13453, Gnetum istifolium Blm,. ‘eandent apen jungies 
end woods of the eravelly or stony banke of the Catafigan 
ereck at 1000 feet altitude; wood porous, yellowish, in 
3 or 4 wide concentric portions, pith large; bark roughened, 
neerly black, yellowish beneath the epideruis, yellowish 
and lenticelled on the branches; stem when old 2 inches thick, 
bendable, checurcly angular, looping; branches Slenier, the 
free portions hanging, flexible, nodulomey densely brown len« 
ticelled; twigs descending, green; leaves thinly coriaceous, 
mach derker areen on the upper folced surface, very Smooth and 
shining on the upper side et lesst; diverse inbise; infru- 
tegecenee lateral or leaf opposed or in their axilea; 6 to 16 
ineher long, drooping, branched from near the base, the 
Stalks pale green, very flexible, earticwlate; frnite pale 
miniatus, 8/4 inch long, ellipsei@, the false atipe of the 
game color; "Dadaotun”® in Menobo; ‘Sabadbaren, August, 191R. 
16454, Nemclee media Hav, Very @lender trees in or 
slong the Catnfienn oreek bed from 500 to 15060 feet altitude; 
stem 8 inches thick, 35 fect high, streight, terete, branched 
from the middle; wood sappy white, moderately soft, odorless 
and tasteless; bark Interiecius exeept the smooth whitish 
surface: branches aseending, @paringly rebranched, the green 
twigs suberect; leeves horizontel or ascending, thinly co- 
vieceous, darker green above, the prominent nerves beneath 
often turning red; flowering head 2 to 3 inches aeress, gio- 
bese, whitish exeept tho greenich corolla segnents and the 
more yellewish receptacle, algghtly fetid, deciduons; fruits 
concrete, the individual sears green with brown borders, 
1 1/8 ineh seposs, irregularly globose; "Palefiglitan" in 
Menobe; Cabadberan, Auguet, 15912. 
13465,  ‘Seovrinege acuminatiesina C, 2. Rob. Smali 
trec~like shrub in sandy or srevelly @o11 of the Catangan 
areok bed et 1060 fect altitude; stem @ inches thick, 10 
feet high, branched from below the mid@le; woed soft, white, 
odorless, nearly taeteless; bark brown, minutely cheeked, 
amooth on the divaricete brenches which ere freely rebranched 
horizontally; twigs very slonder, twistingly ridged; leaves 
submembrancus, comiuplicete, with recurved apex, Subgleuces< 
@ent green benesth; flowers odorless, greenish yellow, the 
anthers deep yellow; “Catamengan" in Manobo; CGabedbaran, 
duguet, 1912. 
13456. Dracontomelum dac (Sieo,.) Me & Re Large tree 
in wet more or less stony or gravelly @oi1 slong the dense) y 
wooded Gatafigen ereek banks at 1000 fect; stem & to 3 feet 
thiek, terete, rather streight, 40 to 60 fert high, mostly 
branched toward the top, wadded et the base, branches spreed- 
ing, mite long, freely rebranched,the twige suberect; leaves 
abundant, horizontal, lesflete charteceous, mergine undulste 
or apex twistinagly reeurved, thinly chertaceous, darker green 
on the upper necrly flat surfece; infrutescent spikes ascend~ 
ing, arising from the terminal leaf axils, 6 inches long, 
very Speringly short rebrenched; green fruits flatly globose, 
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