11704 Gyrtendyrs decussata Kim. te Spe  Joarse 
@ucenlent herde in aciet fertile humus exug covered S011 of 
densely wooded flats at 4000 feet; stem terete, less than 
1/2 inch thick, reclining, wltimately erect or suberect, 
sparingly branched, dull greeny leaves horizontally Spreading, 
filet, rigidly coriaceous, deep green above, much lighter or 
yellowish green benesth, the petiole ané termine) portion of 
the stem dark brown, the veine appear darker green from the 
upper ®ide; flowers chiefly in the old leaf axils along the 
stem near the ground, in omeli clusters; calyx Soft in texture, 
divericate frem the stem, areen and turning reddish brown; 
gorolla soft, nearly 2 inches in fuli length, the besal 1/5 
tubular, otherwise saccate, the 5 Seanents rotately 6preading; 
Todaye, September, 1909. 
 -*41705. ‘richosporum philippinen®is (C1k+) O« Ks "Papole" 
Glimbing about tree trunks of dense forests eat 4000 feet, 
toward Heinit creck. ‘Todays, September, 1909. 
L1L706+ Argostenma quadripetala Elate "Tas ie«tapong pang 
Todays, September, 1909. 
11706. Calanwe melanorhynchuS Bece.e Ne SP. looping 
lofty tree climber in dense humid forests at 4000 feet, south 
of the Gibuler river; old stem smooth, hard, green, 8/4 inch 
thick, the leaf bearing portion 2 1/2 inches thick; leaves 
alternetingly scattered along the upper 1/3 length, escendingly 
recurved, 6 feet iong, the basal foot or 8o leatless; the 
(peduncle) petiole fist on the upper Bide, convex below, 1 
inch wide at the base, more spinescent beneath: leaflets 
strongly recurved, Shining on beth sides, somewhat peler green 
beneath, the mergin® more or 1es6 recurved or eubinvolute, or 
turned downward, subchartaceous; flagella 25 feet long, 
suboppesite the leaves, roundly flattened toward the base, 
terete otherwise, especially strongly hooked along the lower 
Side, except toward the base, drooping; old persistent — 
inflorescence sinilerly drooping end upon equally long Stalke 
arising neerly opposite the leaves; the hanging branches 
bearing the spikes nearly smooth, about 3 feet apart; the 
lower one arising 10 feet from the base of the flagella, wax 
$ to 6 feet long, the uppermost ones only & foot long; Sheath 
éerk green densely covered with 1 inch Jong or 1ese Stout 
flattened brown spines more or less horisontelly errang od; 
"“Delimban;*  Todaya, June, 19096 
41709.  Melicle amphitricha fr. on leaves of a 
Legumineus tree number 11710 collected in dense humid forests 
at 4000 fect; more or less irreguleriy circular patches or 
colonies on the lower side, the mycelium very fine and 
black, the Spore cases appearing darker bleck, penelly 
Seattered throughout the eentral region; “Satekdin;" 

