94 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 1923 



Cypholophus macrocephalus Wedd. in Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. IV '! (1854) 

 198, DC. Prodr. 16 * (1869) 235 I0 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 2 (1858-59) 

 262; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 205; Vidal Sinopsis Atlas (1883) 

 40, i 89, /. B, Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 147, Rev. PI. Vase 

 Filip. (1886) 257. 

 Boehmeria mollis Wedd. in Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. IV 1 (1854) 203. 

 Luzon (Bontoc to Sorsogon), Elmer 16042 (C. obliquif olium Elm.), Min- 

 doro, Panay, Leyte, Negros, Mindanao. In damp forested ravines at low 

 and medium altitudes, ascending to 1,500 m. Sumatra to Hawaii. 



Local names: Anadung (Bon.); handalumai (C. Bis.); holog (Mbo.) ; 

 libasa (Lan.) ; salabugan (Bag.). 



EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Cypholophus prostratus Wedd.; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 205. 



16. PIPTURUS Weddell 



PIPTURUS ANGUSTIFOLIUS Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 20 (1922) 379. 



Leyte, B. S. 15320 Ramos. In thickets along streams at low altitudes. 

 Endemic. 



PIPTURUS ARBORESCENS (Link) C. B. Rob. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 



6 (1911) Bot. 13; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 180; Sp. Blancoanae 



(1918) 131. 

 Urtica arborescens Link Enum. Hort. Berol. 2 (1822) 386; Blanco 



Fl. Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 483, ed. 3, 3 (1879) 100, t. 371. 

 Urtica baccifera Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 695, non Linn. 

 Pipturus asper Wedd. in Ann. Sci. Nat. IV 1 (1854) 197; DC. Prodr. 



16 * (1869) 235 ,T ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat, 1 ; ' (1858-59) 269; F.-Vill. 



Novis. App. (1880) 205; Vidal Sinopsis Atlas (1883) 40, t, 89, f. D, 



Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 147, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 



257; Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 27 (1905) 81; Philip. 



Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 49, 3 (1908) Bot. 404, 5 (1910) Bot. 



344. 

 Very common and widely distributed in the Philippines from the Batan 

 Islands to Mindanao and Palawan, chiefly in thickets and second-growth 

 forests at low and medium altitudes; in Benguet ascending to 2,000 m 

 altitude. Borneo, Botel Tobago. 



Local names: Agandong (Ilk.); agdalamai (Tag.); alangisi (Bis.); 

 alalatang (Ap.) ; aludig (Ilk.) ; afigangeu (Bon.) ; aramai (Iv.) ; arandong 

 (Ilk.) ; dalonot (Tag.) ; dalonotan (Bis.) ; dalunot (Tag.) ; damaian (Ig.) ; 

 danget (Bon.) ; duai (Ig.) ; gimas-gimas (P. Bis.) ; gunoi (Mag.) ; gut- 

 gutu (If.) ; handalamai (C. Bis.) ; himaramai (Bis.) ; hindalumai (Bis.) ; 

 hindaramai (P. Bis.) ; kandamai (Tagb.) ; lai (Bon.) ; lamai (Mbo., Sub.) ; 

 moliungol (Ig.) ; ngaliu-gutgutu (If.) ; ngungoi (Ig.) ; samai (Sul.) ; 

 takoptakop (Ilk.); taktakop (Ilk.). 



PIPTURUS ARGENTEUS (Forst. f.) Wedd. in DC. Prodr. 16 * (1869) 

 235 M ; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 205; C. B. Rob. in Philip. Journ. 

 Sci. 6 (1911) Bot. 16. 

 Urtica\ argentea Forst. f. Prodi-. (1784) 65. 

 Balabac, Lumbucan, Mindanao (Surigao), B. S. 15831 Fenix, Merrill 

 7185, Phil. PI. 401. In sandy soil, open forests near the sea. Sumatra to 

 Australia and Polynesia. 



