11748. Tectaria malayensis (Christ.}) Copel. Coarse 
elumps in rich moist humus covered 8011 ef deep forests at 
S500 feet, south of the Baruring river; rootstock a foot 
high, 2 inches thick at least; Stipes several, 2 to 6 feet 
long, erect, quite rigid, brown, subterete, covered with 
dirty brown seales; frend recurved, about a& long, a8 the 
etipe; pinules flat, horizontal, recurved toward the tips, 
submembranons, dark green above, paler beneath, the maroon 
colored inclusive with grayish white margins; (most of the 
fronds appear sterile, a few entirely or nearly so fertile) 
*ororawoi." Todaya, September, 1909. 
11744. ‘Mngelhardtia apoensis Himes Ds Sp. A 60 foot 
high tree or higher on fertile forested ridge south of the 
garuring river at S75¢ feet; stem 3 1/2 feet in diameter 
with ite mein branches erising from above the middle and 
widely apreading! brenchlets horizontally spreading, flexible, 
the tips usvelly eseending; leaves ample, horizontally 
recurved, the petiole end terminal portion of the twig 
light rusty yellow or brown; lesflets descendingly recurved, 
conduplicate, on the upper much deeper green jucid surface, 
submembranous; peduncle also rusty brown, the green fruits 
covered with similarly cclored hairs, the papyreceous wings 
yellowish white; wood seft, white at least op the outside, 
odorless and tasteless; bark reddish beneath, yellowish 
brown lengitudinelly cheeked epidermis, gray and smocthish 
en the branches; "“Tupisan," fodeya, September, 1909. 
11745. Athyriun fraxinifelium (Presl) 71114, 
ferrestrial tufte in moist rich seil of dense woods at 
3760 feet, south of the Saruring river; rootatoek suberect, 
a half foot lene, 1 te 2 inches thiek; stipe erect or 
escending, subterete, shallowly grooved along the upper 
side, dull green, soft in texture, 5 feet long, only at 
the base covered with brown sesles, leas than 1/2 inch 
-thiek; fronds at least as long as their Stipes, strongly 
recurved; the flat pinnae chartacecus, much lighter or 
yellowish so beneath; “Libagod;*  Todaya, September, 1909. 
11746.  Hiletostemma philippinense Films te Sp» pense 
masses encireling @mall tree trunke about 6 feet from the 
moist humus covered soil of dense forest® at 3750 Leet, 
auawkk south of the Baruring river; steas branched, 1/2 ineh 
thiek, smooth, dark green, terete, succulent, well interlaced, 
the ultimete branchlets ascendingly curved; Leaves ascending 
or horizontal, flet, soft membranous, deep green above 
much lighter beneath; bracts and suberect axillary rather 
emell infloresecent clusters pale green; rere! "Pladar;" 
fodaya, September, 1909. 
L747. Yoranthus? saccatus Blm, nu. SP. Epiphytic 
upon limbs of a medium sized Litsesn species in very humid 
densely forested flats at 3750 feet, south of the Baruring 
river; stem hard, rigid, more or less creeping slong the 
‘Jams; terete, 3/4 inch thick or less, ultinately thickened 
(from 1 to 3 inches) and giving rise to several Spreading 
branches % to 5 feet long; branches only Sparingly rebranched, — 
rigid and hard; wood white, odorless and tasteless; bark 
brown, smooth or minutely checked; leaves rigidly coriaceous, 
horizontal or slightly downwardly curved, especially toward 
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