the tip; dark green above, peler benesth; infloreseence 
of sereral spikes arising from the spex; spikes yellowish 
green, 1x, ueually descending; flowers odorless, erect, 
usuel in 2 to 3-clusters, the green subtending bract with 
a brown tip, the green ovary exposed end usually turning 
rea on the upper eide; corolla at least 1 inch long, yellow- 
ish green or more green at the clavate apex, the base 
conspicuously turgid at the pase, 6esegmented from the base, 
the spatulate segments strongly recurved, lesving the greene 
den filement free and erect; etyle and stigma of the same 
color; anthers creamy white: “Manego;" Todeys, September, 
1909. 
11748, Sestichis veatita Ames. Small loose clusters 
eneireling small ttee trunks 19 feet from the very wet 
densely forested soil at 3750 feet, south of the Baruring 
river; rootetock short ond sm connecting the soft whitish 
green pseudobulbs; steme strict, terete ascending, green, 
gradually thickened toward the base; leaves in pairs from 
the end of the stems, ascendingly recurved, coriaceous, 
light green on both sides inflorescence atronaly recurved 
or drooping, the terete spikes or rachis rather pale green; 
bracts and divericate pedicelles whitish; the odorless 
"monkey-faced"” flowere erect, of the same greenish white 
eolor except the upper reflexed light chocolate brorn 
germent; “Saromattalotong;" Todays, May, 1909, 
11749.  Galophyllum mindenaense @im. n. ap, Large 
tree in dense humid forests of wet fertile goil st 3750 
feet, south of the Seruring river; etem 60 feet high with 
a 3 foot thick stem, branched from the middle into main 
branches whose branchlets widely epread; wood moderately 
hard, white at least on the outside, odorless and tasteless; 
bark brown, grayish mottled on the branches, emoothish ; 
xx leaves descending, folded on the upper much deeper 
green surface, recurved especially the tips; chartaceous; 
infruteseent etalke secending, yellowish green, 6 inches 
in length; or less fruits globose, olive green, V2 to 3/4 
“Gnoh in diameter; “Bitauog;" Todays, September, 1909, 
LL 7Hhs Blatoatema philippinense Bim. n,. 8p. in 
rich humus covered moist soil of dense woods at 3750 feet, 
gouth of the Baruring river; stem ascendingly recurved, 
reclining and sparingly branched at the pase, terete, dull 
green, succulent; lesflets membranous, horizontally apresad- 
ing, flat, dull deep green above, much paler beneath; inflo- 
rescence greenish white, slong the upper side of the stem 
in the leaf axile; "Redar;" Todaya, September, 1909. 
11752. ,Memecylon venoesum Herr. free-lLike shrub, 15 
feet high,in moist rich soil of dense forests at 4000 feet: 
etem 5 inches thick, branched from the middle; branches 
divaricate, rather slenderly rebrench ed, wood edorless and 
tasteless, ssppy white, quite hard, brittle; bark minutely 
week checked longitudinally, yellowish gray; twice green, 
norizontel er descending, eteen, ridged; leaves descendingly 
curved, chartaceous, shining deeper green on the upper more 
ox leas convex surface; inflorescence mainly along the branch- 
Lets, erect, upon green square stalks; flowers with a slight 
"“@love-odor", azure blue, deciduous; “Timbaras;" Todays, 
September, 1909. 
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