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344 : MERRILL AND MERRITT. 
URTICACEZA. 
; URTICA Linn. 
1. U. bullata BI. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 2 (1856) 145. 
In ravines, upper pine region, altitude about 1,900 m, C. M. Z. 16049. 
Java. 
‘ PILEA Lindl. 
1, P. melastomoides Wedd. in Ann. Sci. Nat. IV 1 (1854) 186 ? 
In ravines in the upper pine region, altitude about 1,800 m, O. M. Z. 16045. 
This form is known in the Philippines only from the Benguet-Lepanto region; 
India and Malaya. 
2. Ps Bp. 
In ravines in the upper pine region, OC. M. Z. 16052. 
An apparently undescribed form, known only from the Benguet-Lepanto region. 
3. .P. sp. ° 
In the mossy forest and on rock outcroppings in the summit grass lands, 
C. M. Z. 16042, 16046, Merrill 6510. 
ELATOSTEMA Forst. 
There are two species of this oe represented in the collections from Mount 
Pulog, C. M. Z. 16047, and C. M. Z. 16050, Merrill 6568; the latter is apparently 
confined to Benguet Province, the oes more widely distributed in Luzon. Both 
species are apparently undescribed. 
. POUZOLZIA Gaudich. 
Aes! Bp. 
In the upper pine region, altitude about 1,900 m, C. M. Z. 18117, Merrill 6561. 
An apparently undescribed form, known only from ‘the Benguet-Lepanto region. 
GONOSTEGIA Turez. 
1. G. hirta (Blume) Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. 4 (1869) 303. 
In the upper pine region, extending into open places in the mossy forest, 
OC. M. Z. 16044, Merrill 6516, McGregor 8826. 
In the Philippines known from the Benguet: -Lepanto region, and from Minda- 
nao; India to Malaya. 
PIPTURUS Wedd. 
1. P. asper Wedd. Ann. Sci. Nat. IV. 1 (1854) 197. 
Widely distributed in ravines in the pine region, ascending to an altitude of 
about 1,900 m, 0. M. Z. 18119, 18210. 
Widely distributed in the Philippines at low and medium altitudes; Borneo. 
CHAMABAINIA Wight. 
1. C. cuspidata Wight Ic. 6 (1853) 11, pl. 1981. 
In the summit grass lands, altitude about 2,700 m, C. M. Z. 16043. 
Otherwise known in the Philippines only from Mount Data; northern India 
to Ceylon and southwestern China. 
DEBREGEASIA Gaudich. 
1. D. longifolia (Burm.) Wedd. in DC. Prodr. 16% (1869) 235.™ 
In the mossy forest above an altitude of 2,200 m, 0. M. Z. 18104, 18147. 
Known in the Philippines only from the Benguet-Lepanto region; India and 
Java. 
