404 MERRILL. 



I am of the opinion that it is identical with Lamarck's. F. sinuosa Miq. has been 

 reduced by King to F. qucrcifolia Roxb., with the description of which it does 

 not well accord. Ficus difformis Lam. I.e. 500, also described from Philippine 

 material, and also considered by Miquel as a doubtful species, is apparently the 

 same as F. ulmifolia Lam. The species is exceedingly variable. 



CONOCEPHALUS Blume. 

 C. grand ifolius VVarb. 



Babuyan, 3928 Fenix. Camiguin, J/U/S Fenix. 

 Previously known only from Luzon. 



MORUS Linn. 

 M. alba Linn. 



Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco (cultivated), 3687 Fenix. N. v., Tangud. 

 The mulberry, occasionally found in cultivation in the Philippines; cultivated 

 in temperate and tropical regions generally. 



URTICACE^. 



LAPORTEA Gaudich. 



L. mindanaensis Warb. ? 



Batan, iSanto Domingo de Basco, 3719 Fenix. N. v., Jateng. 



The identification is doubtful, specimens in fruit; an endemic species. 



ELATOSTEMA Forst. 



E. platyphyllum Wedd. 



Batan, fSanto Domingo de Basco, 3608 Fenix. N. v., Reyrey. The succulent 

 stems are cooked as a pot-herb. 



Not previously reported from the Pliilippines; Himalayan region to southern 

 China and Formosa. 



BOEHMERIA Jacq. 



B. bluinei Wedd. 



Batan, .Santo Domingo de Basco, 357^ Fenix; 3221 Meams. N. v., Tangao. 



Known only from the Philippines. 



B. nivea Gaudich. 



Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 320Jt Meams. 



India to Japan and Malaya; occasionally found in cultivation in the Philip- 

 pines, but certainly introduced. Ramie. 



POUZOLZIA Gaudich. 



P. indica (Linn.) Gaudich. 



Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3695 Fenix. Camiguin, 3.955 F&nix. 

 Widely distributed in the Philippines; tropical Asia to Formosa, Malaya and 

 Polynesia. 



PIPTURUS Wedd. 

 P. asper Wedd. 

 Camiguin, 3993 F4nix. 

 Common and widely distributed in the Pliilippines; endemic. 



VILLEBRUNEA Gaudich. 

 V. trinervis Wedd. 

 Bahuyan, 3'.)J0 Fenix. 

 Widely distributed in the Philippines; Formosa. 



