9215, Croton appendiculatus Blm., n. sp. Sh rub 
5 meters high, numerously and ultimately finely branched; 
bark grayish white, wood soft and white; after the carpels 
dehis@ge the shining black se& seede remain persistent for 
gome time; inflorescence lax, pendulous; at 1600 feet in 
the thickets; Lucban, Kay, 1907, 
9216, latostemms brongniartisanum Wedd. A very 
delicate not tufted but loosely matted species, smongst 
moss covered rother dry rock ledges but in deeply shaded 
places; lesves membranoug, prominentiy glaucous white be- 
neath; inflorescence small, individual flowers white; rare 
at 1800 feet; Lucban, May, 1907. 
9217, Dinochloa scandens angustifolia Merr, Climb. 
ing by large *x¥ loops amongst the thickets near cliffs of 
ravines at 750 metera; etemes 1 inch thick with nodes 1 to 
2 feet apart; branches numerously rebranched, tho@roughly 
interlaced upon its support; flowers upon nearly xx lesfless 
shoots or parts of branches; green twigs often very sca- 
brous and again very smooth; leaves membranous, equally 
green on both sides; Lucban, May, 1907, 
9216, Cissus adnata Planch, Beandent upon trees . 
in the woods at 800 meters; stems soft but tough; bark brown, 
greenish on the crookedly branched twigs; leaves subcoria- 
ceous, shining green on both sides more or less conduplicate 
on the upper side; infrutescence erect, the yellowish green 
flowers and berries pendulous; Lucban, May, 1907, 
9219. Dish rotrichum clarkei Bim, Bpiphytic rather 
succulent shrubs upon moses covered forks of trees near tee 
the ground; stems 1 to 2 inches thick, very soft and watery; 
bark smooth, yellowish gray; leaves soft but very succulent, 
‘dark green above, much lighter beneath; pods pendulous, 
from the lesf axils mostly; Lucban, way, 1907, 
9220. Wicket rpemia ovata ley, Lax shrub with tough 
flexible wood and brownish very emooth bark; maturer seeds 
turning yellowish red; flowers dark green with only a little 
tinge of yellow; at 1800 feet in the woods; Lueban, ay, 
1907, 
9221, Bhretia philippinensie A, DC, Tree like 
shrubs 4 meters high, erookedly branched and spreading; 
bark grayish white, finely checked; wood white, moderately 
heard, with an wm unpleasant odor; leaves membranous equally 
@reen on both sides, ususily conduplicate on the upper sure 
face and pendulous; inflorescence terminal; flowers erect, 
greenish yellow, its odor fetid; berwies juicy, globose, 
dark purple or nearly black in copses at 700 meters; Luc« 
ban, May, 1907, 

