 108; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 16 (1920) 449. 



Euonymus timorensis Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 31 1 (1858) 447; 

 F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 46; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 

 103, non Zipp. 



Euonymus philippinensis Merr. & Rolfe in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 

 (1908) Bot. 238. 



Euonymus viburnifolius Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 9 (1914) Bot. 

 312, non Aegiphila viburnifolia Juss. 



Luzon (Cagayan, Ilocos Norte, Benguet, Batangas, Pangasinan, Nueva 

 Vizcaya, Nueva Ecija, Rizal, Tayabas), Mindoro, Palawan, Masbate, Sa- 

 mar, Panay, Mindanao (Bukidnon). In forests at low altitudes. Siam, 

 Malay Peninsula, Irido-China. 



Local names: Alumangug (P. Bis.); baras-baras (Ilk.); burubatuan 

 (Tag.). 



EUONYMUS ELMERI Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 12 (1917) Bot. 281. 

 Euonymus alatus Elm. LeafL Philip. Bot. 4 (1912) 1484, non Regel. 

 Sibuyan, Luzon (Tayabas), Elmer 12256, 124-85, B. S. 254-36 Yates. In 

 primary forests, altitude 300 to 700 m. Endemic, but scarcely distinguish- 

 able from E. javanicus Blume. 



EUONYMUS JAVANICUS Blume Bijdr. (1826) 1146; Benn. PL Jav. Rar. 



(1838) 13, t. 28; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 - (1858-59) 588; F.-Vill. 



Novis. App. (1880) 46; Koord. & Val. Bijdr. Boom. Jav. 7 (1900) 



68, Vidal Sinopsis Atlas (1883) 20, t. 31, f. C, Rev. PL Vase. 



Filip. (1886) 87; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 278. 

 Luzon (Nueva Ecija, Bataan, Rizal, Laguna, Tayabas, Camarines, Sor- 

 sogon) , Alabat, Mindoro, Samar, Leyte, Negros, Panay, Camiguin de Mi- 

 samis, Mindanao, Basilan. Common in primary forests at low and medium 

 altitudes. Burma, Andaman Islands, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, 

 Borneo. 



Local names: Kalimotas (Tag.); malasanki (Tag.); surag (Tag.); tu- 

 batubahan (Tag.); tabaan (Mbo.) ; talangutingon (C. Bis.). 



EUONYMUS OLIGANTHUS Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 10 (1915) Bot. 320. 

 Luzon (Benguet), Merrill 9644. In damp thickets, altitude about 1,300 

 m. Endemic. 





