DECEMBER 23, 1911] EUPHORBIACEAE COLLECTED ON PALAWAN ISLAND 1273 
glabrate and red on the exposed side, less than 1 em. long, ses- 
sile, when young densely olivaceous pubescent; the 3 stigmas 
sessile, widely spreading, brown, slenderly forked; perianth seg- 
ments subpersistent, similarly pubescent. 
Type specimen 12883, A. D. E. Elmer, Puerto Princesa 
(Mt. Pulgar), Palawan, March, 1911. 
In moist fertile soil of humid forests at 750 feet along 
the trail to Napsan on the west coast of Palawan. 
Closely related to A. cumingii Muell. Arg. and A. mem- 
branifolia Elm. 
ACTEPHILA Bim. 
Actephila dispersa (Elm.) Merr. 
Field-note:—Erect shrub; stem straight, 1 to 3 inches thick, 
9 feet high or less, branched from the middle; bark grayish, 
with a green hypodermis, otherwise whitish, smooth, slightly 
checked when old; wood moderately soft, dirty white, odorless 
and tasteless; main branches few and toward the top only, 
spreading, the twigs suberect; leaves horizontal, coriaceous, 
paler green beneath, flat, tips slightly recurved; fruits clustered 
from the leaf axils, hanging upon dark green 1.25 inch long 
pedicels which gradually thicken toward the distal end; calyx 
dark green; capsule of the same color, flatly globose, 0.75 inch 
across, 3-celled, 6-seeded. _ 
Represented by number 12621, Elmer, Brooks Point (Addi- 
son Peak), Palawan, February, 1911. 
Seattered in fertile moist soil of densely roo flats at 
25 feet altitude. “Lambonau” is the Tagbanua name. 
ALCHORNEA Sw. 
Alchornea rugosa Muell. Arg. 
Field-note:—A shrub; stem 2 to 5 inches thick, 15 feet 
high, branched from below the middle; branches crookedly re- 
branched and widely spreading; wood rather hard, whitish 
