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were to be accepted entire, the oldest valid name seems to be B. japonica 
(Linn, f.) Miq. Bnt all recent authors segregate some one or more 
of his varieties as species, with little agreement. Mr. Smith, for ex- 
ample, considers B. platyphylla var. clidemioides Wedd., with the syno- 
nyms cited, as two species, one in a very different alliance, yet C. H. 
Wright 56 adheres to Weddell’s treatment. 
In addition to the following, several collections of less interest have 
been obtained. 
LAPORTEA Gaudich. 
Laportea rigid if ol i a C. B. Rob. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1911) Bot. 483. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, Sablan, Bur. Sci. 127^8 Fenix. The leaf-apex, 
which on previous collections was only uninjured on a single leaf and that a 
small one, is here well preserved and is rather characteristic. The petiole is over 
11 cm long, the lamina about 57 cm long, and the apex is gradually contracted to 
a somewhat falcate acute point, the acumen, if there can be said to be one, being 
about 16 cm long. The plant is noted as very poisonous. 
Local names : lupa a nalabaga ( II. ) ; addalateng ( Ig. ) . 
PI LEA Lindl. 
Pi lea calcicola C. B. Rob. 1. c. 493. 
Luzon, Province of Rizal, Montalban, Loher 6902, topotype. and very typical. 
LECANTHUS Wedd. 
Lecanthus wightii Wedd. in Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. IV 1 (1854) 187. 
The full-sized leaves of Smith & Cave 2797, Sikkim, so named, have at least 
one hundred times the area of the largest on Doctor Copeland’s collection from 
Mount Apo. Those of our other specimens are intermediate in size, but all much 
smaller than the mature ones of the Indian collection. 
ELATOSTE MATO IDES C. B. Rob. 
Elatostematoides manillense (Wedd.) C. B. Rob. 1. c. 501. 
Luzon, Province of Rizal, Angilog, Loher 6915 : Province of Laguna, Calauan, 
Bur. Sci. 12367 McGregor. Neither is typical, the former being coarse and pubes- 
cent, the latter unusually delicate. 
ELATOSTE M A Forst. 
Elatostema sikkimense C. B. Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 15 (1876) 124. 
From Smith & Cave 858, Sikkim, it would seem that to the characters separat- 
ing this species from E. luzonense, may be added the stoutness of the spurs of 
the staminate bracts, this making them more conspicuous than those of the 
Philippine species, although in the latter they are well developed. 
Elatostema simulans C. B. Rob. 1. c. 519. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, Sablan, Bur. Sci. 127 5 Jf Fenix : Province of La- 
guna, Calauan, Bur. Sci. 12357 McGregor. It is to be noted that the collections 
identified , with the type of this species have pistillate receptacles only. 
Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 26 (1899) 487. 
