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shortly acuminate^ the margins entire near the hase and on the narrower 
side sometimes for nearly half its length, elsewhere shallowly dentate 
or crenate, the apex shortly and acutely acuminate, falsely 4-nerved, the 
basal outer vein from the nerve of the wider side arising almost or quite 
at the insertion of the petiole and equally prominent with the nerves 
throughout its length, nerves not spreading widely from the midvein, 
that of the narrower side continuing about six-sevenths the length of 
the lamina, of the wider side two-thirds or more, additional primary 
veins 2 or 3, veins connecting the midvein and nerves numerous, arched 
or nearly straight, the reticulations conspicuous; the scabrous upper 
surface glabrous except on the veins, the veins and nerves of the under 
surface shortly appressed-pubeseent, the interstices gray-tomcntose ; stip- 
ules chartaceous, lanceolate, bitid at the apes, about 1 cm long, with 
very short and dense white appressed pubescence. 
Batanes Islands, Sabtan Island, Bur. Sex. 3752 Finix (type) : Batan Island, 
For. Bur. 15216 Agudo, Bur. Set. 3653 F4nix. Babuyanes Islands, Camiguin 
Island, Bur. Sci. 413/f F4ni(c. The Forestry Bureau collection, received after this 
description had been written, is probably from a yonng shoot, having larger and 
thinner leaves, five in number, of which four show the characteristic venation, 
the fifth is definitely trinerved. This is one of a series obtained through the 
energy of Mr. H. M. Curran, to illustrate the economic plants of this most 
northern group of the Philippines, and contains the note that it is used as food 
for goats. 
Local names: hujuan (Sabtan); vukuan (Batan), probably mere variants in 
spelling of the same sound. 
ADDENDA, 
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In the brief time that has elapsed between the correction of the proofs 
of the two pai-ts of this paper, two important series of collections have 
been made, throwing additional light on several species. In addition, 
duplicates of Loher's Philippine collections have been received from Ivew, 
and a valuable set from British India, both containing suggestive material 
of this family. Moreover, J. J. Smith's recent paper ^^ on the woody 
UrUcaceae of Java has arrived, and his lucid descriptions have made 
it possible to compare many of our species with much greater certainty. 
However, I have found no reason to doubt the accuracy of the segregations 
made herein, except in the case of Dehregeasia angustifoUa. Even there, 
the Indian and Chinese collections, already referred to^ and Gaudichaud's 
and Wight's plates, leave no other course open than that which has been 
taken. I have not followed Mr. Smith in replacing the name Boehvieria 
platyphyUa Don by a new combination based upon Urtica caudaia Burm., 
because Boehmeria caudata S\v. is to me a sufBcient obstacle to such a 
course. If Weddell's idea of the limits of the species and his synonymy 
"Koord. & Val. Bijdr. Boomsort. Jav. 12 (1910) 672-753. 
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