13963, Mallotus cumingii Muelle Arg. Small shrub- 
like tree in humus covered stony soil of a steep densely 
wooded Slope at 5000 feet altitude; stem 4 ineches thick, 
Sublerete and subereet; whitish wood quite without odor 
or taste, rather Soft; stem 2c feet high, branched toward 
the top only; bark Smooth and avellaneous; main branches 
freely rebranched; leaves diverse in size, descending, 
Ghartaceows, Shaliowly curved upou the nether slightly 
paler green side, the young foliage light green; 
dnutlorescence erect, the Stalks pale green; flowers 
eremeous, caducous, a trifle fragrant; Cabadbaran, 
October, 1912. 
13965. Quereus copelandi Elm mu. Sp. Middle sized 
tree in Stony Soil of a steep densely wooded slope or 
ravine at 3000 feet altitude; trunk 2 1/2 feet through, 
60: feet high, terete, buttressed at the very base, 
brenched from near the the riddle or from above it; wood 
only moderately hard, white with a Slight yellow tinge, 
more or less streaked with browner vessels, tasteless, 
Slightly oderou8; bark thick, grayish brown and densely 
Youghened with exerescences, casteneow otherwise; main 
branches ascending, ultimately numerowsly rebranched; 
twigs lax, greenish, aScending; leaves mostiy ascending, 
Submembrancus or thinly chartaceous, flat with only tips 
recurved, paler gréecn beneath; acorns fow clustered at the 
ends of the fruiting Spikes; Spikes 3 to 9 inches long, 
lax or flexible, greenish brown, solitary from the ends 
of the hamuy twigs or few or even severally elusterad, 
pendant because of the heavy nuts. Cabadbaran, Oetober, 
1L9LR. 
16966.  Laportea gracilipes Elm Small tree in 
humié woods at 3000 feet of humus covered soil; stem terete 
but crooked, 5 inches thick, 25 feet high, branched at 
the top; branches long, Spreading, Sparingly rebranched, 
the Slender twigs aScendingly curved and green; wood dingy 
white, odorless and without taste, pulpy; bark smooth and 
yellowish brown, the hypodermis green; coriaceous leaves 
upon ascending and green peticles, horizontal or descending, 
flat, much paler green beneath; infrutescence pendant, 6 
to 16 inches long, upon soft herbaceous atroviolaceons 
Stalks, young receptacle white but Similarly colored, 
the old repetacle white and irreguler in Shape; less 
than 1/2 inch across, the flattened seeds dark green; 
"Saygadan" in Manobo. Cabadbaran, October, 1912, 

