12625,  Piscoeslyx merrillii Sim. n. sp. Shrub in 
eravelly wooded river banks slong the river at 500 feet; stem - 
? inches thick, 15 feet high, branched from below the middle, 
subereot or the widely epreeding branches reclining or recurved , 
twige not numerous erect or suberect; leaves ageending and strong. 
ly recurved toward the apex, otherwise flat, coriaceous, paler 
green beneath; inflorescence odorless, divarieate, slong the 
branehleta beneath the foliage or in the lowermost lesf axils, 
the rachis etramineus, the floral orgsne similser in eolor 
but usually 2 tiny tinged with red, or sprinkled with it; 
immature fruits similar in color, the main peduncle terete 
and brown as the twigs; wood quite hard, heavy, odorlees and 
tasteless, latericius throughout, redial lines conspicuous; 
park emoothish or roughby lenticelled, castaneus except the 
gtayish brown epidermis; Puerto Princesa, March, 1911. 
12627, Myxepyrum nervosum “ln. Tree climber in gravelly 
soil of wooded river banks at 750 feet; stem 1/2 inch thick, 
very flexible, terete, the branches more or less angled; wood 
soft, dirty white, without oder or taste; bark emooth or 
shtedded,smooth and yellowich on the branches; branches iam 
elender, tWining, rebranched, the Leaf bearing twice green; 
Leaves descending, rigidly coriaceous, fist except the recurved 
tipe, dark green and rugose on the upper side, much Lighter 
areen beneath; infruteseence pendant from the stem, the flexible 
stalks bediues brown, 6 inches long, 3 stalks from the base, 
each short paniculately branched; hard green fruite globore, 
1 inch across, Secelled and S=seeded; Puerto rineess, 
Mareh, 1911. . 
12828. Ragittipetalum palawanense Mim, mn. Sp.» 
Slender suberect tree in gravelly soil of wooded river banks 
at 750 feet; stem 4 inches thick, subterete, 20 feet long 
er high,branched toward the top; wood moderately hard, dingy 
white, odorless sand without taste, with conspieucue radial 
lines, bark dull brown, smoothish or only minutely checked, 
Latericius except the epidermis; branches numerously rebrenched, 
crooked and forming interlaced meeses, the nodose twigs 
guberect; twige slender and flexible; flowers erect from 
the uppermost leaf axils, gmeen including the ealyx; the 
delicate 6 petals enow white; filaments similar in color, 
anthers yellowish brown, overy disk yellow, the style and 
wx atigme whitish; the withered brown petals persistent 
_ within the thiek and rigid eslyx; Puerto Princesa, March, 
191i. 
12829, Fleotronia didyma (Gaertn.) Bim. Slender 
ascending tree in gravelly soil of wooded river banks at 
750 feet: stem 8 inches thick, terete, its main branches 
arising from the widdle, 18 feet high or long; wood finely 
grained, melleus especially toward the center, odorless 
and tasteless, rather hard; bark greyish white mottled, 
green beneath the smooth epidermis, whitish on the inner 
gide; branchlets epreading, 19x, their ultimate subanguler 
portion ascendingly curved; Leaves coriaceous, horizontal 
mostly, flat except the abruptly recurved apicen, paler 
green benesth, shining dark green above; inflorescence 
axillary, green, the corolla and inner organs creamy white, 
eweetly fragrant; Puerto Princess, Mareh, 1911. 

