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4. M. playfairii Hemsl. Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot 26 (1894) 441? 



(2057, 2357 Borden) October, January; (2317 Meyer) December; (1462 A hern's 

 collector) July. In thickets along the seashore. T., Binunga. 



This Formosan species was described from staminate specimens only, and I am 

 unable to determine the exact identity of the Philippine form at the present time. 



5. M. repandus (Rottl.) Muell. Arg. I. c. 981. 



(6749 Elmer) November. In forests, generally distributed in the Philippines. 

 Tropical Asia to Malaya and New Caledonia. 



(1. M. ricinoides (Pers.) Muell. Arg. 1. c. 963. 



(284.6 Meyer) March. In forests at 800 m., widely distributed in the Phil- 

 ippines. Tenasserim to Southern China. T., Mini. 



7. M. sp. 



(2012 Meyer) February. In forests at 500 m.. an apparently undescribed 

 species, in fruit only. 



16. ALCHORNEA Sw. 



1. A. javensis (Blume) Muell. Arg. I. c. 905. 



(3795 Merrill) January; (3027 Borden) May. In forests 75 to 100 m. Burma 

 to Southern China and Malaya. 



17. MACARANGA Thouars. 



1. M. bicolor Muell. Arg. I. c. 1010. 



(041, 722, 1294, 1290. 1509. 1570, 2913 Borden) April to August; (9, 17 

 Whitford) April: (105 Merrill) Decades Philip. Lores! LI., coll. Borden April; 

 (3018 Meyer) May; (0858 Elmer) November. In forests 100 to 250 m. En- 

 demic. T., Binunga, Bilua. 



2. M. cumingii Muell. Arg. 1. c. 1005. 



(2050 Meyer) February. On exposed ridges in the mossy forests at 1.300 m. 

 Endemic. 



3. M. mappa (Linn.) Muell. Arg. 1. c. 1000. 



(2059, 2951 Borden) October, March; (12, 1052 Whitford) April, January; 

 (2309 Meyer) December; (0731 Elmer) November. In thickets and open forests 

 below 120 m., common and widely distributed in the Philippines. Malaya. T.. 

 Bilua. 



4. M. tanarius (Linn.) Muell. Arg. 1. c. 997. 



(2290 Meyer) December; (392 Whitford) June; (2473 Borden) January. In 

 thickets along the seashore, widely distributed in the Philippines. Malayan 

 Peninsula and Archipelago. T.. Binunga, Bilua. 



5. M. sp. 



(521 Barnes) November. Forests at 100 in. Sterile specimens apparently 

 closely related to Macaranga hinpida Muell. Arg. T., ('aha I. 



18. ACALYPHA Linn. 



1. Acalypha cardiophylla Merrill, sp. now 



A small tree about 7 in. high, dioecious. Branches light gray, glabrous, the 

 younger parts densely cinerous puberulous, also witli few scattered long ciliate 

 hairs. Leaves alternate, broadly ovate, membranous. 8 to 15 cm. long. 8 to 

 12 cm. wide, nearly glabrous above, or pubescent on the veins, glandular punc- 

 tate, beneath more or less puberulous at least on the midrib ami nerves when 

 young, and with few long scattered hairs, the apex short acuminate, the base 

 broad, rounded or cordate, the margins eremite-serrate to subentire; basal nerves 

 5, the lateral nerves about 7 on each side of the midrib, curved-ascending, distinct, 

 the reticulations subparallel, distinct; petioles (i to 12 cm. long, puberulent; 

 •stipules lanceolate or ovate lanceolate, pubescent, deciduous, 4 to 5 mm. long. 



