9149, Hlatostema microphyllum Glm,., n. sp. A densely 
tufted herb mostly confined or moss covered rocks of stream 
beds at 1600 feet; inflorescence winute and greenieh; leaves 
dark green above, lighter green beneath; not common; Lucban, 
May, 1907. 
¥15o. Uncaria sclerophyils Roxb. scandent by long 
loops and sprawling over copses or thickets; stems 1 to 2 in- 
ches thick, branched from near the base; wood tough, with a 
large reddish pith; old bark gray, longitudinally checked, a» 
Sealing in thin plates; leaves subcoriaceous, rather dry, dark 
green above, much paler beneath; infrutescence subpendylous, 
yellowish green, Lueban, hiay, 1907. 
9151, Gareinia venuloss (Bleo,) Choisy, Tree 3 meters 
high, with many divaricately spreading branches} coriace og 
leaves dark shining green above duller light gr@en beneath, 
flat; bark brown; wood hard; bud and flowers of the same light 
cream color, succulent, early falling, with a pleasant sourish 
fragrance; in copses at 650 meters: Lucban, May, 1907, 
p 1aneo 
5 a R UU f y AA, lop / 
9L5<, Lasgianthus tashiroi uate, duckoan, Mor Autti: 
(iio description) 
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9153, yuanvhs congesta A, Lr, Suffrutescent species 
1 to 3 meters nigh. in dry humus covered soil of the woods at 
500 meters; leaves subsucculent, quite limp, lighter green be- 
neath; flower, vure white; rare; Lucban, May, 1907. 
vl54, Mussaendsa enispyhylia Vid. Shrub 5 meters high ¢) 
in deeply shaded ravines overhanging the creeks, mostly branches 
a shrubs; wood pale white, soft, essily cutting and breaking; 
bark brownish; branches crookedly branched from below the mid+« 
dle; leaves flat, soft membranous, much paler green beneath; 
inflorescence green except the orange red corollas and the sub- 
persistent white greenly nerved bracte, Lucban, May, 1907. 
9155, Lichretrichum chorisepsalum Clarke, Perennial 
herbe, scandent upon stems of shrubs or small trees; stems rae 
ther thin and slender, sparingly branched, the older ones co- 
vered with a thin yellowish brown bark; roots from the host 
side only leaves ascending, dark green above, light green be- 
neath, very flexible and subleathery, opposed by a leaf like 
bract, the sides ususlly recurved on the lower surface; inflo- 
rescence divaricate, upon dark brown peduncles;. dadgk purple 
flowers erect, usually recurved, its corolla lobes’ rotately 
spreading; calyx greenish; an extremely showy and pretty spe- 
Giles in damp deeply shaded woods from 700 to @ 900 meters; 
Lucban, May, 1907, 
Cc 
9156. . Diosgores pentaphylla Linn, Seandent and traile 
ing amongst and over thickets; younger stems smooth and green, 
provided with blunt prickles; lesf petioles strongly twisted 

