PHILIPPINE URTICACEAE. 
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Ramos: Province of Batangas, De la Paz, For. Bur. 7785 Curran & Merritt. 
Mindoro, Cuming 1492. 
Local names: ramairamai (Ilocos), lagonoy (Antipolo). 
Endemic. 
2. Pouzolzia dentata sp. nov. 
Frutex yel arbuscula : glomerulis axillaribus, multifloris ; floribus 
staminif eris tetrameris; perianthio pistillifero tubuloso, apice valde con- 
tracto 4-dentato, libero, ovario stigmati articulato : foliis alternis, petiolis 
inaequilongis, laminis coriaceis vel subcoriaceis, ovatis, ovalibus, vel lan- 
ceolatis, basi aeutis vel subtruneatis, apice aeuminatis, margi'nibus den- 
tatis. 
Glomerules 4 to 6 mm in diameter, axillary, usually containing both, 
staminate and pistillate flowers : staminate perianth very deeply 4-parted, 
1.5 mm long, acuminate; stamens 4, filaments 1.5 mm long; rudimentary 
ovary stipitate, apieulate, about 0.6 mm long, the perianth, filaments 
and rudimentary ovary pubescent : pistillate perianth free from the ovary, 
not becoming succulent, in fruit about 8-costate, pubescent, tubular, form- 
ing 4 short lanceolate teeth at the greatly narrowed apex; ovary gla- 
brous, ovate, 0.8 mm long; the stigma, articulated, linear, pubescent, 
deciduous, about 1.5 mm long. 
A shrub or small tree, attaining 3 m in height, the branches densely 
pubescent, often very distinctly zigzag: leaves alternate, those on the 
smaller branchlets often much smaller and shorter-petioled than the rest 
but otherwise similar; petioles 5 mm to 5 cm long, lamina coriaceous or 
subcoriaceous, ovate, oval, or less often lanceolate, 2.5 to 10 cm long, 
2 to 7 cm wide, the base subacute to rounded, the margins except at the 
base with obtuse or somewhat apieulate teeth, the apex contracted into 
a short acute acumen, trinerved, the nerves extending about two-thirds 
of the length of the lamina, with 3 to 5 additional veins, reticulations 
numerous and conspicuous at least on the under surface, upper surface 
pilose or glabresceht, often scabrous, under surface grayish-tomentose, 
the veins white- and brownish-pilose; stipules lanceolate, caudate, 6 to 8 
mm long, densely pubescent. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, Pauai, Merrill 4741 (type) ; Mount Pulog, Merrill 
6561, For. Bur. 18117 Curran, Merritt, & ZschokJce: Mount Tonglon (Santo To- 
mas), Elmer 6531. 
Very different from any other Philippine species of the genus, apparently 
approaching nearest to P. conglobata Bl., but differing from it by the very 
characters mentioned by Weddell as distinctive of that species, since the fruiting 
perianth of P. dentata is shortly rostrate, and the stigma while proportionally 
short can hardly be called thick. There is a definite note on Elmer 6531 : 
“fruits deeply set in a white fleshy pubescent receptacle:” but there 
is no reason to believe that the perianth also becomes fleshy: on moistening, it 
is somewhat inflated and shows the ribs more distinctly, but that is all. 
Local name (Pulog) : nalui. 
