14031. Bugenie bakeri Blm, ne Sp... Small erect 
tree in humus covered damp earth among large stones along 
the wooded Catafigan ereck flat at 5500 feet; stem 10 inches 
thiek, 25 feet high, nearly Straight, more or less wadded 
especially toward the base, branched from above the middie; 
main branches ascending, ultimately numerously rebranched, 
and crooked, lax twigs ascending; leaves coriaceous, 
horizontal or descendingly curved, lucid above and mueh 
lighter or yellowish green beneath, marginal Sides coarsely 
Wavy eSpecisliy toward the recurved tips; inflorescence 
erect, the ak Stalks and ealyx dull or subglaucous green, 
odorless flowers ereamy white, the parts very early falling; 
wood hard and heavy, testaceous except the thin whitish 
Sapwood; bark Smooth and yellowish gray on the surface, 
otherwise letericious; “LangawiSan" in Manobo. Gabadbaran, 
october, 1912. 
14032. Vitteria Merrillii Christ. Hanging ribbon 
ferns in tufts upon erect Stems or oreeping along the 
nether side of Strongly inclining trunks, along the 
Catafigan creek at 3500 feet; reotstock 1/8 to 1/4 ineh 
thick, bendable, curved and short branched, forming more 
or less dense masses, densely covered with GaStaneous hairs; 
. Stipes ardeSiacous and quite rigid toward the base, other- 
wise dull green; leathery fronds similarly green on both 
sides, flat or iwietingly wavy, with brown marginal sori; 
the old ea fronds turning yellowish; "Lambotan" in 
-Manobo. Gabadheran, october, 1912. 
14033, Ophiorrhiza pubescens Elis Low and soft 
herbs in wet 801] uSually about rocks partly buried in 
the humus covered soil of a densely Shaded ravine along 
or near the Gatangan creck at 3500 feet; stem few inches 
long, Solitary or few from the Same fibrous roots, terete, 
Soft in texture, atropurpureus; leaves flat and horizontal, 
Soft membranous, mach lighter or light Sulphurously green 
relatively; infrutescence erect, green, also soit; 
"Paladuam-amoc" in Manobo. - , Vabedberan, vi il "1912. 
14064,  PFieus setibracteata Elm, my Spe Small and 
Slender tree in humid dense woods on ravine Slopes along 
the Catangan creek at 2500 feet altitude; Stem terete, & 
inchs thick, 30 or more feet high, Straight, chiefly 
branched toward the tep; wood soft, yellowish white, 
vather brittle, cdorless and tasteless or nearly 80, 
with fine radial Lines; bark relatively thick, Smooth and 
yellowish gray or mottled on the surface, otherwise of 
the wood color; main branches divaricate, long, numerovsly 
rebranched, the Slender and lex twigs drooping; Leaves 
descending, Smocth, Shining on the upper much deeper 
- een Surface, gradually recurved but otherwise flat; 
igs in pairs or in Small axillary clusters, hard, green, 
ovoidly globose, 1/3 inch long, deeply sunken at apex, 
flowers Stramineous; “ldagabetoay” in Manobe;  CGabadbaran, 
oeteber, 1912s 

