anthers yellow; "“Sigumbidan” in Manobo, Cabadbaran, 
August, L912. 
13573, Ciesue trifoliate (L.) S¢h.  Sesndent and 
sprawling over jungleer of lisht or seeoendary woeds in very 
humid fist of o fine grevelly atream bed st 750 feet; stem 
irregularly flattened, very flexible, 3/4 inch wide, obe~ 
eurely fluted on each side toward the thinner ede; woody 
tissue greenish on the outside, more white toward the 
large pith, odorless snd tasteless; bark light ardesinue, 
smooth or minutely shredded, green immediately beneath 
the epidermis; branchlets long, green, corisceous, droop. 
ing: leaflets aleo coriaceous, shining and deeper green on 
the upper folded side, recurved, upon green snd ascending 
petioles; infruteseence pendent fvom opposite the leaves, 
6 inehee lone, the stalke pale green, the juicy and globose 
1/3 inch thick immature fruite watery white; "Nagignic" 
in Manobo;flowers greenish, the whole inflorescence very 
soft and delicate in texture. Cabadbaran, August, 1912. 
15574, Tabernsemontansa cordate Yerr, ChrubelLike 
tree in finely gravel or sandy soil of creek beda in # 
humid wooded flat at 750 feet; stem 4 inches thick, aub- 
terete, crooked, 10 ta 15 feet high, branched from below 
the middle; wood sappy white, quite odorless and tasteless, 
eoft; bark emooth or minutely cheeked, roughened with 
exerescences, yéllowieh, with an ample flow ef latex; branches 
widely epreading, laxly rebranched, the fine and slender 
twigs ascending; leaves horizontally spreading, slightly 
recurved, eubcoriaceous, paler green teneath; flower cluster 
from the Leaf axile on the upper aide of the leaves and 
etem, spreading horizontally, or the green pedicels ascend. 
ing; bude and corolla tube yellowichh areen, segments snow 
white; Tlowere deciduous and odorless; “Alibotbot" in 
Manobo. Gabsdbaran, August, 1912. 
13575, Segonia sordidissima Mim. n. @p. Sugculent 
tufts in damp loose earth of heavily wooded steep embank- 
ments or slides at 750 feet: stem 1/2 inch thick, creepine 
or Teclining, sparingly branched; greenish or bodius brown; 
petiole ascending, similar in color, terete; blades corinne 
eeous, Cescending or turned and twisted go aa to seaure 
the most of light, flat, parisinus¢reen above, much paler 
beneath, veine beneath occasionally reddish; peduncle 
axillary, latericius, succulent, erect, branched at the 
top; bude pink flowers whitish except the yellow anthers, 
wings of capsule pale green; “Calohoglohog” in Manobo, 
Larger stems much curved and forming b¥anched interleced 
waesses; the plant also likes~ to inhabit roeke lying well 
suken in the humus covered soil. Cabadbaran, August, 1912. 
13576. Fhyllenthus verrucogue Ylm. n, ap. Urect 
annual or biennial herbs in moist black soil among river 
stemes slong the Minusuang at 750 feet; stem strict, very 
emooth, yellowish green, from a foot to a yard high, the 
longer ones branched from near the base; roots fibrour and 
profuse; lLesves ascending, and recurved, membranous; flat 
leaflets similarly disposed, pale green, suger subglaucous 
beneath; the mite flowers pendent slong the lower side of 
the rachis, whitish with yellow anthers: capsule also pendant, 
flattish globose, yellowish green; "Fayog* in Nenobo. 
Gabadbaran, Getower, 1912, 
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