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4. M. playfairii Henisl. Jo\nn. Linn. Soc. Bot. 26 (1894) 441? 
(2057, 2357 Borden) October, January ; (2317 Meyer) December; ( 1462 A/tern’s 
collector) July. In thickets along the seashore. T., Binunga. 
This h'ormosan species was described from staminate specimens only, and 1 am 
unable to determine the exact identity of the I’hilippine form at the present time. 
5. M. repandus (Eottl.) Muell. Arg-. 1. c. 981. 
(0749 Elmer) November. In forests, generally distributed in the Philippines. 
Tropical Asia to Malaya and New Caledonia. 
0. M. ricinoides (Pers.) Muell. Arg. 1. c. 963. 
(2846 Meyer) hlarch. In forests at 800 m., widely distributed in the Phil- 
ippines. Tenasserim to Southern China. T., Alim. 
7. M. sp. 
(2612 Meyer) February. In forests at 500 in., an apparently undescribed 
species, in fruit only. 
16. ALCHORNEA Sw. 
1. A. javensis (Blume) Muell. Arg. 1. c. 905. 
(3795 Merrill) January; (3027 Borden) May. In forests 75 to 100 m. Burma 
to Southern China and Malaya. 
17. MACARANGA Thouars. 
1. M. bicolor Muell. Arg. 1. c. 1010. 
(641, 722, 1294, 1290, 1509, 1570, 2913 Borden) April to August; (9, 17 
Whitford) April; (165 Merrill) Decades Philip. Forest FL, coll. Borden April; 
(3018 Meyer) May''; (0858 Elmer) November. In forests 100 to 250 in. En- 
demic. T., Binunga, Bilua,. 
2. M. cumingii Muell. Arg. 1. c. 1005. 
(2650 Meyer) February. On exposed ridges in the mossy forests at 1,300 m. 
Endemic. 
3. M. mappa (Linn.) Muell. Arg. 1. c. 1000. 
(2059, 2951 Borden) October, March; (12, 1052 Whitford) April, January; 
(2309 Meyer) December; (6731 Elmer) November. In thickets and open forests 
below 120 m., common and widely distributed in the Philippines. Malaya. T., 
Bilua. 
4. M. tanarius (Linn.) Muell. Arg. 1. c. 997. 
(2296 Meyer) December ; ( 392 Whitford) June; (2473 Borden) January. In 
thickets along the seashore, widely distributed in the Philippines. Malayuui 
Peninsula and Ai'chipelago. T., Binunga, Bilua. 
5. M. sp. 
(521 Barnes) November. Forests at 100 m. Sterile specimens apiiarently 
closely related to Macaranga hispida Muell. Arg. T., Cabal. 
18. ACALYPHA Linn. 
1. Acalypha cardiophylla Merrill, sp. nov. 
A small tree about 7 in. high, dioecious. Branches light gray, glabrous, the 
younger parts densely cinerous puberulous, also with few scattered long ciliate 
hairs. Leaves alternate, broadly ovate, membranous, 8 to 15 cm. long, 8 to 
12 cm. wide, nearly' glabrous above, or pubescent on the veins, glandular punc- 
tate, beneath more or less puberulous at least on the midi'ib and nerves when 
y'oung, and with feu' long scattered hairs, the apex short acuminate, the base 
broad, rounded or cordate, the margins crenate-serrate to suhentire; basal nerves 
5, the lateral nerves about 7 on each side of the midrib, curved-ascending, distinct, 
the reticulations suhparallel, distinct; petioles 0 to 12 cm. long, puberulent; 
stipules lanceolate or ovate lanceolate, pubescent, deciduous, 4 to 5 mm. long. 
