12637. taestedia festive Syd. nov. Spec. Upon the 
upper Side of Gratean leaves number 12656; Girenlar spots 
barely vieible from the lower Side, Shining blackish brown 
in the early state, ultimately turning dry and straw color 
except the dark brown rim on the outside next to the green 
leat portion; the globose Spore cases Gmail and grouped 
in the contral portion, “Boletag." Srooks Point, February, 
191]. (HoSt;- Sumbeviofsis albicans (Blas) Js Sme) 
12639, Litsea hutchinsonli Merr. Slender erect tree 
in moist half sandy soil in woods bordering Small marshes 
at 25 feet;. stem 7 inches thick, 25 feet high, not terete; 
wood soft, odorless and tasteless, yellow except the sappy 
white outside; bark smocthish, mottled; branches from the 
middle, divericately Spreading, quite slender and laxly 
rebranched; the arayieh brown twigs suberect; leaves 
horiszontel, coriaceous, flat, dull green above, much lighter 
green beneath, the veins benesth yellowish; inflorescence 
auberect, yeliowish green execpt the yellow odorless flowers 
fruit less than 1/2 inch thick, subglebose or very short 
ellipseid, claret color when mature; "Boringau.e" Brooks 
Point, Fepruary, 1911+ 
12644. Yoiyslthia klemmei Blms Me Spe Small erect 
tree in 801i] mixed with sand and fine gravel of woods bordering 
a Smell swamp at 20 feet elevation; stem 6 inches thick, 
terete, 26 feet high; main brenches from below the middie, 
divaricate, freely rebranched, the ultimate ones Slender 
and lax; wood moderately soft, odorless and tasteless, yellow 
exeopt the thin sapwood; grained semewhet like maple wood; 
bark Smooth, brown and gray mottled; leaves horizontal, upon 
ascendingly curved yoliewish brown petioles, subchartaceous, 
flat, much paler green beneath, the veins yellowish green; 
flowers fragrant, axillary end solitary mostly, pendant; 
@alyx green, thick; the 6 petals creamy white, Succulent, the 
inner 3 Similar in Shape only shorter, stamens and pistiis 
of the Same color; young fruits davk green and minutely 
yellowish green spotted, 1/2 inoh long, ellipsoid; “Alisneat." 
when ripe 2 1/2 ¢m@ long. Brooks Point, February, 1911. 
12645. Orophea palawanense ims Ne SPs Slender 
erect tree in black humus eovered more or less Sand mixed 
Soil in dense woods near half mengreve swamps at 20 feet 
altitude; stem 6 inches thick, 25 feet high, not terete, 
branehed above the middle; wood rather hard, dingy yellow 
throughout, without taste or odor; bark emoothish, yellowish 
aray; branches divaricate, Slender, freely rebranched, the 
ultimate ones Smooth deep brown, and lax; leave® horizontal 
subcoriaceous, flat with abruptly recurved tips, deep dull 
green above, paler green beneath, young leaves purplish red; 
inflorescence nearly edorless, ascending or divaricately 
spreading, Stelks reddish; flowers subpendant upon recurved 
pedicels; calyx green; center 3 petals calyx~like and 
reddish tinged, the inner 6 yellowish green, smooth below 
the middle, the recurved portion Strongly rugule; Stamens 
yellow, pistils yellowish; "fabingalang." Brooks Point, 
February, 1911+ . 

