10127. Spondias mangifers Bim, Tree, in the hemp 
region at k8@a 128) feet; trunk 2 to 3 feet thick, widely 
bfaached from the middie; branchlets comparatively fer, thick 
and heavy; their bark smooth brown and covered with emali 
whitich colored lenticelis; old bark 1 inch thick, smeoth, 
grey, the inner portion reddich that portion next to the 
wood whitioh; wood whitish, tough, odorlegs, but with «a sxe 
evegetisn taste; leaflets condupliecate upon the upper olive 
efeen gurface, with recurved tips, lighter green beneath, 
mostly descending, heavy, of @ peculiar peppery green 
edor when crushed; appereatly not quite mature when collected, 
nerves Preddish brown beneath; infrutescence heavy, pendulous, 
paniculate, 6 inches to 1 foot leng; fruitejthe shape of 
pluabs, 3/4 inoh leng, (developing with the Leaves + hence 
flewering before the sppearance of the foliage), S—elled, 
the execerp with bony ridges which are connected with tough 
fibere; “AlLambihned"; «« the infrutescent stalks arise from 
the base of the Leafy shoots, are yellowish, and are from a 
few inches to a foot in wt length; old fruits cover the 
ground; Dumaguete, May, 1908, 
k0L68. Mowordics evata Cogn, Spreading over and 
drouping Trem bagboo jungles at 1250 feet; leaves coriaceous, 
deeper green above, descending, conduplicate on the upper side 
tewerds the base, the apical portion twisted and reeurved; 
flowers guberect, upon 1 to 3 inches long axiliery peduncles, 
ederiess, the green inflated bract persistent and turning 
dignt yellow (very much like a flower from a distance); calyx 
black; soft petals creamy white, except the inner bleok 
bases of the inner 2 to & petals and the yellowish streake; 
ovary apex aumkkt cartilaginous, dull gk yellow; filaments 
and outer portion of the anthers also black; *velss sbeu;" 
Dumaguete, dey, Seamer 1006, 
s0L20, , Cordia bleancei Vid, Gnarly and creokedly 
oFanched 6 meter high tree in open fields at 1000 feet; 
vark fibrous end reddigh brown beneath the eurface, grayish 
brown and deeply and longitudinally cheeked inte twieted 
ee%les oF pistes; wood burly, yellowish ex white, fibrous; 
Leaves submembranoue, much lighter green beneath, flat or 
eheliowly curved upon the upper side; infrutesecence terminay 
or lateral, green, heavy, pendulous and forming dense clusters 
amonget the foliage; fruits when ripe yellewieh, shiny, 
minutely eiriate, apiculate, subglobose, always iess than 
1/2 inch in length, l-seeded, the juice in appearance, taste 
and ee that of musilage; “Anonafig;" Dumaguete, 
lay, 1806, ‘ 
' (20330,  Gaelophyllum macrophyllum Linn, Large tree, 
ao high, in the town of Lusuriags; the 4 foot thick 
Ls divided into main branches from near the base; bark 
thiek, coarsely and deeply cheoked (very similer to Pinus 
bark); leaves rigid, nearly flat, dark green, the younger 
enee yellowish green; inflorescence fram the leaf axiisa 
whitigh; the spoon siaped petale pure white; filaments light 
yellew; anthers rich deep yellow; ovary pink; style alo 
whitish ae the peduncle and pedicels; the stigma yellowish; 
the tree when in profuse flowers gives off a very strong 
meet oder during the early morning hours; old fruite on the 
@round and nearly decayed, 1 inch thick, globose; "Bitsog;" 
Dumaguete, May, 1908, 
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