
quite conspieuous; bark smoothish, mottled, with latex; main 
brenches widely spreading, nunerously rebranched, forming a 
flattish crown; twigs subcrect, yellowish aray, ringed; 
leaves ascending or horizontal, Shallewly felded upon the 
upper dull deep green surface, paler beneath, veins whitish; 
fies aseending, in axillary pairs, upon 1 inch long subterete 
green Stalks thickened at both ends and provided with whitish 
Spote, triansulerly oboveidly globose, 1 inch long, bard, 
Shining, pale green and beautifully mottled with many minute 
and fewer much larger pink Smocth Spots; the Smooth umbilicus 
greenish white, ite inner copious bracts of the Seme color; 
flowers whitish; "Nonokenmaenalaki."” $Magellenes, May, 1910. 
1240686 Asenthus ilicifolius Linn, ‘Sprawling shrub 
jn Gorrel Soi] of well sheded mangrovet near the coast 
towards Ipil; stem terete, freely and creokediy branched, 
hard, green, lese then 1/2 inch thick, spinescent at the 
point of branching and at the insertion of the leaves; 
ultimete brenches ascending, eccaSionally provided with 
aerial roots; leaves rigid, ascending, bright Shining green 
above, paler beneath, the old ones thistle-like in Shape and 
Spines; the upper or younger enes entire; inflorescence erect; 
Galyx green, flowers suceulent, odorless, pale white, ascending; 
fruits sleo ateendine, elongeted ellipsoid, Shining green, 1 
inch long, subterete; “Lagoywoi.s" Magalianes, May, 1910. 
12409.  Neoliteesa videllii Merr. A rather Small tree 
in moist soil mixed with rocks on wooded northern hill Slopes 
near the coast toward Ipil; 6tem 9 inches thick, 25 feet 
high, rather crooked and "wadded"; branched toward the top; 
wood soft, yellowish white, odorless, Slightly bitter; bark 
brown, Smoothish; limbs widely @preading, the ultimate ones 
Slender, green, halt drooping with Suberect tips; leaves 
subchartaceous, curved upon the upper #ide, margin® wavy, 
glaucous green beneath, mottiy horizontal, the young ones 
pendwulows and very light green; inflorescence along the 
branchlets, yellowish green; "Sealingwak."  Megellanes, May, 
2910. 
12410. ydnocerpus oveidea Elm. Me 8p. Smali erect 
tree in moist stony sei] of wooded north hill Slope® near 
mangrove-swamps along the eoast toward Ipil; stem gx 6 inches 
thick, eubterete, branched above the middle; wood dingy 
white, rether herd, cderless and tasteless; bark thin, 
yellowish gray or mottled, smooth; branches spreading, freely 
rebranched: leaves coriaceous, descending and strongly 
recurved, twisted toward the apex, folded upon the upper 
Slightly greener side; flowers solitary, greenish, the 
young fruite oveidly ellipsoid 1/2 to 3/4 inch long, 
velvety dark brown or nearly black, l-celied (7) with 3 
Seeds; “lagtang.* Magallanes, May, 1910. 
12411. Sideroxylon stenophyllum Merr. large erect 
tree in moist soil of woods near Steep northern Slopes along 
the goast toward Ipil; etem 21/2 feet across, straight, 
terete, 60 or more feet high; branches toward the top, 
relatively short and ereokedly rebranched; wood moderately 

