2QQ The Philippine Journal of Science 1916 



FLEURYA Gaudichaud 



FLEURYA RUDERAUS (Forst.) Gaudich. Bot. Freyc. Voy. (1826) 497. 

 Urtica rudercdis Forst. Prodr. (1784) 334. 



Amboina, Batoe merah, Rel. Robins. 1908, July 20, 1913, on coral rocks 

 at low altitudes, locally known as daun gattal babi. Boeton, Baoe-baoe, 

 Rel. Robins. 2491, July 13, 1913. 



Java to the southern Philippines, Marianne, and Society Islands. 



PI LEA Lindley 



PILEA MICROPHYLLA (Linn.) Liebm. Vidensk. Selsk. Skr. 5 s (1851) 

 302. 

 Parietaria microphylla Linn. Syst. ed. 10 (1759) 1308. 

 Pilea muscosa Lindl. Coll. Bot. (1824) t. U. 

 Amboina, Rel. Robins. 1911, on damp stones, town of Amboina, July 19, 

 1913. 



Introduced from tropical America; now in all tropical countries. 



PROCRIS Commerson 



PROCRIS LAEVIGATA Blume Bijdr. (1825) 508. 



Procris philippinensis C. B. Rob. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 

 505. 

 Amboina, Hitoe messen, Rel. Robins. 1916, October 10, 1913, on trees 

 and limestone boulders, altitude about 150 meters. 



The specimen appears to be typical Procris laevigata Blume, rather 

 than Procris lignescens (Hallier f.) (Elatostema lignescens Hallier f.) 

 which has been credited to Amboina by Hallier f. 

 India and Ceylon to Malaya and the Philippines. 



ELATOSTEMA Forster 



ELATOSTEMA MACROPHYLLUM Brongn. Bot. Voy. Coquille (1829) 

 207, t. U5. 



Amboina, Soja, Rel. Robins. 1915, August 2, 1913, in forests, altitude 

 about 400 meters; locally known as assayu utan. 



The type of the species was from Amboina; it extends from Java to Fiji. 



ELATOSTEMA SESQUIFOLIUM (Reinw.) Hassk. Cat. Hort. Bogor. (1844) 

 79. 



Procris sesquifolia Reinw. ex Blume Bijdr. (1825) 511. 



Amboina, Kati-kati, Rel. Robins. 1913, October 17, 1913, near streams, 

 altitude 70 meters. 



This species has been reduced by Weddell to Elatostema integrifolium 

 (Don) Wedd., of India, but the Malayan specimens appear quite different 

 from Indian material. 



Widely distributed in Malaya and the Philippines, perhaps extending 

 to tropical Asia. 



ELATOSTEMA ULMiFOLIUM Miq. PI. Jungh. (1851) 21. 



Amboina, Hitoe lama, Rel. Robins. 1910, October 8, 1913, on limestone 

 rocks, altitude about 150 meters. 



Weddell makes this Elatostema sessile Forst. var. ulmifolium (Miq.) 



