OF286 Teen philippinensis Merrs Shrnbe 4 meters high 
in eafiyons at 1600 feet, not common; infrutessence axillary 
put usunlly texminatine the crookedly brenched twigs, short 
and congested; fruite eompressed, yellowish red, iueben, 
May, 19°76 ; 
BELG. Sehefflera blaneei Merre Erect speringly branched 
tree slong the mountain etremm et 1800 feet; branghes thick 
ami ereet; about 6 meters high; weed sett, berk yellowish; 
leaves orowded toward the ends of the thiek branches, with 
® thiek exillery stipule, soriacecus; sears of petiole 
largo; infruteacence termine] and aceending, the individual 
stelke 6 to 12 inehes lene; heade globular; individurl 
fruits becoming dark purple, ecadueily maturing enc falling 
out, ite oder siniler to water hemleck, Incban, May, 1907, 
9230. Exythropalua seaniens Him, A aanncdont woody 
lat and rather slenderly brenehed shrub; steme tough grey; 
Leaves subeeriacesus, derk green above, glaucous beneath; 
fruits pendulcus upon 2 to 7 inahea long, very slender green 
atelks, either from the lesf exile or from the twiga, new elly 
uingle although frequently 2 or 2 clustered, shining dull 
cod; the shell (7) eplitting from the apex inte (usueily) 
6 recurved segments, exposing the eieed blue nite luchen, 
ey, LOOT. 
9251. Vibugnam odoratiesinus Ker. anhll ereat trees 
er ebxubs 6 meters hich, in woodlands et 600 meters; wood 
eoddish, closely grained ent herd; hark brown, lenticelied, 
thet on @he brenehes yellowish; lenves coriaceous, paler 
peneath; mature branches spreading ani rather crooked; in- 
fyutescence erect or secending, reddish especially the smooth 
berries. iushen, Say, 1907. 
9222, *Yittospérum reainiferum Hemi, Seandent clear 
to the top of 20 seter high tree in the woods &t 850 meters; 
wood aaié to be hard white; berk on the older brenchos dark 
brow, aceling in thin plates; on the twigs emoothy; soxia- 
eeous lucié deep green above, lighter beneath, aneenti nes 
with recurved tips; fruits green, in emell clusters elong 
the twigs, ite juiee as well os that of the leaves with # 
strong turpentine ofer; stieky. lLuchen, Mey, 1907. 
9238, Pnvenia leytensia ims A 16 meter high tree, 
in woods et 750.metera of dry ridges; mein brenches from 
below the middle, secending, brenoshieta 4180 ageonding, rather 
nweorens, angular; wood dull white, mediun herd; old bark 
brown sealing in ivreguler plates, that on the brenches grey 
end sreen on the twire; leeves coriaceons, very aaceth and 
shining deep green above, yellewieh green peneath, eonduplicete 
on the upper side; fruite on the gray colored or & year 
14 twigs; peduncles, pedicels thiek, rigid and uae creen, 
divarigatel, branched but net execeding & inches long; berries 
shining pule white »ut finally turning to & Ceep Grimson. 

