7261.  Gironniera eurranii MVerr. Hardwood tree 8 meters 
high spreading; nut smooth, hard and green; rare in the shrubby 
hills. Palo, Leyte, Janunry, 1906. 
7282. Calamus blancoi Kunth. 4 widely remifying 
seandent shrub of the jungles; inflorescence terminal, ending 
in 8 slender barbed midrib; leaves opposed by 28 Similarly 
barbed climber; stems 1 inch in diameter, looping. Palo, 
Leyte, Janusry, 1906. 
7283, Gigantochloa merrillians “1m. n. sp. Tall grace- 
ful bamboo, forming large clusters and dense jungles in wet 
fertile soil along the Befigon river; stems 6 inehes in diameter; 
common. Palo, Leyte, January, 1906. 
72646 Conoeephalues ovatue Trec. Ropelike elimbers; 
fruits axillary or upon the stems; heade solid, nearly globose, 
flowers purplish red; seeds in a purplish blue meat, Palo, 
Leyte, January, 1906. # 
7286. Hornetedtia philippinensis Ridl. Herbs 4 meters 
high, forming large clump; leaves distichous rootetocks sealy 
very tough, horizontal, bearing elusters of scarlet flowers 
whieh barly reach above ground while flowering. Palo, Leyte, 
Jenuery, 1906. i 
7266. Pollia philippinensis Slim. n. ep. #reet or 
decumbent herbs 1 to 3 feet high, in shrubby woods of shaded 
places near the foot of cliffs; flowers white; berries nearly. 
black; sparsely branched and anchored to the ground by serial 
roots. Palo, Leyte, Jenuery, 1906. 
7287.  Alpinia elegane (Preel) Sehum. Herbs 12 feet 
high, with alternate leaves in two rowe forming large elumps} 
stem bases bulbous; eapsules thickly coriaceous, yellowieh 
when mature; the seeds with the mest surrounding them are 
eaten by the natives. Palo, Leyte, January, 1906. 
7288. Alpinia penduliflora Rid. n. ep. Herbaceous, 
large tufted, 6 to 4 meters high, with pinnate leaves, inflo- 
rescence terminal 1 to 3 feet long, hanging, pale white flowers 
and fruite erect or ascending. Palo, Leyte, January, 1906. 
7889. Phacelophrynium bracteosum “chum. Tafted herbs 
1 to 2 meters high, common in fertile damp 9011; flowers blood 
red; Gapsules hard and deep red. Palo, Leyte, January, 1906. 
7290. Alpinia philippinensis Ridl. Kerbs 3 meters 
high, with distichous leaves; flowers large, whitish, escending. 
Palo, Leyte, Januery, 1906. 

