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Male flowers numerous, subsessile or the peduncle 4 mm. long, fleshy, succulent, 

 the lieads 1 to 2 cm. in diameter, the bracts confluent into a fleshy disk, the tips 

 scarcely free, flowers surrounded by a mulicaginous, transparent substance. 

 Anthers 1 mm. long or less. 



(254 Whitford) May; (1234 Borden) June. Growing on wet shaded banks 

 subject to constant drip of water in caiion of the Lamao River 550 to 800 m. 

 A species apparently related to the Malayan Elatostema macro phylltom Brongn. 



4. PROCRIS -Tuss. 



1. P. laevigata Blume; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 5 (1888) 575. 

 (38S4: Merrill). On cliffs at 1,000 m. Tropical Asia, Africa, and Malaya. Not 

 previously reported from the Philippines. 



5. BCEHMERIA Jacq. 



1. B. blumei Wedd. in DC. Prodr. 16 (1869) 1: 204. 



(0078 Leibery) July; (6650 Elmer) November. Along streams below 100 m. 

 Endemic. 



6. PIPTURUS Wedd. 



1. P. asper Wedd: in DC. Prodr. 16 (1869) 1: 235." 



(72 Whitford) April; (2222 Meyer) December. In thickets near streams below 

 100 m. Common and widely distributed in the Philippines. Endemic. T., 

 Dalunot. 



6. VILLEBRUNEA Gaudichaud. 



1. V. trinervis Wedd.; DC. Prodr. 16 (1869) 1: 235." 



(2645, 3001 Meyer) February, May; (0978 Elmer) November; (195 Barnes) 

 January. In caiion of the Lamao River, 200 to 700 m. Endemic. 



7. LEUCOSYKE Zoll. et Mor. 



1. L. capiteliata (Poir.) Wedd. 1. c. 235.=' 



(283 Whitford) May; (2543, 2544 Merrill) June; (6665 Elmer) November. 

 Along streams from near sea level to 900 m. Widely distributed in the Philip- 

 pines. Malaya. 



2. L. capiteliata var. celtidifolia (Gaud.) Wedd. 1. c. 235.=*^ 



(1149 Whitford) March; (6976 Elmer) November. On exposed ridges 900 to 

 1,100 m. Certainly only an ecological variety of Leiicosyke capiteliata. Endemic. 



PROTEALES. 



PROTEACEJ^. 



1. HELICIA Lour. 



1. H. cumingiana Presl; Meissn. in DC. Prodr. 14 (1857) 440. 



171, 118, 456, 460 Whitford) May, July; (1354 Borden) July; (3767 Merrill) 

 January; (2599 Meyer) February. On exposed ridges above 1,000 m. Endemic. 



2. H. philippinensis Meissn. 1. c. 441. 



(836, 1235, 2076, 3060 Borden) May, June; (1510 Ahern's collector) July; 

 (2602 Meyer) February; (342 Whitford) May. In forests above 600 m. En- 

 demic. 



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