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MERRILL. 
I am of the opinion that it is identical with Lamarck’s. F. sinuosa Miq. has been 
reduced by King to F. quercifolia Roxb., with the description of which it does 
not well accord. Ficus difformis Lam. l.c. 500, also described from Philippine 
material, and also considered by Miquel as a doubtful species, is apparently the 
same as F. ulmifolia Lam. The species is exceedingly variable. 
CONOCEPHALUS Blume. 
C. grand ifolius Warb. 
Babuyan, 3928 Fenix. Camiguin, J/IJ/S Fenix. 
Previously known only from Luzon. 
MORUS Linn. 
M. alba Linn. 
Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco (cultivated), 3687 Fenix. N. v., Tangud. 
The mulberry, occasionally found in cultivation in the Philippines; cultivated 
in temperate and tropical regions generally. 
URTICACE M. 
LAPORTEA Gaudich. 
L. mindanaensis Warb.? 
Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3719 F&nix. N. v., Jateng. 
The identification is doubtful, specimens in fruit; an endemic species. 
ELATOSTEMA Forst. 
E. platyphyllum Wedd. 
Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3608 Fenix. N. v., Reyrey. The succulent 
stems are cooked as a pot-herb. 
Not previously reported from the Philippines; Himalayan region to southern 
China and Formosa. 
BOEHMERIA Jacq. 
B. blume i Wedd. 
Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3571/ Fenix; 3227 Mearns. N. v., Tangao. 
Known only from the Philippines. 
B. nivea Gaudich. 
Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3204 Mearns. 
India to Japan and Malaya; occasionally found in cultivation in the Philip- 
pines, but certainly introduced. Ramie. 
POUZOLZIA Gaudich. 
P. indica (Linn.) Gaudich. 
Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3695 Fenix. Camiguin, 3955 Fdnix. 
Widely distributed in the Philippines; tropical Asia to Formosa, Malaya and 
Polynesia. 
PIPTURUS Wedd. 
P. asper Wedd. 
Camiguin, 3993 Fenix. 
Common and widely distributed in the Philippines; endemic. 
VILLEBRUNEA Gaudich. 
V. trinervis Wedd. 
Babuyan, 3910 Fenix. 
Widely distributed in the Philippines; Formosa. 
