BOTANICAL NOTES. 
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MYRISTICACEAE. 
Knema heteropliylla (F.-Vill.) Warb., 10344- 
LAURACEAE. 
Cryptocarya (?) sp. 
A fruiting specimen, 10774, is most nearly matched among our collections by 
C. everettii Merr., but the fruits are differently shaped from those of that species. 
No flowers are present, and positive determination must be deferred. 
Other species: Cassytha filiformis Linn., 6968, 10433: Cinnamomum mercadoi 
Vidal, 9261, much valued for medicinal properties of the bark, local name 
calingag: Litsea luzonica (Blume) F.-Vill., 10323 ; L. tersa (Linn.) Merr. ( L. 
sebifera Pers. ), 6960, local name marang. 
CAPPARIDACEAE. 
Polanisia vioscosa (Linn.) DC., 9175. 
NEPENTHACEAE. 
'Nepenthes alata Blanco, 10340. 
. CRASSULACEAE. 
Bryophyllum pinnatum (Lam.) Kurz is a common weed on the island, but 
being sterile was not collected. 
CONNARACEAE. 
Agelaea everettii Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 4 (1909) Bot. 127. 
The species is variable, and the two Polillo collections are at the extremes, 
9063 having condensed inflorescences and small leaflets, 10396 having lax in- 
florescences and large leaflets, both are flowering and the stamens are 10 in 
number. Known also from Cagayan and Negros. 
Connarus mindanaensis Merr. loc. cit. 122. 
Otherwise known only from Mindanao. The Polillo collection, 6987, is 
fruiting, and difficult to determine as between G. mindanaensis and C. lohitfordii, 
also known only from Mindanao. 
Other species: Rourea volubilis (Blanco) Merr., 6891, with young flowers. 
LEG-UMINOSAE. 
Clianthus binnendyckianus Kurz in Journ. As. Soc, Bengal 40 = (1871) 
51; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 75. 
Represented by 10767 ; other distribution Mindanao, Celebes, and (?) Ceram. 
Monarthrocarpus securiformis (Benth.) Merr. loc. cit. 89. 
Represented by 10761; other distribution Laguna, Mindanao, and Basilan. 
Pithecolobium angulatum (Grah.) Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. 3 
(1844) 208: Merr. loc. cit. 19. 
Represented by 6869, 10765; other distribution Tayabas, Masbate, Negros, 
Guimaras, Mindoro, and Palawan, Borneo, Java, Sumatra, Malay Peninsula, 
India. 
Other species: Abrus p'recatorius Linn., 6967: Aeschynomene indica Linn., 
9024: Caesalpinia nuga (Linn.) Ait., 9139; C. pulcherrima (Linn.) Sw., 9170: 
Canavalia turgida Grah., 9238: Cassia javanica Linn., 9296; C. ovcidentalis Linn., 
