/ 
THE PHILIPPINE 
Journal of Science 
C. Botany 
V 
.( 
Vol, VI MARCH, 1911 Xo. 1 
PHILIPPINE URTICACEAE 
i 
(Concluded.) 
By C. B. Robinson. 
(From the Botanical Section of the Biological Laboratory, Bureau of Science, 
Manila, P. I.) 
y 
'^. T 
10. BOEHMERIA Jacq. 
KEY TO THE nilLIPPINE SPECIES OF BOEIIMERTA. 
Glomerules axillarv. 
Alternate leaves or one of those of a pair very greatly reduced. 
Leaves rugose, reticulations conspicuous, stipules persistent.. 1. B. hlumei 
Leaves very thin, not rugose, reticulations inconspicuous, stipules not 
persistent 2. B. heteropJiyUa 
Leaves of a pair not very unequal 3. ,B. villosa 
Gloraerules spicate, sometimes also axillary. 
Leaves alternate, spikes paniculately branched ]^ ~ 4. B. nivea 
Leaves opposite, spikes simple except in B. celehica. 
Stipules 8 to 13 mm long, spikes usually distii^ctly exceeding leaves and 
petioles. • ^■ 
Leaves coriaceous, densely pubescent on botli surfaces 
5. B. multiflora 
Leaves at most ebartaceous, not densely pubescent on either surface. 
Stipules linear-lanceolate, leaves rigid, spikes simple. 
6. B. platyphylla 
/ Stipules wider, leaves less rigid, spikes usually branched. 
7. B. celehica 
Stipules 3 to 6 mrii long, spikes little or not exceeding leaves. 
Leaves lan^olate to elliptic, rigid 8. B.densifiora 
Leaves wider, raembranace >us 9. B. rtfpestris 
100004 
