LGB1l1.s Galaqus mont saan wendls A Jeoping tree 
limber in dense woods of « very Bieep Qnoline ner a creek 
bottem at 1780 feat, Stem elencer areen, averrging 1 ingh 
thiezk, long and even, ite nod es amceth; leafy pertion at least 
2 inches thick; @hesth very dark arcen, previded with promis- 
auously senttere: flrt 1/2 ingh lene dirty brown spines; pte 
dungle 6 inches long, flat, spiny only elonz the edges, the 
thickened shoulder apiny only slong the meregine] sides; femme 
& feet lang, horizontal and recurved; chartacec as leaflet [8 also 
reeurved, palir upon the nether coneave side; dangling rechie 
about 28 long ae the leaf and stronely hee 6 leaves alter- 
et 9 inehes. or more; 2 veseence paniculeate, 3 
alternetingiy branched from near the base, 
1 Bhenthe® @pinoscent; young nutes pale green, 
natives eey it ie © first-class rattan, ITrosin, 
July, 1916. 
16846, Celanese bela er ROO. Small tree elimber 
in woods elong a wet stream bank et 1090 feet facing the 
Peeific. Sten not lone ot jn at oh inch ‘hie, the greater 
portion sheath covered pew Ly Afe sherth 
Ver; dark green, benet irs gently Merk er deap 
peddish brown flattened spinee “6/4 tnah pig or shorter; leaves 
slternating every 7 inches, horizontel and sivongly recurved, 
& te & feot long; petiole 1 feot lone more or less, compressed, 
Spiny Blong the upper side end along the lower edges, at the 
hese with a gonepicucus piny shoulder; leaflets chartuceous, 
etrongly requrvec, pale greqn but @specially beneath; hooked 
Slagellse arising 3 he axzile of the leaves or nesr if, much 
longer then the Leaves, ascending a bee the base, dangling other~ 
wiee; infruteseence fro. ¢ the Jesf exile, 16 feet long, 
aprewling anons other ciate. yy haneitne: Branches lax, widely seat- 
tering, rebrenched; mute shert ellipsoid or subslobose, 3/8 
ingh long, with a dull brown point, otherwise dark green; 
' Trosin, Augue 't, 1916. 
16868, Thelasia Gerinéte Ble, Small elumpe on Limbe 
of trees in woods silent « ridge at 1500 feet. Leaves oisi-« 
-Ormly Glustered st the tare, coriaceous, usually reeurved anc 
eoanwhn ” gli & trifle paler phe beneath; flowering s@alke 
pris, ascend 4 pile green, terete, the 
s portion 8tro ging an the inner floral 
aune "the out ro) onesa yellowish areen, angular acd 
cusmertae’¢ he if Gloseds; Iresin, August, 1916. 
166716 Galamnus dieecelor Mart, looping in jJungled 
woods of a ridge at 2000 fect, Sten 5/6 inch thick, auli 
green; @heathed portion twice a8 thick, densely covered with 
yellowish brown needle-like apince verylinge from 1/2 to 2 
lens, @y more in the axile and aergine of the sheulder; 
2 VOL ne 6 or mere inches; the 1 1/2 feet leng 
petiole sseending or dive Png 1/2 neh wide, comprested, 
brown on the lower Side sharply eping alens the upper side 
toward the base, with a shoulder at the pose which is Sinilare 
iy beset with lone neelleelike 6pinea; fronds recurved, 3 to 6 

