the amoothish mottled surface; leaves ascending, subcherteceous 
aseending, 9mple, eurvingly folded upon the upper deeper ; 
ereen surface, the large sku veine beneath yellowish; inflores~- 
cence erect or suberect, a1] the stalks dark green, calyx 
yellowish green, on the outside whitien on the inner; filaments 
of the same color, anthere yellow; Puerto Princesa, jiarch, 
LLL. 
1266% Hypoestes merrillii Clarke, tre@t low suffru- 
tescent perennial, in rich humus covered soil of forests at 
500 feet on the trail to Nepean; stem terete, tingle or ocer- 
sionally, few from the same root, 1 yard high, tough smooth 
and avelianeus; leaves coriaceous, mostly descending, coris- 
ceous, much paler green beneath: inflorescence erect, dark 
green, the calyx alee green; corolla tubular, 1 inch long, 
ascending, the waekx rotately spreading a6 well a¢ the tube 
roseus, odorless, capeule eect, derk green, flattened and 
with notched side above the middle, nearly tubular or stipitate 
below it: Puerto Princess, March, 1911. 
12866. Peychotria manilleneis Berti. Low erect suf} 
frutescent perennial, in dry good soil ef dense forests along 
the trail to Napsan at 500 feet; stem terete, 1/3 inch thick, 
1 1/2 foot high, oecasionslly branched from the middie, greene 
ish, tough: leaves subglaucous green, 2 trifle deeper or 
brighter green beneath, chiefly horizontal, coriaceous, 
flat or only the tips recurved; infrutescence arising from 
the uppermost leaf axils, derk green, erect or the lateral 
branches divaricate; fruits oveidly ellipsoid, very dark 
green, terete, longitudinally striate: the wracte and the 
persistent calyx aleo green, Puerto Frbneees, Moreh, 1011. 
L2869. Mugenia esivinii Elm. n. Sp. A medium sized 
tree in fertile humus covered soil of dense forests at 750 
feet on the trail to Nepean; stem 2 feet thick, e#traight, 
terete except the wadded bake, 35 feet high or higher, 
branched toward the top only: wood quite herd, heavy, brittie, 
latericioue exeept the thin white sapwood, odorless and 
tasteless; bark casteneus except the emooth yellowish gray 
epidermis; main branches ¢rooked, spreading, numerouslLy 
rebranched, the suberect twigs forming erect or dense masses: 
Leaves corisceous, horizentel, recurved and deeply curvingly 
folded upon the upper side, much paler benesth; inflorescence 
auberect, terminal or subterminal, the more or less sneled 
stalke dark green; calyx yellowien; petals eaducous, x 
stramineous: filemente and atyle white, anthers sulphureous, 
ealyx disk flavous: flowers hardly odorous; tex Puerto 
Prineees, March, 1911. 
12870. Philbornes palawanics liallier BR. gen, % nh. Sp. 
Seandent upon medium sized trees in dense fertile forested 
flete at 750 feet along the trail to Napsan; stem terete, 
3 inches thick, looping, bendable, branched all slong; 
branches sprawling, freely rebranched, more or less crooked 
and enarly, the greenish tips suberect; wood dingy white, 
divided into several compartments by white radial lines, 
porous, soft, odorless and tasteless, the sapwood of the 

