PHILIPPINE URTICACEAE. 
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Villebrunea rubescens Bl. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 2 (1856) 167. 
V. frutescens Merr. in Bull. (Philip.) For. Bur. 1 (1903) 19, non Bl. Mus. 
Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 2 (1856) 168. 
Luzon, Province of Tayabas, Lucban, Elmer 9237 : Province of Sorsogon, Sor- 
sogon, Elmer 7313, For. Bur. 10518 Curran. Mindoro, Amnay River, For. Bur. 
11^62 Merritt; Subaan River, For. Bur. 6900, 11380 Merritt. Negros, Baliw, 
For. Bur. 11214 Everett ; Mount Canlaon, For. Bur. 17412 Curran. Leyte, Palo, 
Elmer 7116; Tacloban, For. Bur. 12442 Danao. Mindanao, Subprovince 'of Bu- 
tuan, Waloe, Merrill 7285: District of Zamboanga, Tetuan, Ahern 365; Sax River, 
Williams 2129 : Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mrs. Clemens 59, ' 334, 338, s. n. : 
District of Davao, Mount Apo, Ahern 685. The stipules of some of the above 
are as much as 12 or 13 mm long. 
With regard to the generic name: Oreocnide Miquel was published on page 
39 of “Plantae Junghuhnianae,” which appeared in March, 1851, according to 
Flora 34 (21 May 1851) 302, though . Miquel himself gives the date as 1852, 
in his later 50 claim for the validity of the name. Villebrunea appeared as the 
generic name of two species in Gaudichaud’s Bot. Voy. Bonite, and has been 
adopted by Weddell and nearly all subsequent writers. The plates were issued, 
according to Weddell, between 1839 and 1846, but were not accompanied by ex- 
planations or descriptions: the former appeared subsequently, in 1866, too late 
to affect the point at issue. The true place • of publication must then be that 
where it was taken up by a subsequent author, namely by Weddell in Ann. Sci. 
Nat. Bot. IV 1 (1854) 195. Miquel’s name thus has priority. Only the first 
of Gaudichaud’s plates belongs to the genus as now understood. 
Local names: liasim (Sorsogon) ; baquidbaquid (Negros) ; alamang (Zamboan- 
ga) ; calulit (Apo). 
Java, Celebes. 
2. Oreocnide trinervis Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. 1 2 (1859) 270. 
Villebrunea trinervis Wedd. in Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. IV 1 (1854) 196. 
Batanes Islands, Batan Island, Bur. Sci. 10200 McGregor , For. Bur. 15293 
Agudo. Babuyanes Islands, Babuyan Island, Bur. Sci. 3910 Fenix. Luzon, 
Province of Ilocos Norte, Bangui, For. Bur. 13855 Merritt rf- Darling: Province 
of Benguet, Lusod-Pompon trail, For. Bur. 15767 Curran tt- Merritt; between 
Baguio and Sablan, Williams 1466: Province of Zambales, Mount Pinatubo, Bur. 
Sci. 2594 Foxworthy: Province of Bataan, Mount Mariveles and Lamao River, 
Williams 491, For. Bur. 195 Barnes, For. Bur. 2645, 3001 Meyer, Elmer 6978, For. 
Bur. 7380 Curran: Province of Rizal, San Isidro, Phil. PI. 281 Ramos: Province 
of Laguna, Los Banos, Elmer s. n. ; Mount Maquiling, For. Bur. 7792 Curran & 
Merritt, Lijano s. n. : Province of Tayabas, Cuming 777 (type collection) ; Atimo- 
nan, Whitford 640; Buenavista Mountain, For. Bur. 10307 Curran. Negros, 
Himugaan River, For. Bur. 4297 Everett. 
Local names: hasuy (Batan Island); ginderanaon (Ilocos). 
Formosa. 
The place of origin of Villebrunea crenulata Gaudich. Bot. Voy. Bonite pi. 92, 
was doubtfully stated by Weddell, in 1854, to be the Philippines. Although he 
continued to cite this plate in the generic description of Villebrunea, even in 
1869, he reduced the species to his Urera sandicwensis, confining its range to the 
Hawaiian Islands. 51 
50 Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 4 (1869) 306. 
51 DC. Prodr. 16 1 (1869) 92, 235. 20 
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