15442,  4nisomeles indies (Linw.) Kits, Dense masses 
in leote more or less sandy 201) ef shruberice or light 
woods at 500 fect slong the Minupvuafig river; stems subre- 
elining at bage, branched ell alone, 1/2 inch thiek, ereen, 
anguler, with a pithy central maem; branches divarieste 
ani snberect ultimately, only speringly rebranched; leaves 
lisht green, the upper one® ascending and eondiuplieate, 
paler beneath, membrencous, the elder or larger ones dese 
eending; flowering epikos erect, bracts and calyx pals 
areen, the terminal portion of the lower lip noerly lilacinus, 
otherwise the florel organs are whitish exeept the atro- 
violaceous: anthers; "Sawalig-sewang" in Menoho; Cabadbaran, 
August, 1912, | : 
15444, Pothoidium lobbianum Schott. #ightly olimb- 
ing aleng Suberect tree trunks in open raving of fertile 
@oil at 500 fect altitude; atem 1/2 inch thiek, slightly 
Zigzag by the olf leaf Sears, smoeth, greenish, freoly taking 
roots slong the under side, rebranehed toward the tep or 
15 feet from the ground; branchiete descending, teugh, 
sparingly branched, heavy, leavers sieo descending, tough, 
derk or dull green execpt the light terminal or young ones, 
curved upon the lower side, {the cemented tipe curved 
upon the upper side) fruits hencing, the ultimate @etalke 
frait bearing and ateenéingly curved, 811 the @talke dark 
green, the receptacle derker green; fruite yellow with 
greon apex, dark ruber when ripe, less than 1/2 ineh lenz, 
more or les® angelar and subtruneate at ends; “Paco-aolafig- 
an" in Manobo; Gabedharan, 4“uguety 1912. 
18446, Piper albidivemum 7{6}) GG. D0, ‘twining and 
sprawling ever thickets elong the wooded banks of the Ca~ 
tangan ereek 2t 750 feet, im wet gravelly seil; stem sub- 
terete, crooked and coduless, branched et the top or 15 
feet from the ground, 3/4 ineh thick, bendable; wood porous 
eng with marked radiations, pith lerse ané brown, without 
odor -or taste; bark blackish brown, minutely cheeked long- 
itudinally; branches esreen, divericate or in whorls, sub- 
pen@ant; leaves Sinilarly spreading, subcherteceous, deeper 
areen on the upper more or less curved eurface; terminal 
brects pele green, much compressed, very strongly recurved; 
Spike arising eppesite the terminal leet, ereet upons green — 
terete 1 inch long Stalk, fruiting portion @ inehes long, 
weuslly curved and tapering toward the apex; pele red 
‘when mgtures "Macege" in Manobo,  Cabadharan, August, 
1918. 
12448,  fHmrrisenia eitrinsecarpa Elm nm. 6p. “nbs 
candent and Spré@wling Shrub in the densely weeded banks cof 
sand gravelly Soi) slong the Catangen ereek at 1000 feet; 
stem terete, 2 inches thick, branched toward the top; wood 
soft, with e large pith, Slightly reddish tinged; bark 
gray or dirty brown end scaling in thin pletes, rather thiok 

