LBBIR« Pentephyagma philippinense Merv. Sueculent and 
heavy herbs in wet earth of steny S01] upon # landslide near 
@ densely wooded Streambank at 3000 feet, or along ithe Gatangan 
ereeky Stem dark green, terete, 1 inch thick, herbaceous and 
very Suceulent, dewn hill curved and ascending at tips, oc+ 
easionally & or mere Stiqas from the same root sluster, 1 to 
2 yarés long or even less, unbrenched:; leethery leaves des~ 
eendingly curved, much peler green bencath; inflerescence 
also desoendingly curved down hill, bracts pale green, and so 
iged ovary, outer perlanth white, inner segments 
flavue but with age turning mearly atroparpuren®; “Fitoon” 
in Hanebos Gabadbaran, Geptember, 1912. 
18893,  Stenochlaene eaithii (Fée) Underw, Small stem 
Qlimber in humid woode ot 600° fret along the Catangan oreck, 
more ox less in rocky soil; rhisgome 1/2 inch seross, hard 
and rigid, derk green, Gomewhat crooked and compreseed, tight- 
iy Gleeving to ite Suppert up to 15 fest ahove ground; ocassion~ 
elly branched; fronds tower’ the top meiniy, divarionte froa 
the ereen rigid stipe whieh at the base runs conspicueusly 
along down the crhiseme, giternatingly seattered; segments 
horigontel and enly a trifle reeurvea, deeper green above, 
margins wavy ox rugone, rether heevy and gharteccous; fertile 
ones teruinal, euceulent, the apien] portion of the rather 
straight rhizome yellowlah @eale cerered; this same species 
was notiged in Dipteroearp forested flate at 500 feet altitude; 
*“Garencan" in Nanobe. cabedbaren, September, 1912. 
12894. Hleatestema antoniil Elms Me 8p, Sueenient and 
few Stemmed tutte inehellow excth upon bowlders lying on the 
shaded beanie of the Ustengan eresk ot 8000 feet; stems usually 
6 er nore from the femereot, reclining at base end spreading, 
usually Sloping dewn hill, evbterete, 1 inch thick et base, 
Sert herbaceous and green, a yard long or less, the ‘internodes 
deeply channelled alone the upper side only clear to the leet 
becring tips (this is a striking example of water retaining 
reeeptacies, the troeugh® lie distinetly upon the upper side 
but elterncte frem internoie to internode); bisdes Tlat, des- 
Gending, Soft pubescent and much paler grean beneath: the 
aveen intrutescent disks Solitury, Subp meant, the flore te 
‘eenish white; “Catefigboan™ in Mancho; Gabadbaran, Septesi- 
15805. Sieschofin trifeliate (Roxby) Bk. Middle sized 
tree in moist reeky @oilof Gensely weode: bank of the Catangen 
Greek at 6000 feet, trunk £2 1/8 feet across at the watded base, 
terete Bnd nearly Biraight otnerwiee, 45 feet high or higher, 
branched from above the middie; weed amoierately haré, only 
the very thin sapwood white, then dull rosens but the great 
central mess is satropurpurens, oderless and tasteless; park 
dull brows of GeSteneus, peeling in Small thin plates which 
curl hefora goming entirely detetched giving the trunk e Bhagg, 
appearance the inser helf roseus, the middle portion hearte 
wood Golox; branches apresding and rebrenched; leaves hoavy 

