10487, Pile® rebinsonii Hlm, Susoulent herbe, 
3 te 9 feet long, in bl®ck humus covered soil of moist 
dense Woods at 3750 rege stems green, 3/4 inch thick, 
irregulariy bulging in the internodes, sparingly rebranched, 
teclining 4nd forming tangled thickets, ¥ith ® very strong 
peppery oder; leaves te’erds the ends of the branches, 
ascending, f19t or only slightiy recurved, d®rk green on 
the upper side, much pSlier or yellig’ish green benesth, 
Comparatively thin; inflorescence “xillery, horizontally 
spreading, pele green or When exposed reddish, the seeds 
at least arranged upen the upper side “buSe*; reote 
fleshy subSerial; plants very loosely Stt%thed to the 
8021; never Serisl; Todays, ligy, 1909, 
. 10468,  Scheffier® apoensie Yim,, nm, ap, A lofty 
tree etrengler, extending With ite streng nearly 1 foet 
thiek stes ond smaller branches over the ore’n of he 
large trees, in humid Weods at feet; branches fe, 
rigid, thiek, the ultimate Wige as thick ae 4 man's 
@Pme; Wood Whitish, With & distinet greenish bitter oder 
and taste, e@sily splitting; bark emeoth, grayish; leaf 
etelke Sgeending; 2 to 3 feet long, much thickened ®t the 
bSge With an axillary 2 inehes long very thick Seuminately 
pointed bract; le@flete & te 12, Secendingly recurved 
from the suberect petiole end, conduplie*te on the upper 
dark green gurfece, benesth yelle®iah green; inflorescence 
terminal, upon Secending radi@liy eprea@ding 1 te & feet 
Long feddish bro’n etalks; brecte globose i inch thick; 
 @22 parte ef the fl@ers yeligiah green, odorless; 
ee he@de becoming reddish; “pararan,*®  TodSya, lay, 
£0489, Selenum m@uncSling flm,, n. op. (fieer). 
Brect tree, 25 feet high in moiet fertile soil ¢f eek 
forests at 4000 feet; stems @ inches thick; branches — 
oreoked, numerous, forming @ rather elongsted orgin; 
Weed soft, Light, e®eily splitting, oderliess and teste. 
Leas, Whitish throughout; bork gray and finely checked 
longitudinally, yellewigh ond lenticelled on the Wigs; 
leaves much paler benesth, With recurved tips, usuelly 
conduplic@te on the upper side; peduncles e@iyx and bude 
aveen, the former reourved; fle’era oderiess, pendulous; 
the 4 pet@la thick, creamy White; Gnthers lemon yeli@ ; 
"Menugesling.* Tod@ya, gay, 1908, 
16490, ardisia® copelandii wes, in dense Yoods 
of helt @eampy fertile soil St 4000 er in the o@k forests; 
bole streight 30 feet hign, @ inches thick or thicker; — 
bark smecth, Whitieh mottled, epetted With dark brovn; 
Weed moderately hard and heavy, reddieh throughout, odor 
less Snd tasteless, vtreaked ith ooSl black veeeels; 
wWunk 2 to 3 branched tevard the top, the brénches festi- 
GR giately ®scending; branchlets divarie“ste, radie@lly 
epreading 3/4 inch thick, 3 to & feet long, see®sion®ily 
branched; @ige slender, heavy, sub@scending tovards the 
ends; leaves he®vy and le@thery, spre®ding, shiny on both 
sides, only slightly peler beneath, shalio’iy or ecurvingly 
conduplic@te on the upper side; inflerescence suberect, 
terminal, the st®lxe and calyx Whitieh; pet@le rigid 
recurved, indigo read; berry dark red, With the pistil 
persistent,-gm 1/2 inch thick, globose; *Gatigpo-tigpo. * 
The Begebos e4t the berries Which have % pleasant flavor 
of sour, Tod@ys, may, 1909, 
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