Vo1 - 2 URTICACEAE 97 



49, 3 (1908) Bot. 405; Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 3 (1910) 900 (var. 



villosa Wedd.) ; C. B. Rob. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 6 (1911) Bot. 27. 

 Urtica capitellata Poir. in Lam. Encycl. Suppl. 4 (1816) 227. 

 Leucosylce alba Zoll. & Mor. Syst. Verz. Ind. Arch. (1845) 100; Miq. 



PL Ind. Bat. ^^ 1 (1858-59) 265; Merr. in Philip. Bureau Forestry 



Bull. 1 (1903) 19. 

 Missiessya fagifolia Gaudich. Bot. Voy. Bonite (1844) t. 93; Wedd. in 



Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. IV 1 (1854) 195. 



Throughout the Philippines in thickets, second-growth forests, etc., at 

 low and medium altitudes; common. Formosa to Java and New Guinea. 



Local names: Alagasi (Bis., Tag.); alangasi (Bis.); amagasi (Bik., 

 Tag.) ; anagau (Bik.) ; anugas (Bik.) ; alalasi (Bon., Ilk.) ; aragasi (Bik., 

 S. L. Bis.) ; ararasi (Bon.) ; arasi (Bon.) ; bahibahi (P. Bis.) ; bauaua (S. 

 L. Bis.) ; bilanbilan (Sub.) ; bunkilan (Yak.) ; damakadios (P. Bis.) ; 

 gasi-gasi (Sul.) ; ginagasi (Tag.) ; gugutu (Ig.) ; haganasi (Bik.) ; hanla- 

 gasi (Tag.) ; hilagasi (Tag.) ; hinagasi (Tag.) ; hinlagasi (P. Bis.) ; isis 

 ngipin (Tag.) ; karikasin (Neg.) ; lagasi (Tag., C. Bis.) ; laglag (P. Bis.) ; 

 lalasi (Ig.) ; langasi (Bis.) ; lapsik (Ig.) ; layasin (Tag.) ; liasin (Tag.) ; 

 manombila (Buk.) ; sagombibilan (Mbo.) ; salagiso (Bik.); salasi (Bon.); 

 tinagasi (Bik.). 



Var. CELTIDIFOLIA (Gaudich.) Wedd. in DC. Prodr. 16 x (1869) 235^; 



C. B. Rob. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 6 (1911) Bot. 28. 

 Missiessya celtidifolia Gaudich. Bot. Voy. Bonite (1844) t. 93, f. 12-20; 



Wedd. in Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. IV 1 (1854) 195; Blume Ann. Mus. 



Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 2 (1856) 163. 

 Missiessya aspera Wedd. in Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. IV 1 (1854) 195; 



Blume 1. c. 

 Leucosyke celtidifolia Miq. PI. Ind. Bat. 1 " (1858-59) 266. 



Luzon (Ilocos Norte south to Cavite, Batangas, and Laguna), Panay. 

 In thickets and on exposed ridges at medium altitudes, in Benguet as- 

 cending to at least 2,000 m. Intermediate forms connect it with the type. 

 Endemic. 



LEUCOSYKE H ISPI DISSI M A (Wedd.) Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 - (1858-59) 265; 

 Wedd. in DC. Prodr. 16 * (1869) 235 27 ; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 

 206; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 147, Rev. PL Vase. Filip. 

 (1886) 258; C. B. Rob. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 6 (1911) Bot. 24. 

 Missiessya hispidissima Wedd. in Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. IV 1 (1854) 195. 

 Luzon (Bontoc, Benguet, Nueva Ecija), Elmer 5906, 6083, 897U, Wil- 

 liams 1017, B. S. 30005 Fenix. In thickets up to an altitude of 1,400 m. 

 Endemic. 



Local names: Dai (Ig.) ; lapli (If.). 



LEUCOSYKE LEYTENSIS Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 10 (1915) Bot. 269. 



Leyte, Wenzel 1061, B. S. 15306 Ramos. In forests at low and medium 

 altitudes. Endemic. 



LEUCOSYKE MAGALLAN ENSIS Elm. Lean. Philip. Bot. 2 (1910) 677; 

 C. B. Rob. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 6 (1911) Bot. 25. 



Sibuyan, Elmer 12282. On forested river banks, altitude about 1,000 m. 

 Endemic. Very close to Leucosyke hispidissima Miq. 

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