LEAFLETS OF PHILIPPINE BOTANY 
EDITED BY A. D. E. ELMER, A. M. 
Vol. VII. Manila, P. I., August 11, 1914. Art. 111. 
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MYRTACEAE FROM MOUNT URDANETA 
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| DECASPERMUM Forst. 
| Decaspermum paniculatum Kurz 
Field-note: —Erect shrub, in moist gravelly ground of 
| wooded banks along the Dalahion creek at 750 feet altitude; 
stem 4 inches thick, 10 to 15 feet high, branched from 
| below the middle; wobd odorless or nearly so, tasteless, rather 
hard and brittle, the outer portion sappy white, reddish 
twinged toward the center; bark brown, finely checked longi- 
tudinally; main branches ascending, crookedly rebranched, 
the ultimate ones lax and numerous, often drooping; leaves 
chartaceous, ascending from the base, strongly recurved, much 
paler green beneath; infrutescence subpendant, the stalks with 
yellowish green bracts; the hard fruits dark green yet ulti- 
mately soft and vinosus when fully ripe. ''Halgus" in Ma- 
nobo. 
Represented by number 13907, Elmer, Cabadbaran (Mt. 
Urdaneta), Province of Agusan, Mindanao, September, 1912. 
In all my previous collections, this species is always re- 
corded from two to three times higher altitudes. In our 
present locality it no doubt represents a botanical float from 
a much higher elevation. 
LJ 
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