554 LEAFLETS OF PHILIPPINE BoTANY — f Vor. 11, ART. 27 
the dry state, since many of them are exceptionally hard 
to cure, and despite of everything possible being done, they 
turn black or otherwise discolor so badly as to give no 
conception of their beauty. The habitation of the entire 
group, as far as the Philippines are concerned, is a very 
characteristic one. "They thrive in the humid, well shaded 
woods at middle elevations and along the streum beds. A 
few species flourish best from 6000 to 8000 feet altitude, 
and some extend along very sheltered and deeply shaded 
creek bottoms nearly to sea level. Judging from their selected 
places of growth, nearly all species can be expected to con- 
tain a good deal of water or at least are in need of much 
moisture. Some of them grow only upon cliffs under the 
spray or within the spray of waterfalls. They are either 
herbs, vines or shrubs. From field observation, the flowers 
are comparatively showy, delicate in texture, and shed rather 
early. In color they vary from pure white to creamy white 
or even yellow, bright deep blue, cardinal to dark brick 
red. Some of the flowers are pinkish or whitish and streaked 
or spotted with red. The majority of Philippine species 
prove new to science, and out of the following seventeen 
species below enumerated, eight are here described for the 
first time. It should be remembered that six of the nine 
already ‘known species are endemic to the Philippines, and 
have only in recent years been discovered and published. 
CYRTANDRA Forst. 
Cyrtandra cumingii Clarke in DC. Monog. Phan. 5; 
263, 1883. 
This common Philippine species was collected in moist 
soil in woods at 3000 feet. It usually grows in small clus- 
ters in very damp soil of deeply shaded places. The limp and 
heavy leaves are hard to dry and warp considerably in the 
process. The rather large flowers are whitish, sprinkled with 
purple. The showy bracts are yellowish white, usually pur- 
plish toward the ends especially in age. The fruits are wa- 
tery white. 
Specimen 10154, A. D. E. Elmer, Dumaguete, Cuernos 
Mountains, Province of Negros Oriental, Negros, May, 1908. 
