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135422 to 135455— Continued 



1939, at low altitude. A large forest tree with light-colored bark, smooth, dark- 

 green leaves, and yellow fruits the size of small plums. 



135433. Ficus ulmifolia Lam. Elmleaf fig. 



No. 117. From Luzon, December 11, 1939. This has very harsh leaves that are 

 used in polishing wood surfaces. 



For previous introduction see 50699. 



135434. Flacourtia sp. Flacourtiaceae. 



No. 109. From Lamao Experiment Station, Luzon, December 16, 1939. A large 

 tree that bears good-sized edible fruit in large clusters. 



135435. Freycinetia multiflora Merr. Pandanaceae. 



No. 130. From Mount Makiling National Park, Luzon, December 22, 1939. Pre- 

 sented by Professor de la Cruz, who collected it at the mud spring of the National 

 Park. A handsome, narrow leaved climbing native species, with showy bracts and 

 pretty orange compound fruits. 



For previous introduction see 134996. 



135436 to 135440. LiviSTONA spp. Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



135436. LiviSTONA sp. 



No. 49. Swamp Anahan. Collected 1 km. east of Naga, Luzon, November 10, 

 1939. Differs from Livistona rotundifolia in that it has flattened purplish or 

 violet-colored fruits, instead of red or orange. Petioles very spiny; spines robust 

 on bases of leaves of young plants; seeds almost spherical or slightly flattened. 



135437. LiviSTONA sp. 



No. 40. From grounds of Provincial capital, Batangas, Luzon, November 2, 

 1939. Leaves much like other species, but this has larger fruits that become 

 mottled with orange. 



135438. LiviSTONA merrillii Beccari. Anahu palm. 



No. 60. From Legaspe, Luzon, November 1939. A tall native palm, in the 

 deep forest becoming more than 100 feet high with large flabellate-orbicular 

 leaves, entire in the central part and with the periphery more or less deeply 

 divided, the petioles in adult plants being unarmed or slightly spinose. The 

 rather small, blackish fruits are in long racemes. 



135439. LiviSTONA COCHINCKINENSIS (Blume) Mart. 



N. 87. Turan. From Magat Forestry Station, Coogan Valley, above Bayom- 

 bong, Luzon. 



For previous introduction see 105730. 



135440. LiviSTONA robinsoniana Beccari. 



No. 74. From Cadwallader-Gibson Concession "Tandoc," Luzon, November 

 12, 1939. A superb fan palm with a ringed trunk rising to nearly 100 feet in the 

 dense forest. Differs from Livistona rotundifolia in having red, not violaceous 

 fruits. 



For previous introduction see 135001. 



135441. Melastoma sp. Melastomaceae. 



No. 122. From the highlands of the mountains back of Vigan, Luzon, near the 

 Langangilang Forest Station, December 11, 1939. 



135442. Nepenthes alata Blanco. Nepenthaceae. 



No. 110. From between Bontoc and Talubin, Luzon, December 9, 1939. A ter- 

 restrial or epiphytic climber, with stems up to 10 feet high; elliptic or lanceolate 

 leaves with winged, clasping petioles and pitchers nearly 1 foot long on mature 

 plants. Native to the Philippines, 



