r 
404 MEKKILL. 
I am of the opinion tliat it is identical with Lamarck's. F. sinuosa Miq. has been 
reduced by King to F. qucrcifoUa Roxb., with the description of which it does 
not well accord. Ficus difformis Lam. Lc. 500, ahso described from Philippine 
material, and also considered by Miqucl as a doubtful species, is apparently the 
same as F. ulmifolia Lam. The species is exceedingly variable. 
CONOCEPHALUS Blume. 
C. gpandifolius Warb. 
Babuyan, 3928 Fenix. Camiguin, J,148 F4nix, 
Previously known only from Luzon. 
MORUS Linn. 
M. alba Linn. 
Bat AN, Santo Domingo de Basco (cultivated), 3681 Fenix. N. v., Tangud. 
The mulberry, occasionally found in cultivation in the Philippines; cultivated 
in temperate and tropical regions generally. 
UETICACE^. 
LAPORTEA Gaudich. 
L. mindanaensis Warb.? 
Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3719 Fenix. N. v., Jateng, 
The identification is doubtful, specimens in fruit; an endemic species. 
ELATOSTEMA Forst. 
E. pfatyphyllum AYedd. 
Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3608 ^4nix. N. v., Reyreij, The succulent 
stems are cooked as a pot-herb. 
Not previously reported from the Philippines; Himalayan region to southern 
Chma and Formosa. 
BOEHMERIA Jacq. 
B. blumei Wedd. 
Batax, Santo Domingo de Basco, SolJf Fenix; 3227 Meams. N. v., Tangao 
Known only from the Philippines. 
B. nivea Gaudich. 
Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3204 Meams. 
India to Japan and Malaya; occasionally found in cultivation in the Philip- 
pines, but certainly introduced. Ramie, 
P0UZ0L2IA Gaudich. 
P. indica (Linn.) Gaudich. 
Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 369 > Fenix. Camiguin, S955 F4nix 
Volj^i <^'^tributed in the Philippines. ^Topical Asia to Formosa, Malaya and 
PIPTUR' ^ Wedd. 
P. asper Wedd. 
Camiguin, 3903 Fenix. 
Common and widely distributed in the . iiilippines; endemic. 
ViLLEBRUr Gaiulich. 
V. trinervis Wedd. 
Babuyan, 3910 Fenix. 
Widely distributed in the Philippines; ^ormosa. 
