90) ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS es 
BOEHMERIA CYPHOLOPHOIDES Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 8 (1913) 
Bot. 368. 
Leyte, Wenzel 35. In forests at low altitudes. Endemic. 
BOEHMERIA DENSIFLORA Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beechy’s Voy. (1841) 217; 
C. B. Rob. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 6 (1911) Bot. 5. 
Boehmeria platyphylla Don var. loochooensis Wedd. in DC. Prodr. 16* 
(1869) 213. 
Boehmeria weddelliana Vidal Rev. Pl. Vasc. Filip. (1886) 256. 
Luzon (Ilocos Norte, Ifugao, Bontoc, Benguet), B. S. 33015, 7003 Ramos, 
38084 Ramos & Edano, 19723, 20002 McGregor, Vanoverbergh 269, Vidal 
1784. On open slopes, altitude 500 to 1,200 m. China, Riu Kiu Islands, 
lormosa. 
Local name: Ngalui (Ig., Bon.). 
BOEHMERIA HETEROPHYLLA Wedd. in Arch. Mus. Paris 9 (1856) 351, 
DC. Prodr. 16* (1869) 204; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1° (1858-59) 250; 
F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 204; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. 
(1885) 147, Rev. Pl. Vase. Filip. (1886) 257; C. B. Rob. in Philip. 
Journ. Sci. 6 (1911) Bot. 2, non Blume, 1856. 
Boehmeria cumingiana Blume Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 2 (1856) 199. 
Northern Luzon to Mindanao, B. S. 18849, 138850, 39749 Ramos, 28029 
Fénix, Merrill 5468. In thickets, ravines, and forests at low and medium 
altitudes; scarcely distinguishable from Boehmeria blumeit Wedd. Endemic. 
BOEHMERIA MULTIFLORA C. B. Rob. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) 
Bot. 179, 6 (1911) Bot. 4. 
Luzon (Ilocos Norte, Kalinga, Bontoc, Nueva Vizeaya, Nueva Ecija). 
In thickets and on open slopes, altitude 600 to 2,000 m. Endemic. 
Local names: Kalalasbi (If.); karusangi (Neg.); labsu (Ig.); nami 
(1f.); ngaliu (If.); sumsumanai (Klg.). 
BOEHMERIA NIVEA (Linn.) Gaudich. Bot. Freyc. Voy. (1826) 499; Miq. 
Fl. Ind. Bat. 1* (1858-59) 253; Wedd. in DC. Prodr. 16* (1869) 
206; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 205; Vidal Sinopsis Atlas (1883) 40, 
t. 89, f. C; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 404, FI. 
Manila (1912) 181, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 130; C. B. Rob. in Philip. 
Journ. Sci. 6 (1911) Bot. 4. ' 
Urtica nivea Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 985; Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 697, 
ed. 2 (1845) 484, ed. 3, 3 (1879) 102, t. 385. 
Batan and Babuyan Islands, native or naturalized, occasionally planted 
in other parts of the Philippines. The ramie plant, a native of southern 
China, now cultivated in many tropical and subtropical countries. 
Local names: Amirai (Tag.); arimai (Ilk.); dami (If.); hasu (Iv.); 
lipang aso (Tag’.), lapnis (Ibn.); labnis (Ilk.). 
Var. TENACISSIMA (Roxb.) Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1° (1858-59) 253; C. B. 
Rob. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 6 (1911) Bot, 4. 
Urtica tenacissima Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. 2, 3 (1882) 590. 
Boehmeria tenacissima Gaudich. Bot. Freye. Voy. (1826) 500. 
Range of the species and scarcely distinguishable from it. 
