DECEMBER 15, 1910] URTICACEAE FROM THE VICINITY oF Mr. Apo 883 
mm. long, glandularly punctate; stigma sessile, slightly lateral, 
composed of several papillae. 
Type specimen 11551, A. D. E. Elmer, Todaya (Mt. Apo), 
District of Davao, Mindanao, August, 1909. 
Gathered from wet moss covered ledges along the Cati creek 
at 5750 feet of mount Apo above its series of falls into the Sibu- 
lan river. ‘‘Sogalum” is the name given by the Bagobos. Rare! 
LECANTHUS Wedd. 
Lecanthus peduncularis (Wall.) Wedd. 
Field-note:—Delicate succulent creeping herbs and form- 
ing dense patches; stem, petiole and peduncle light or paler 
green; leaves soft, membranous, darker green upon the upper 
shallowly conduplicate surface and with recurved tips, hor- 
izontal or slightly ascending; inflorescence greenish, the anthers 
with a shade of pink. Upon moist moss covered roots and 
rocks along the Cati creek at 5750 feet of mount Apo. This 
trailer the Bagobos call ‘‘Palanay.’’ 
Represented by number 11512, Elmer, Todaya (Mt. Apo), 
Mindanao, August, 1909. 
PROCRIS Comm. 
Procris pseudostrigosa Elm. 
Field-note:—Scandent and forming numerously branched 
masses; stem smooth, grayish, 2.5 cm. thick; twigs slender, 
descending, upwardly curved toward their tips; wood soft, 
odorless and tasteless, reddish beneath the sappy white 
outer portion, the balance or central mass yellowish; Jeaves 
descending, smooth on both sides, flat, dark green above, 
much paler beneath; male inflorescence pendulous from the 
branchlets mostly, dirty white; female inflorescence green, 
dense, axillary; flowers odorless, anthers of a light white color, 
shedding its pollen with a force. Quite common in the rainy for- 
ested basin at 4500 feet. The densely interlaced masses entirely 
encicle small tree trunks a few to several meters from the ground. 
“Rader” is the vernacular name given to it by the Bagobos. 
Represented by number 10746, Elmer, Todaya (Mt. Apo), 
Mindanao, May, 1909. 
