xi, c, i Merrill: Plants from Sorsogon Province, Luzon 5 
URTICACEAE 
ELATOSTEMA Forster 
ELATOSTEMA HOLOPHYLLUM sp. nov. 
Repens, simplex, partibus junioribus parce hirsutus; recep- 
tacula staminiferis distincte pedunculatis, paucifloris, bracteis 
exterioribus 4 ad 5 mm longis, corniculatis ; foliis inaequilate- 
raliter oblongis, integris, usque ad 2.5 cm longis, obtusis ; stipulis 
magnis, membranaceis, in paribus valde inaqualibus, usque ad 8 
mm longis. 
A prostrate slender plant, unbranched, rooting at the nodes, 
the stems up to 20 cm in length, sparingly hirsute. Leaves inae- 
quilateral, entire, oblong, 1.5 to 2.5 cm long, 0.5 to 1 cm wide, 
obtuse, the midrib on the lower surface sparingly hirsute, cys- 
toliths scattered, prominent; lateral nerves 2 or 3 on each side 
of the midrib, distant, obscure, reticulations obsolete; petioles 
2 mm long or less ; stipules thin, brownish, in unequal pairs, the 
larger of each pair inequilateral, oblong to ovate-oblong, up 
to 8 mm long, at least twice as large as the smaller one. Male 
receptacles solitary, their peduncles up to 1 cm in length, the 
bracts broadly ovate, corniculate, up to 6 mm long. Male flowers 
few in each receptacle, the outer two bracteoles oblanceolate, 
somewhat navicular, 4 to 5 mm long, with a slender 1.5 to 2 mm 
long spur, the inner two much smaller. Sepals 4, broadly ovate 
to oblong-ovate, about 3 mm long, somewhat apiculate and ob- 
scurely bearded or hirsute at the apex. 
Luzon, Province of Sorsogon, Mount Bagacaua, Bur. Sci. 23329 Ramos, 
August 20, 1915, growing on trees in the mossy forest. A smaller form 
of what is apparently the same species, but with shorter leaves and short- 
peduncled receptacles is represented by Bur. Sci. 2351,6 Ramos, from Mount 
Lalao, Sorsogon. 
The species is well characterized by its simple, prostrate stems, and 
especially by its entire, oblong, obtuse leaves. It does not appear to be 
closely allied to any previously described species of the genus. 
PROCRIS Commerson 
PROCRIS BRUNNEA sp. nov. 
Frutex monoicus, epiphyticus, ut videtur scandens, glaber, P. 
pseudostrigosae affinis, differt foliis minoribus, in siccitate subtus 
uniformiter brunneis, nervis paucioribus, 5 vel 6 utrinque. 
An epiphytic, monoecious, apparently scandent, glabrous 
shrub, the branches brownish and wrinkled when dry, 3 to 4 
mm in diameter. Leaves coriaceous, stiff, brittle, when dry the 
