14166. ichefflera Simplicifolia Merr. Epiphytic 
and Suffrutescent, upon limb axils of middle sized or 
larger trees in the densely wooded region of the lagoon 
at 5000 feet; stem slender, few to several from the same 
root, terete, less than 1/2 inch thick, 1 to few yards 
ieng and occasionally branched, drooping, curved and 
aScendingly curved toward the distal end; the seft greenish 
wood govered with yellowish brown Smooth bark; petioles 
abcending; blades thickly coriaceous, recurved efpecially 
the apex, Shallowly conduplicate, paler or yellowish green 
benesth; infloreSeence ascending, the few Stalks divergently 
Spreading all yellowish green except the yellow anthers; 
"Salitbotbot" in Manobo, Gabadbaran, October, 1912. — 
14189, Litsea velutina Elm. nm. 8D. Middle Sized 
tree in damp Stony Seil of a forested incline above Lake 
Danao at 5000 feet altitude; stem 1 1/2 feet thick, 
mx terete, crooked, 40 feet high, branched slightly ahove 
the middle; wood soft, yellowish, odorless and tasteless, 
light; bark thiek, Smooth and dnji1 brown on the surface, 
teStaceous otherwise; main branches ascending and widely 
Spreading, ultimately freely rebranched; branchlets dark 
brown, aScending; leave® horizontal, soriaceous or sub- 
chartaceous, flat, Shining deep greon above, paler or 
Subglaucous green beneath, the veins yellowish; fruite 
e8cending, cup green, the young nuts darker green and 
with minute milk Spots, when mature dark rich or deep 
red, Short ellipsoid, less than 1/2 insh long; "Suwiigsufig* 
in Manobo. Gabadbaran, October, 1912. 
14190.  Timonius candatifolins Him. ms Sp... Lax 
epiphytic Shrub upon moss covered aScending tree trunks 
15 feet above the very humus wet stony s0ii in humid 
forests at 5250 feet or some distance above the lagoon; 
stems few, descending, 3/4 inch thick, terete, 3 to 9 
feet lona, rebranched from near the base; branchlets 
~ wery Slender and lax, the ascending and relatively short 
twigs very flexible; leaves coriaceous, gracefully recurved, 
otherwise flat, Slightly paler green beneath; bud flowers 
descending and green; “Badyong" in Manobo. Gabadbaran, 
October, 1912. 
14191. Mmiodendron fuseo-mucronatum (G. M,) Broth. 
Upon the wet mm Stones and nearly decayed jogs in humid 
dense forests of the lagoon region at 5000 feet altitude; 
forming denSe masses; stems tightly attached, erect, 
terete, dark brown, tough; branches in a whorl aSecending, 
rebranched; leaves very fine, also ascending, light to 
dark yellowish green; capsules few to several, the erect 
Seteae reddish brown; capsule when old darker brown and 
tipped; "Lomot" in Menobo. Gabadbaran, October, 1912. 

