476 
ROBINSON. 
8. Urtica japoniga Blanco 1. c. (1837) 694, nec Linn. f. Suppl. (1781) 418, 
nec Thunb. FI. Jap. (1784) 70. 
Villar has reduced this to Pouzolzia viminea Wedd. The description of the 
pistillate flowers indicates either that genus or Boehmeria, but no species of . the 
former with serrate leaves have been obtained in recent years in any locality 
likely to have been visited by Blanco; Of our species, Boehmeria heterophylla 
(Wedd.) Bl. best fits the description, but the habitat, “paredes,” is unlikely, 
though it is known from a number of localities near Manila. This, and other 
points in the diagnosis suggest Fleurya interrupta, but apart from the fact that 
another of Blanco’s species is referable there, the short petioles, axillary flowers, , 
and terminal stigma are too serious obstacles to be overcome. 
2. FLEURYA Gaudich. 
Stinging plants; pistillate pedicels dilated at the apex 1. F. interrupta 
Not stinging; pistillate pedicels not dilated 2. F. ruderalis 
1. Fleurya interrupta Gaudich. Bot. Voy. Uran. (1826) 497. 
Urtica interrupta Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 985. 
Boehmeria interrupta Willd. Sp. PI. 4 1 ( 1805 ) 342. 
Urtica elongata Link Enum. Hort. Berol. 2 (1822) 385, nec. J. F. Gmel. Syst. 
(1791) 269, nec aliorum. 
Urtica sessiliflora Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 696, non Sw. in Yet. Akad. Handl. 
Stockh. (1785) 33. 
Urtica capitata Blanco FI. Filip, ed. 2 (1845) 483, non Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 
985. 
Urtica sessilifolia Blanco ex Wedd. in Arch. Mus. Paris 9 (1856) 105, splialm.- 
Luzon, Province of Rizal, Bosoboso, For. Bur. 3358 Ahern’s collector.; Manila, 
Guming 722, Merrill 8407, McGregor 82, Philip. Nor. Sch. 441 Buenconsejo ; Mala- 
padnabato, Phil. PI. J/32 Ramos: Province of Laguna, Los Banos, Elmer s. n. : 
Province of Tayabas, Infanta, Bur. Sci. 6799 Robinson ; Atimonan, Gregory 114: 
Province of Albay, Tivi, Bur. Sci. 6301 Robinson. Polillo, Bur. Sci. 6905 Robin- 
son. Panay, Province of Antique, San Jose, Yoder 25. Mindanao, District of 
Davao, Santa Cruz, Williams 2960. (Palmas Island, Merrill 5341, the island 
then considered to belong to the Philippines, now to Celebes.) 
The local name at Bosoboso and Pasig is lipang aso, meaning dog-lipa ( Lapor - 
tea) : this name will be found cited under several species in different genera, as 
Laportea is very widely known, through its stinging properties. The Normal 
School collection records the Bieol name as ro-rolagnaton qui Ayam. 
Villar’s reduction of Blanco’s species is here confidently followed; the descrip- 
tion of the flowers also suggests, Boehmeria, to which it was doubtfully reduced 
by Weddell. The plants are often very luxuriant, in other cases greatly reduced, 
and the length of the inflorescence more or less 'parallels this : it should not be 
insisted upon as a distinguishing character from F. ruderalis. 
Abyssinia to New Guinea and Polynesia. 
2. Fleurya ruderalis Gaudich. Bot. Voy. Uran. (1826) 497. 
Urtica ruderalis Forst. Prodr. (1784) 344. 
Ca villi Island, (Sulu Sea), in sandy soil in open thickets along sea-shore, 
Phil. PI. 402 Merrill. Also seen on the neighboring Island of Arena; 
Java to the Marianne, Caroline and Society Islands and New Guinea. 
According to Index Kewensis, Kermula “Noronha in Verh. Batav. Gen. v. 
(1790) ed. I. Art. IV. 2,” is synonymous with Fleurya; if so, it is much the 
older name : the' publication is not available here ; no combinations seem ever to 
