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were to be accepted entire, the oldest valid name seems to be B. japonica 
(Liim. f.) Miq. But all recent authors segregate some one or more 
of his varieties as species, with little agreement. Mr. Smith, for ex- 
ample, considers B. platyphylla var. didemioides Wedd., with the syno-' 
nyms cited, as two species, one in a very different alliance, yet C. H. 
Wright ^^ adheres to Wcddell's treatment. 
In addition to the following, several collections of less interest have 
been obtained. 
LAPORTEA Oaudicli. 
Laportea rigidifolia C. B. Rob. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1911) Bot. 483. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, Sablan, Bur. Sci. IBUfS Fenix. The leaf-apex, 
which on previous collections was only uninjured on a single leaf and that a 
small one, is here well preserved and is rather characteristic. The petiole is over 
11 cm long, the lamina about 57 cm long, and the apex is gradually contracted to 
a somewhat falcate acute point, the acumen, if there can be said to be one, being 
about IG cm long. The plant is noted as very poisonous. 
Local names: hipa a nalabaga (II.) ; addalaieng (Ig.). 
PILEA Lindl. 
Pilea calcicola C. B. Rob. 1. c. 493. 
Luzon, Province of Rizal, Montalban, Loher 6002, topotype and very typical. 
LECANTHUS Wedd. 
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Lecanthus wightii Wedd. in Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. IV 1 (1854) 187. 
The full-sized leaves of Smith d Cave 2101, Sikkim, so named, have at least 
one hundred times the area of the largest on Doctor Copeland's collection from 
Jlount Apo. Those of our other specimens are intermediate in size, but all much 
smaller than the mature ones of the Indian collection. 
ELATOSTEMATOIDES C. B. Bob. 
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Elatostematoides manillense (Wedd.) C. B. Rob. 1. c. 501. 
Luzon, Province of Rizal, Angilog, Jjolier G915: Province of Laguna, Calauan, 
Bur, Set. 12367 McGregor. Neither is typical, the former being coarse and pubes- 
cent, the latter imusuallv delicate. 
ELATOSTEMA Forst. 
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Elatostema sikkimense C. B. Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 15 (1876) 124. 
From Smith d Cave 8o8, Sikkim, it would seem that to the characters separat- 
iag this species from E. luzonense, may be added the stoutness of the spurs of 
the staminate bracts, this making them more conspicuous than those of the 
Philippine species, although in the latter they are well developed. 
Elatostema simulans C. B. Rob. I. c. 519. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, Sablan, Bur. Sci. 1215 J^ Fenix: Province of La- 
guna, Calauan, Bur. Sci. 12351 McGregor. It is to be noted that the collection? 
identified with the type of this species have pistillate receptacles only. 
w Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 26 (1899) 487. 
