DecemBer 15, 1910] URTICACEAE FROM THE VICINITY OF Mt, Apo 891 
the middle, inequilaterally oblique at or toward the base, 
drying brownish; petiole distinct but very short, pubescent; 
midvein quite prominent on both sides, soft hairy beneath, 
with 4 to 7 lateral ones; the lower pair of lateral nerves arising 
from near the base and parallel with the margins, the upper pair 
arcuate, reticulations quite apparent beneath. Inflorescence light 
green, axillary, usually placed somewhat along the upper side of 
the branchlets, grayish white in the dry state, flattened, 1 or 
more em. across, sessile, staminate only; involucral bracts 
united below the middle, greenish, membranous, at least 4 
mm. long, broadly oblong, ciliate along the margins; floral 
bracts linear, with green tips, densely ciliate; pedicels hyaline, 
at least as long as the bracts; perianth in the bud state 
more or less ciliate above the middle, greenish toward the 
4to 5 hyaline points; stamens 4, inflexed in the bud, the 
lobes nearly free, 1 mm. long; pistillate flowers and fruits 
not seen. 
Type specimen 10916, A. D. E. Elmer, Todaya (Mt. Apo), 
District of Davao, Mindanao, June, 1909. 
Forming dense patches in moist humus covered soil of 
dense forest at 4000 feet, along the Baruring river. The 
Bagobos call it ‘‘Pamag-tingan.’’ 
BOEHMERIA Jacq. 
Boehmeria blumei Wedd. 
Field-note:—A lax undershrub; stem suberect, tough and 
willow-like, terete, covered with thin smooth brown bark, 2 m. 
high, branched above the middle; leaves membranous, de- 
scending, much paler green or even whitish beneath, diverse 
in size; infrutescence green, except the brownish styles or 
stigmas. Quite rare in dry soil of dense woods on a nearly 
precipitous slope along the Sibulan river at 1250 feet. 
"Qagong" is the name given it by the Bagobo. 
Represented by number 11198, Elmer, Todaya (Mt. Apo,) 
Mindanao, July, 1909. 
Boehmeria celebica Blm. 
Shrub, 5 m. high; stem somewhat curved and rather 
