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Elatostema obovatum Wcdd. in Aim. Sci. Nat. Bot. IV 1 (1854) 100. 
Luzox, Province of Lajruna, Calauan, Bur. i>ct. 12310 McGregor. This collec- 
tion is an excellent match for Cuming 628, from the same locality. Staminate 
receptacles are still wanting, but there is little doubt that it has been placed in 
the correct alliance, as shown by its similarity to E. delicaiulum Wcdd., also 
represented by Bur. Sci. J2361 McGregor, Calaiian, and to E. glaucescens Wedd., 
also represented by Bur. Sci. 12334 McGregor, Calauan. 
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Elatostema viridescens Elmer Leafl. Philip. Bot. 1 (1908) 285. 
Luzon, Province of Bcngiiet, Bagnio, Bur. Sci. 12162 F^nix. The spociniens 
are sterile, and have smaller leaves and shorter stipules than the more southern 
collections, but are otherwise very similar. 
Elatostema hookerianum Wedd. in Arch. ilus. Paris 9 (1857) 309. 
Jt. E. Cooper 092, Sikkim, suggests an alliance for E. apoense Elmer, but at 
least the young staminate bracts are more corniculate, the plants glabrous, and 
the leaves smaller and of somewhat different outline and texture than in the 
Apo plants. 
Elatostema obtusiusculum C. B. Rob. 1. c. 537. 
Luzox, Province of Benguet, Sablan, Bur. Sci. 12755 Fenix. As critical col- 
lections as could be desired to test the validity of two of the species proposed 
as new have been obtained, and the one just cited has distinctly smaller leaves 
than the type with a corresponding decrease in the number of marginal teeth, 
bringing it close in both these respects to E. hrongniartianum Wedd. This makes 
the characters stated in my key insufficient for certain determination, but still 
suggestive J those in the text, drawn from venation and pubescence, seem quite 
reliable. 
Elatostema piumbeum C. B. Rob. 1. c. 535. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, Baguio, Bur. Sci. 12151 Fcnix. Again, the leaves 
are smaller than in the type, and the smaller ones can hardly be called distinctly 
acuminate. With these qualifications, the species still seems distinct and to be 
separable as previoiisly noted. 
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Elatostema variegatum C. B. Rub. 1. c. 538. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, Sablan, Bur. Sci. 12756 F4nisxf, 
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Elatostema sp. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, Sablan, Bur. Sci. 12153 Fenuc. This differs from 
any Philippine or other species with which I am acquainted, but is left un- 
described, as no staminate receptacles are present, and the alliance, although 
probably with E. longipcdnnculatum Elmer, is not obvious. 
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PR OC R I S C'ommers. 
ProcPis lagunensis C. B. Rob. 1. e. 606. 
PiULUTiNES, without further locality, Lohcr 69Jt5. The leaves are somewhat 
narrower than the type, and render the validity of the species increasingly 
doubtful. 
