11676.  Qneosperma horrida Scheff. Slender tree in 
or on @ foreate?e ridge at S500 feet on the Talon side of the 
mountain range: stem 6 inches at the base, 5 inches at the 
top, at least 55 feet high, more or less wavy; Sap-wood 
reddish brown, hard, comparatively thin, odorless 4 tasteless, 
the balance fibrous and pulpy, lighter in eclors; sheath 3 
feet long, Slightly maa ewollen, densely covered with brown 
spines, otherwise glauceasently areen; bark smooth, grayioh 
white, the dense rings toward the top beset with wevy deflexed 
fiattened grayish brown or neerly black spines avereging 1 1/2 
inch long; leaves spreading, somewhat recurved, 12 foet lone: 
petiole short, usually expanded toward the base; rachia 
tened, beset with dark marcon brown er nearly black spines 
on both sides below the middle; leaflets slightly descending 
gorrugated, abruptly redueed and extended nearly to the base, 
eoneave on the lower peler green aide especially towerds the 
base, tough and quite rigid; infrutescence hanging, upon 6 
inghes long broad much flattened peduncle arising from below 
the sheaths, the peduncle is 4 inches wide at the base, spiny 
on beth aides between the sheath sears; branches green, terete, 
wavy, 1/2 ineh thick towerd the base, averaging ) feet long, 
the larger ones branched near the bese; fruite 4/4 ineh thick, 
globose, hard, dark green or dark brown, shining; young 
flowers inelosed in a flattened double spineseent sheath, 
pale yellow, much twisted; "Panaian;" Todaya, May, 1909. 
11677. Fleetocomia Simerii Beec. ne BP. Large tree 
@limber in jungles of dense woods en a ridge or along streanlets 
at S000 feet e11 the faion side ef the mountain renge; old 
Stem yellowish green or when yeung glaucous green, terete, 
hard, smooth, rigid, 2 te 3 inehes thick; the leaf bearing 
portion 4 Inches thiek at least: Leaves alternatingly seattered, 
every foot or 86, asecendingly recurved, 12 feet long, terminated 
by at least 7 feet lone hooked rachie: petiole & feet long, 
glaucous gxreen alone the smooth under side, widely arcoved on 
the upper, provided with yellowish spines elong the edges; 
. Leaflets in groupe, twisted and ascending from the yellowish 
betes, strongly recurved, similerly deep green on both siden, 
tough not rigid; rachis grooved along the upper side, convex 
beneath, hooked ite full lenath, otherwise amooth; bheathe, 
glaucous green, smocth except the margins of the "\v"+shaped 
LAK GLIt Sheath or etipule; infruteseoence terminal, smocth, 
10 feet long, the lower branches arising from the uppermost 
SHaller leave estealke 3 feet long, few-brunched and ascending 
from near the base; the branchlets pendulous, evenly provided 
with braets and fruite; fruite flattish giobose, 1 inch across 
finely bractoante, the short pedicel and bracts persiatent; 
pietil also persistent; "Sueang." Todaya, June, 1909. 
11878. Galemus megzaphyllus Beeee My. BPs In open light 
wooded bunches at Socn feet or the Zalon site of the mountain 
renge; stem 1 1/2 inches thiek at the leaf bearing portion, 
smaller toward the base; leaves 1 foot apart, alternate, 
divaricate or only @lichtly eseendingly reeurved, 5 feet 
long, terainated inte a densely hooked subpendulous 4 feet 
long rechis, leaflets irresulerly clustered, extending clear 
to the base, svublucid on both sides, gracefully recurved, 
Gimilerly pale green on both sides, smooth, tough not rigid, 
sonvex on the under side; rachis sharply spiny, the upper 

