876 LEAFLETS OF PHILIPPINE BoTANY (Vou. III, Arr. 50 
ed the seepage rocky flanks or precipitous cliffs. With 
the mosses and scale-mosses, and the beautiful trailing 
Nertera depressa Banks with its bright shining red fruits, 
they formed soft masses knee deep. It seemed as though 
I was collecting only Urticaceae and my intentions were to 
spend a few more days exploring these beautiful little known 
plants, but continuous rains interfered. The rich herbaceous 
flora on the steep declivities along the falls of the Cati I 
was unable to touch. 
The following thirty-one species, therefore, represent only a 
very incomplete enumeration of the actual number of species 
existing in this region, and it is not surprising that more 
than one half of them are new to science. Three of the 
novelties are in manuscript by Dr. Robinson who will publish 
them in his forthcoming monograph of Philippine Urticaceae. 
URTICA Linn. 
Urtica bullata Blm. 
Field-note:—A low suffrutescent perennial; stem less 
than 1.25 cm. thick, 1 to 2 m. high, several from the 
same base, ascending or spreading and supported by herbace- 
ous jungles, terete, greenish gray, sparingly rebranched, cover- 
ed all along with vestiges of the nettles; branchlets erect 
or suberect, beset with nettles; leaves soft membranous, 
horizontal, flat, darker green on the upper side, on both 
sides beset with nettles; inflorescence laxly spreading, green- 
ish. ''Latong" is the name applied to it by the Bagobos. 
Represented by number 11583, Elmer, Todaya (Mt. Apo), 
Mindanao, August, 1909. 
LAPORTEA Gaud. 
Laportea gracilipes Elm. n. sp. 
Small, erect and slender tree, 5 m. high, with a nearly 
1 dm. thick stem; limbs lax and slender, somewhat droop- 
ing, with green twigs; wood soft, whitish, odorless; bark 
smooth, yellowish gray. Leaves flat, the short abruptly 
