and crookedly rebranched, the twigs slender and green, 
often descending; leaves coriaceous, strongly recurved 
and thickly coriaceous, conduplicate, much paler green 
beneath; pedicels and calyx green, fruits yellowish 
but turning bright red when mature; “away" in Manobo. 
Gabadbaran, “eptember, 1912s 
13679. Fomes williampii (Murr.,) Bres, Upon the 
lower Side of a large Snag partly decayed, scattering and 
mostiy near the ground, in a humid forested depression 
at 5500 feet between Duros and Cawilanan; plates very 
vigid and tightly attached, divaricate, black and rugosely 
ringed or marked upon the upper Side which is conspicuously 
Sunken and filled with humus and water the lower hard and 
very Smooth surface ater color; plates Shorter than long, 
from 6 inches to 2 feet wide (attached to its host its 
full width); “Daudama" in Manobe. . Gabadbaran, September, 
1912. 
15680. Vatica mindanensis Foxwse Ms Sp... Small or 
middle Sized tree upon a very Steep forested incline of 
moist rich Soi] in a depression at 4500 feet, between 
Duros and Cawilanan; stem subterete, 1 1/2 foot in diameter, 
45. feet high or less, branched toward the top; wood 
moderately soft, odorless but bitter, cremeus, duller in 
the center which is also harder, the middle portion contains 
Some viscid juice; bark mostiy Smooth, grayish to brown, 
the inner portion of the Sapwood eolor; main branches 
Spreading, Busakaky crookedly rebranched, the ultimate 
ones numerous and Suberect; leaves horizontal or descending, 
Goriaceous, Strongly felded and recurved, Slightly paler 
beneath, midvein yellowish; infrutescence chiefly terminal 
or Subterminal, the lax branches yellowish brown, ascending, 
the fruits subpendant, calyx bases yellowish green, wings 
of the Game color but with age and exposure turning nearly 
atropurpureus, ovary or young fruit green; “Liloan" in 
Manobo. Cabadbaran, September, 1912. 
13681. .Fieus repandifolia Him, Small tree-like 
Shrub in humus covered fertile soil of a steep densely 
wooded depression at 3500 feet or between the peaks of | 
Daros and Jawilan; Stem 5 inches thiek, terete but crooked, 
20 feet high cr less, branched from the middle or below 
it; wood soft, Sappy white, concentrically ringed, 
odorless and tasteless, bark mottled, smooth, ochroleucous 
in the middle, the inner side whitish and with latex; 
main branches widely Spreading and crookedly rebranched; 
twigs few, ascending, Slender; leaves coriaceous, radially 
Spreading and pendant aS in certain Araliaceae plants, 
Shallowly curved upon the upper much darker green surface, 
tips abruptly recurved, veins beneath much paler green; 
fruits clustered from stem and larger branches, pendant 
from Short woody tubercles; stalks flexible, green as are 
the nearly globo8e receptacles; flowers dull red; "Libtuhan" 
in Manobo; Gabadbaran, September, 1912. pe 

