13576. Pogonatherum paniceum (Leam.) Hock. Rather 
small tuftliets in shallow earth overlying sandstones elong ~ 
the Cataiigen creek at 760 feet; stems psle green, suberect, 
the older ones reclinste on the lower or down hill side; 
foliage pleasing green on both sides, membranous, horizontal- 
ly disposed, flat; spikes erect, the palea light green, the 
setae light bodious, very slender and flexible; roote 
numerous, fibrous; old leaves toward the base subpersistent; 
"Oban-oben" in Manobo. Cabedbaran, July, 1912. 
13577. Aspidopteris ovate (Tures.) M. & R. Climbing 
and twining among densely: wooded jungles along the wet grevel- 
ly soil banks of the Catsiigen creek at 1000 feet; stem 1/2 
to.1 inch thiek, flexible, repeetedly branched, terete; 
wood soft, odorless and without taste, the outer or sap- 
wood white, the inner yellowish portion very porous; berk 
greyish brown, thinly ebesied, thet on the branches smooth 
and dull green; branches very slender, somewhat drooping, 
forming interlaced masses; infrutescence terminal and sub- 
pendant, #11 the stelke green, the wings of the fruits pale 
green with derker green nerves. “Lampey" in Manobo. Ca- 
bedbaran, July, 1912. 
13376. Piper ministam Blm. Seandent along a stem 
of emali sized in stony soil fronting the jangled benke of 
the Gatangen creek st 1000 feet altitude; stem the size of 
an ordinary leedpencil, terete, crooked snd somewhat nodulose; 
wood Gingy white, soft, odorless, testeless or neerly so, 
porous and with redial merkings; berk brownish black, 
snootish or lenticelled, green on the drooping interlaced 
brenches; leaves descending, ehertaceour, flat. duller and 
deeper green above, the young ones much paler green; infru- 
teseence hanging from green peduncles, turning dull red; 
"Opoy" in. Maenobo. Cabedbaran, July, 1912. 
13380. Pieus gerecise Zlm. Crooked tree in wet stony 
soil of the densely wooded OCateligen creek benks at 1250 feet; 
trank 1.1/2 feet thick, erooked, terete, 30 feet high, with 
its main branches from the middle; vark thick, dirty brown 
ang moses covered, srooth, testacecyus except the epidermis; 
wood. soft, light, white, with conspicuous concentric rings, 
without odor or taste; branches widely spreading and freely 
rebrenched, the slenier twig ascendingly eurved; leaves 
from yellowish brown sscending petioles, horizontal, stallow- 
ly folded, tips recurved, coriaceous; fige upon very short 
occasionally branched tubercles from the larger branches, 
hanging apon yellowieh green, very flexible, terete 3 to 5 
inches long peduncles, globose, 1 1/4 inches in diameter, 
herd, light green, whitish spotted; florets dirty brown; 
bark with an abandant flow of latex; "Aganon" in Menobo. 
Cabadbaran, July, 1912. 

