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8. Leucosyke negrosensis sp. nov. 
Capitulis pistilliferis majuscnlis longiusciile pcdTincnlatis : petiolis 
mediocribus vel longis, laminis rigide cliartaceip^ elliptico-oblongis, oval- 
ibus, vel ovali-ovatis^ basi rotundatis vel brevissime aeuminatis, margine 
dentatis vel crenatis, apice aeuminatis, trincrviis; stipulis oblongo-lan- 
ceolatis, nicmbranaceis, 2 ad 2.5 cm longis. 
Pistillate capitula 8 to 9 mm in diameter on appressed-strigose ped- 
uncles 1 to 1.7 cm long; flowers shorily pedicelled; perianth about 0.8 
tnm in its lon(?est diameter, nearly oval in outline, hardly lobed, achene 
obliquely ovate, 1.3 mm long; stigma penicillate-capitate. 
Shrub or small tree 8 m higli, the branches and branchlets appressed- 
strigose, intemodes 2 to 6 cm long; petioles- 1.5 to 5.5 cm long, lamina 
elliptic-oblong, oval, or oval-ovate, 17 to 22 cm long, 7 to 12 cm wide, the 
base veiy shortly acuminate or rounded, the margins except at the base 
serrate or crenate, the teeth shallow but long, acute or apiculate, the 
■ apex shortly and acutely acuminate; trinerved with 4 to 6 additional 
primary veins, the veins between the midvein and the costa more or less 
sharply bent and often forked, upper surface and veins of the under 
appressed-strigose, scabrous, interstices of the under gray-tomentose ; 
stipules membranaceous, oblong-lanceolate, 2 to 2.5 em long, bifid at the 
apex for one-third of their length, appressed-strigose. 
Negros, Province of Negros Occidental, Pioc River, iu dense forest, For. Bur. 
/f316 Everett; differing from L. capiteUafa in the stipules, the longer petioles, and 
the size and outline of the leaves. 
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9. Leucosyke capitellata Wedd, in DC. Prodr. 16^ (1869) 235.=" 
Uriica capitellata Poir. Suppl. 4 (1816) 227. 
Leucosyke alia Zoll. & jMor. Syst. Verz. Ind. Arch. (1845) 100. 
Missiessya fagifolia Gaudich. Bot. Voy. Bonite pi 93; Wedd. in Ann. Sci. Xat. 
, Bot. IV 1 (1854) 195. 
Urtica sp. Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 696. 
Luzon, District of Bontoc, Vamverlcrgh 3Go: Province of Benguet, For. Bur. 
9^1 Barnes: Province of Bataan, Williams 69, 262, Merrill 2543, ^5U> Elmer 
6665, Whitford 283: Province of Rizal, Loher 4985, Dec. Philip. For. Fl. 88 
Ahern's collector, For. Bur. 186S Ahern's collector: Province of Laguna, Elmer 
ft. n., Alberto s. n., F(yr. Bur. 7766 Ourran & Merritt, Phil PI 392 Ramos, For. 
Bur. 11939 Tamesis, Bur. Sci. 109^^3 Ramos: Province of Tayabas, Whitford 651, 
Merrill 2032, 2884, Elmer 7S49, For. Bur. 6698 Kohhe, Ritchie 32 m: Province 
of Caniarines, Ahem 113, For. Bur. 14259 Aguilar: Province of Albay, Bur. Sci. 
6233 Rohitison: Province of Sorsogon, For. Bur. 10560 Curran. Polillo, Bur, 
Sci. 10301 McGregor, Bur. Sci. 6894 Robinson, Masbate, coll. unknown. Leyte, 
Elmer 7326, 7337, For. Bur. 12446 Danao. Cebu, Cuming 1766, For. Bur. 6438 
Espinosa. Negros, Whitford 1641, For, Bur. 11241 Everett, For. Bur. 7402 
Danao, ^or. Bur. 15143 Tanosa, Bur. Sci. 9950 Robinson. Mixdoro, McGregor 
132, Merrill 990, 995, 1180, For. Bur. 3676, 3691, 3725, 6831 Mcrritt, Whitford 
1377. Mindanao, District of Zamboanga, Ahern 361, 383, 617, Williams 2109: 
Lake Lanao, Mrs. Clemens 136\' District of Davao, Copeland 436, Elmer 10656, 
