90 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 



1923 



BOEHMERIA CYPHOLOPHOIDES Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 8 (1913) 

 Bot. 368. 

 Leyte, Wenzel 35. In forests at low altitudes. Erfdemic. 



BOEHMERIA DENSI FLORA Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beechy's Voy. (1841) 217; 

 C. B. Rob. in Philip. Journ. iSci. 6 (1911) Bot. 5. 

 Boehmeria, platyphylla Don var. loochooensis Wedd. in DC. Prodr. 16 1 



(1869) 213. 

 Boehmeria weddelliana Vidal Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 256. 



Luzon (Ilocos Norte, Ifugao, Bontoc, Benguet), B. S. 38015, 7003 Ramos, 

 3808b Ramos & Edano, 19723, 20002 McGregor, Vanoverbergh 269, Vidal 

 178b. On open slopes, altitude 500 to 1,200 m. China, Riu Kiu Islands, 

 Formosa. 



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 s (1858-59) 250; 



F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 204; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. 



(1885) 147, Rev. PI. 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. 138b9, 13850, 397b9 Ramos, 28029 



Fenix, Merrill 5b68. In thickets, ravines, and forests at low and medium 



altitudes ; scarcely distinguishable from Boehmeria blumei 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 Vizcaya, Nueva Ecija). 

 In thickets and on open slopes, altitude 600 to 2,000 m. Endemic. 



Local names: Kalalasbi (If.) ; karusangi (Neg.) ; labsu (Ig.) ; nami 

 (If.); 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 x (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, Fl. 

 Manila (1912) 181, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 130; C. B. Rob. in Philip. 

 Journ. Sci. 6 (1911) Bot. 4. 

 Urtica nivea Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 985; Blanco Fl. 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 2 (1858-59) 253; C. B. 

 Rob. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 6 (1911) Bot. 4. 

 Urtica tenacissima Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. 2, 3 (1832) 590. 

 Boehmeria tenacissima Gaudich. Bot. Freyc. Voy. (1826) 500. 

 Range of the species and scarcely distinguishable from it. 



