Sbptkmber 12, 1913] Rubiackae from Mount Urdaneta 1879 



Nauclea media Hav. 



Field-note; — Very slender trees; stem 8 inches thick, 

 35 feet high, straight, terete, branched from the middle; 

 wood sappy white, moderately soft, odorless and tasteless; 

 bark latericius except the smooth whitish surface; branches 

 ascending, sparingly rebranched, the green twigs suberect; 

 leaves horizontal or ascending, thinly coriaceous, darker green 

 above, the prominent nerves beneath often turning red; 

 flowering head 2 to 3 inches across, globose, slightly foetid, 

 deciduous, whitish except the greenish calyx segments and 

 the more yellowish receptacle; fruits concrete, the individual 

 scars green with brown borders, 1.5 inch across, irregularly 

 globose. 



Represented by number 13454, Elmer, Cabadbaran (Mt, 

 Urdaneta), Province of Agusan, Mindanao, August, 1912. 



In gravelly soil along the wooded banks of the Ca- 

 tangan creek from 500 to 1500 feet altitude. "Palanglitan" 

 is the Manobo name, 



Nauclea philippinensis (Vid.) Hav. 



Field-note: — Small but erect tree; stem terete, 3 to 4 

 inches thick, 15 feet high or higher, branched from the 

 middle; wood quite hard and heavy, sappy white except the 

 brownish heartwood, without odor or taste; bark smooth 

 and mottled on the surface, brown otherwise; main branches 

 divaricately spreading, rebranched; leaves coriaceous, horizontal 

 or descending, recurved especially toward the apex, much 

 lighter green beneath; heads solitary or in pairs or in 3's, 

 upon erect green stalks, dark green except the dirty brown 

 floral remnants. 



Represented by number 14056, Elmer, Cabadbaran (Mt. 

 Urdaneta), Province of Agusan, Mindanao, October, 1912. 



In red compact soil of a humid wooded ridge at 3500 

 feet altitude, between Duros and Cawilanan peaks. "Obod- 

 obod" is the Manobo name. 



