16472, Davallia villos® Don, in damp soil of 
dense Woods ®t 4000 feet, loosely epreSding; stipes 1 inch 
thick at the base, green, 3 to & feet long; frends ®s long 
and nearly ae Wide, recurved; pinnae thin, som@yhat paler 
benesth: "“Alobongan"; grwing in fertile humus covered 
goil of ravines; Todays, May, 1969, 
: 10473, Cinnawomum mereadoi Vid, Tree SO feat 
high With @ 2 feet thick bole; Wood soft, White Gnd With 
yeligvish stretkes, With & atreng green cinnamon odor, 
light, tasteless; bark comparatively swooth, bron, reddish 
throughout, ¥ith ® strong green cinn®mon taste “nd odor; 
limbs comparatively shert, gray, rigid; young Wige green; 
leaves chartaceous, darker green on the upper ¢ wvingly 
Gonduplieste side; inflorescence termin®l 4nd subterminal, 
agcending or ereat, yell@isch or pele green; flders 
slightly edereus, of the vane color %e the atelke except 
the deeper yelled? Snthera; "Caningsg." Ae soon %@ the 
tree Wag cut inte 8 @eet aromatic odor Sq detected by 
me @ fev metere from the native axeman, As i inquired 
bout the odor he pointed te the Wood 4nd bark Gnd quick- 
handed me @ piece# of Wood Sad placed ® chunck of bark 
-Gnte hie aouth; they use the bark *@ & spice oF condiment 
in their sookings; Teday®, Mey, 1909, 
16475, Bicue 4reol4ts Zim,, n, sp, A Large tree 
Climber in humid Weode at 40900 feet; old stems mm brovn 
ang gray mottled, the thickness of & mén's Wrist and 
soudv7net ite ahSpe; wrenches quite numerous 8t the top, 
rigid, the bark steut “nd easily geeling from the W igs; 
leaf petiole broyn, thick, rether flexible; biades 
coriaceous, dull green @bove, lighter wid tassellate 
beneath, usu®lly decending, tips recurved, the sides 
curved slightly upon the under surfece; figs per feotly 
globose, averaging 1/2 inch thiek, solitery or one te 
three from the leaf axile or from the axils of the fallen 
le@ves @long the branches, unbilicus ewell, 2t@1k green; 
receptacle smooth, yello’ except the deep red skin Which 
when fully mature turns to Wine red; fiwers pale yelig ; 
*Gateupi;" Today&, usy, 1909, 
10477, Bauhinia leptopue Perk, A lofty tree 
Climber, in humid forests %t 4000 feet; stems & fev 
 gnghes thick; eed very porous 4nd freely bieeding with 
S Watery juice after being cut; bark grayien orn, 
eeSling in filet plates; Wigs slender forming tangled 
pushes, Wiry: inflorescence shoy, from ® fe? inches 
to & foot long, termine] 4nd subterminal; peduncle and 
e@lyx yelig@vish green; flevers 1 to 1 1/2 inches sross, 
edorless, the pet®le soon Wilting, %t first you yolk 
color, finSlly deep s%lmon red; filaments pele yelle, 
anthers deeper yello”; pistil yellowich green Vit a 
deep green atigm®; old pode 5 to 5 inches long, flat, 
rigid, brovn, 3/4 inch Wide; "Calibang-bang*; leaves 
flexible, shiny %nd aamk deep green on the upper surface, 
usu@lly decending “nd conduplic@te on the upper side, 


