12971. Pholideota Blmeri Ames n. sp. Theeostele alata 
Reéohb. On sider of small tree trunks near the river at 
250 feet and 3 yards from the moiet gravelly soil; roots 
ahort but numerously branched,stramineous, terete, ary, 
spongy; peeudobulbe dull green, ascending, obseurely ridced 
and more or lees compressed, blades solitary mx to each 
bulb, ascending, reeurved, pale green on both sides, deeply 
folded toward the base, tips recurved, xa otherwise nearly 
flat; inflorescent spikes srising from the base of the peeu- 
dobulb, rachia and pedicels yellowieh green; bude whitish and 
purplish marked, the floral garte in anthesis turning yellow 
but otherwise remain similarly marked; slightly odorous, 
divaricate red rather soon wilting and gubsequently falling, 
gubereet from the recurved subpendant epikes; pods yeLlowish 
green, triengular, 3/4 ineh lone. Puerto Princesa, April, 
1911. 
12972. Albigzia seandens Kerr. Seandent and errawle 
ing over the tops of tall trees on the densely wooded moist 
gand g¢revelly soil of the river benke at 500 feet; stem & 
inches thick, terete, flexible, branched mostly toward the 
top; wooed soft, porous, dingy yellowieh white except the 
whitish outer portion, contains acrid water;8x odorless; 
park thick, yellowish gray and sparingly ex cracked, smooth, 
or sealing in thin plates, the middle portion csetaneous, 
the inner side eappy white; main branches long, repestedly 
rebranched, provided with blunt hooks; leaves recurved; the 
Leaflets ascending, glaucous green beneath, fubmenmbranc us; 
inflorescence erect, green except the creamy white Plightly 
fregrant eseily wilting flowers; Puerto Princesa, April, 
1911, 
12973. ULdnociersa eumingians (Vid.) Nerr. Low or 
stocky tree in well drained soil of 6 lightly wooded ridge 
at 1000 feet; atem 10 inches thick, erooked, terete, 20 
feet high or higher, branched from below the middle; wood 
bitter, nesrly odorless, burly, quite herd, white, the #an- 
wood becoming reddish tinged upon exposure; bark thick, ater 
colored and sealing on the surface, the central mass lateri- 
ceous, the inner surface yellowish; main branches ascending, 
-grookedly rebreanched, ultimately numerously rebranch ed, 
twige short and horizontally epreading; Leaves coriaceous 
wx ascending or horizontal, folded upon the upper slightly 
greener surfece; young infrutese ence guberect, axillary, 
yellowish green; the fruite gleucous green, ellipsoid, 1/2 
ineh lone, l-seeded, cantaneous or more black when ripe; 
Puerto Princesa, April, 1911. 
12974. Mlaececarpus candollei Bim. n. @p. Small 
tree in shallow humus covered and well drained soil of « 
lightly wooded ridge at 1260 feet; stem nearly 1 foot thick, 
30 feet high, terete; branches arising from sbove the middle, 
suberect, ultimately numerously rebranched, the twigs sub- 
erect; wood rather soft, dingy or yellowish white, light, 
odorless and tasteless; bark relatively thick, gray, rough- 
ened with Lenticels, otherwise melleus espedially the inner 
side; leeves copious, aseending, coriaceous, folded upon the 
upper very deep green surfece, much Lighter beneath, apices 

