12584, Mellotus odoratus Blm, ny 8p, Shrub 7 1/2 
feet high, usually in elueters from few to several stems 
from 1 to 2 inches thiek; branches from below the middle, 
freely and laxly rebranched; wood soft, whitish, without 
odor or taste; berk grayish mottled, smooth or finely 
lenticelled, rather brittle, creen beneath the epidermis; 
leaves horisontsl or chiefly descending, ample, diverse 
in Sise, Submembranons, nearly flat, usually twisted toward 
the recurved apex; inflorescence green, erect or suberect, 
the yellowish odorless flowers caducous; "Somau.” Puerto- 
Princesa, February, 1911. 
12585. Diclipterea clarkei Elms. ms 8p. Suffrutescent 
perennials, 1 to 6 feet high; stems less than 1/2 inch thick, 
dark green, Smooth, nodulose at the joints, oeocasionaliy 
branched from near the base but ueusally only short branched 
at the top; leaves diverse in size, flat, submembranous, 
paler beneath; the pair of floral bracts mostly horizontal, 
flat, the marginal portion deeper green, the upper one a 
trifle larger, closely enclo®ing the delicate corolla tube 
which 16 whitish; the 2 corolla lips widely divergent, the 
upper one spottedly streaked on the ventral Side; stamens 
and Styles similarly purplish blue, eS8pecisily the anthers, 
"Lelatoks" # Puerto«Princesa, Pebruary, 1911. 
12566. WYeliola ealiena “yds Chiefly along the under 
side of the second year old branchlets of a Macaranga 
. g the irregular cclonies becoming contiguous, deep 
coal black, a Sort of velvaty to touch, not easily rubbed 
off; "During." Brooks Point, Meh, 1911. 
12589. Hiptage pinnate Slim. ns 8p. Seandent in woods 
ef half swempy @oil et 25 feet altitude; stem terete, 1 to 
3 inehes thick, Subtwining, wltimately laxly rebranched; 
wood pale white, tough, fibrous, without odor, slightly 
Sweet; bark brown, minutely lenticelied; leaves descending, 
the young ones light green, the o14 one® similarly dark 
green on both sides, eublucid above, chartaceous, descending 
and folded on the upper side, tips twistingly recurved; 
_ inflorescence upon leafless branches; rachis suberect, 
pedicels ascending, both pale sreen; gland surface reddish 
brown, upon the upper side of the flower; calyx greenish 
and with a very Slight purple tinge; corolla white, also. 
tinged with the game color, the basal portion of the banner 
light yellow; anthers of the sume yellow color, filements 
white, style greenish; flowers early falling, sweetly 
fragrant; “fageloos." Brook® Points, February, 1911+ 
12590. PiSonia umbelliferum (Poret.) Seem, Small 
erect tree in black fertile seil of woods at 25 feet altitude; 
stem 6 inches thick or twice as thick, 20 to 30 feet high; 
main branches from below the middle, ascending, ultimately 
numerousSly and crookedly rebranched; wood very soft and 
Goarsely fibrous, dingy yellowish white throughout, odorless, 
nearly testeless; bark yellowish gray mottled, Smocth, thin; 
twigs soft, the younger ones greenish; leaves heavy, ascending, 
leathery, lucid on the upper more or iess folded surface, 
paler beneath; inflorescence erect, pale green including the 
csélyx, corolla bud angular and yellowish, the upper Side of 
the 5 segments white; filaments, style with a brusSh-like 
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