up to 10 feet high, geldom rebranched, 1/2 inch thick, 
the old leafless portion brown and angular, the leaf bear- 
ing portion green and aleo angular by the decurrent leaf 
bases, bendable; leaves alternatingly scattered, rather 
slose towerd the flower bearing top, few to even several 
inches apart down toward the basal leaf bearing portion, 
horizontally spreading, quite rigid and coriaceous, nearly 
flat but gradually recurved toward apex, much paler green 
beneath, thoge without pitches bearing a wiry tendril once 
or twice curved toward or at the apex; stalk as long as 
a yerd* in length, hanging, rather straight, euite rigid, 
terete, gradually thickened from leaf tip towerd pitcher, 
green and tinged with red; pitcher inclining or nearly 
horigontal, me ellipsoid, 6 inches long er lees, dull 
purple 911 over except the atropurpureus blotches on the 
inside, winged along the upper side, the opening also on 
the upper side with the folded lid nearly erect; spike 
terminal and erect, 211 the stalke green, segments green- 
igh on the outside, the upper side and stemineal tube 
dark purpureus, bude green, anthers light yellow, flowers 
odorless, “Lapsay” in Manobe. Cabadbaran, September, 1912, 
23907. Piles lusonensis Verr, A low suffrutescent 
plant in a wet densely forested fiat, in eteny soil near 
* lagoon cslled by the natives Danou at 5000 feet; stem 
a yard high, quite rigid and essily bresking, green, 
ringed at the nodes and ewollen between them, branched; 
branches horizontelly spreading; leaves descending, pleas- 
ing green, flat, coriaceous, but paler benesth, the terminal 
ones usually larger, flowers scattering from the leaf 
axile, psle white except the greenish stolke, easily break. 
ing; "Momogasag" in Manobe. Cabadbaran, September, 1912. 
13708. FPwrocris urdanetense Sim. n. #p. Bpiphytic 
upon snags in very humid forested basin of lagoon, . 
"“Danao” at 8000 feet, 6 feet off the very wet more or less 
etony soil; stem 1 inch thick, terete, branched from near 
the base; wood soft, whitish, with a brown pith, covered 
with emooth light yellowi ah gray bark; branches sprend- 
ing, dreeping, 1 to 2 or even 3 feet long, sparingly 
rebranched; leaves descending, flat or tips recurved, 
eoriaceaus, much lighter green benesth, the ends of the 
branchlets green; fruiting hesds axillery, 1/2 inch across, 
whitieh and succulent, the minute brown seeds sunken in 
upon the outside of the fleshy receptacles or in the 
opt eae "Pering" in Manobo. Cabadbaran, September, 
z ar 
13709, Bhodomyrtus surgeoense Tlm. n. sp. Rigid 
shrub among the other interlaced jungles of 2 mossy ridge 
at 5500 feet of mount Uaeay; stem few inches thick, 15 
feet long, branched toward the top mainly, erooked and 
subterete; wood hard covered with smooth grayish white 
bark, whitish on the outside, brownish or reddish brown 
toward the center; twige rather lax, secendingly curved; 
leaves coriaceous, ascending and recurved, slightly paler 
beneath; flowers subpendant, calyx with pedicel elaucous 
green or sanescently #0, petale and filaments rose red, 
anthere Light yellow; "Dayopod" in Manobo, Cabadbaran, 
September, 1912, 
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