; 13549. Antidesma agusanense Elm. n. Sp. Erect shrub 
in good humus covered Soil of a deeply wooded flat at 750; 
stem 2 inches thick, terete, Somewhat erooked, 10 feet high, 
branched from the middle; wood whitish, rather hard, without 
oder or taste; reddish toward the heart or center; bark 
very dull brown, Smooth or minutely checked; main branches 
divaricate, laxly rebranched; leaves subcoriaceous, 
horizontally Spreading, flat, Slightly darker green on 
the upper Side; Spikes green, ascending or horizontal, 
flexible, pale green, whitish, then roseous and finally 
atropurpureous, globose, 1/4 inch in diameter, juicy, bitterish 
Sour; "Mataindeo”™ in Manobo. Cabadbaran, August, 1912. 
16650.  Sterculia graciliflore perk. $traight tree 
in fertile moist 8011 of dense woods at 750 feet; trunk 1 
foot thick, terete, 35 feet high, branched toward the top 
only; wood soft, the white Sappy portion thin, otherwise 
nearly roseous, tasteless, Slightly odorous; bark thick, 
mottled, Smooth, latericiousS except the epidermis; main 
branches Spreading, crookedly and numerouSly rebranched, 
the lax twigs ascendingly curved; leaves also ascending, 
diverse in Size, Subchartaceous, conduplicate and with 
recurved apices, Slightly paler beneath, Spikes divaricate 
or Subpendant, lax or flexible, the pedicels greenish; 
flowers odorless, pendant, soft in texture, yellowish 
green except the atropurpureows perianth base on the inside 
and yellow Stamens; “Anitap" in Manobo. Gabadbaran, <ugust, 
1912.6 
13561. Calamus microcarpus Boece, Me Sp» A lofty 
tree climber in a moist forested er at 750 feet; stem 
& 
long and looping, no thicker than 1/2 inch toward the base, 
hard and green, the middle portion 11/2 inch thiek, 2 1/2 
at the leaf bearing portion; leaves alternatingly Scattered 
every 6 inches, 6 feet long or longer, the baSal 1 foot 
leafless, the ra@hie extended into a hooked dangling flagella, 
 peourved, leaflets Similarly recurved, shining green on 
both Sides and finely Spinescent on the upper, Submembranous; 
Sheath green but covered with a glaucous white layer densely 
ringed with spines even the Shoulder; infrutescence axillary, 
Strongly recurved, rather rigid, the 1 foot long peduncle 
well covered with dry sparsely Spinescent sheaths, the 
fruit bearing portion a yard long, main stalke green and 
curved; fruit pale green, globoesely ellipsoid, 1/3 inch 
dong; “Pagipi" in Manobo. Gabadbaran, August, 1912. 
15552.  Gouania microcarpa DC. . Glimbing upon trees 
and Sprawling over thickets in damp wooded flats at 750 
feet; stem 3 inches thick, long and looping, terete, 
numerouSly branched toward the top; wood soft, very porous, 
flavous throughout, bitterish, odorless, with an abundance 
of drinking water; bark relatively very thick, Smooth or 
only Shallowly checked longitudinally, the inner one half 
Bappy White, the middle region testaceous, the epidermis 
dark brown; branches long, repeatedly rebranched, flexible, 
forming dense interlaced masses, Smooth and brown, the 
twigs usually with tendril-like hooks or fasteners; the 
long free twigs drooping; leaves horizontal or descending, 
membranous, Goncave on the paler green nether side; 
inflorescence Scattered along the ends of the branchlets, the 
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