PHILIPPINE URTICACEAE. 
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8. Leucosyke negrosensis sp. nov. 
Capitulis pistilliferis majusculis longiuscule pedunculatis : petiolis 
mediocribus vel longis, laminis rigide chartaceis, elliptico-oblongis, oval- 
ibus, vel ovali-ovatis, basi rotundatis vel brevissime acuminatis, margine 
dentatis vel crenatis, apiee acuminatis, trinerviis; stipalis oblongo-lan- 
ceolatis, membranaceis, 2 ad 2.5 cm longis. 
Pistillate capitnla 8 to 9 mm in diameter on appressed-strigose ped- 
uncles 1 to 1.7 cm long; flowers shortly pedicelled; perianth about 0.8 
mm in its longest diameter, nearly oval in outline, hardly lobed, achene 
obliquely ovate, 1.3 mm long; stigma penicillate-capitate. 
Shrub or small tree 8 m high, the branches and branchlets appressed- 
strigose, intemodes 2 to 6 cm long; petioles 1.5 to 5.5 cm long, lamina 
elliptic-oblong, oval, or oval-ovate, 17 to 22 cin long, 7 to 12 cm wide, the 
base very shortly acuminate or rounded, the margins except at the base 
serrate or crenate, the teeth shallow but long, acute or apiculate, the 
apex shortly and acutely acuminate; trinerved with 4 to 6 additional 
primary veins, the veins between the midvein and the costa more or less 
sharply bent and often forked, upper surface and veins of the under 
appressed-strigose, scabrous, interstices of the under gray-tomentose ; 
stipules membranaceous, oblong-lanceolate, 2 to 2.5 cm long, bifid at the 
apex for one-third of their length, appressed-strigose. 
Negros, Province of Negros Occidental, Pioc River, in dense forest, For. Bur. 
4316 Everett ; differing from L. capitellata in the stipules, the longer petioles, and 
the size and outline of the leaves. 
9. Leucosyke capitellata Wedd. in DC. Prodr. 16 1 (1869) 235.” 
Urtica capitellata Poir. Suppl. 4 (1816) 227. 
Leucosyke alia Zoll. & Mor. Syst. Verz. Ind. Arch. (1845) 100. 
Missiessya fagifolia Gaudich. Bot. Voy. Bonite pi. 93; Wedd. in Ann. Sci. Nat. 
Bot. IV 1 (1854) 195. 
Urtica sp. Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 696. 
Luzon, District of Bontoc, Vanoverlergh 365: Province of Benguet, For. Bur. 
941 Barnes: Province of Bataan, Williams 69, 262, Merrill 2543, 2544; Elmer 
6665, Whitford 283 : Province of Rizal, Loher 4985, Dec. Philip. For. FT. 88 
Ahern’s collector, For. Bur. 1863 Ahern’s collector: Province of Laguna, Elmer 
s. n., Allerto s. n., For. Bur. 77 66 Curran & Merritt, Phil. PI. 392 Ramos, For. 
Bur. 11939 Tamesis, Bur. Sci. 10993 Ramos: Province of Tayabas, Whitford 651, 
Merrill 2032, 2884, Elmer 7 849, For. Bur. 6698 Kobbe, Ritchie 32 to: Province 
of Camarines, Ahern 113, For. Bur. 14259 Aguilar: Province of Albay, Bur. Sci. 
6233 Robinson: Province of Sorsogon, For. Bur. 10560 Curran. Polillo, Bur. 
Sci. 10391 McGregor, Bur. Sci. 6894 Robinson. Masbate, coll, unknown. Leyte, 
Elmer 7326, 7337, For. Bur. 12446 Danao. Cebu, Cuming 1166, For. Bur. 6438 
Espinosa. Negros, Whitford 1641, For. Bur. 11241 Everett, For. Bur. 1 402 
Danao, For. Bur. 15143 Tanosa, Bur. Sci. 9950 Robinson. Mindoro, McGregor 
132, Merrill 990, 995, 1180, For. Bur. 3676, 3691, 3725, 6831 Merritt, Whitford 
1377. Mindanao, District of Zamboanga, Ahern 361, 383, 611, Williams 2109 : 
Lake Lanao, Mrs. Clemens 136: District of Davao, Copeland 436, Elmer 10656. 
