10541. C@lamue bicolor Beco., mn, sp. A lofty 
tree climber in dense Woods 2¢ 4260 feet, south of the 
Sivulen river; stems toverd the base 3/4 inch thick form. 
ing large loops; toeveard the leafy top 3 to 5 inches 
tusus thick: le@ves ®ecending, @lternate Gud spirally 
arranged, 10 feet long; rachichis Sbeut one half Se Long 
extended into spinescent tips, otherWise triangulsrly 
flattened, hard, green, kooked bene*th besides the spines, 
®long the upper side sh®rply spinescent; shetths ae densely 
 gevered With needle like 1 to 3 dull brovn somerhat flat. 
tened spines! le@flets, soud?hat reduced tofard the ®pex 
and bage, the bag&] 2 foot of the petioles bare, deep 
green above, ®ahy gray er glaucescent benesth, spinescent 
@long the m@rgins; infruteseence 2 feet long, 6 inches 
thick, upon 2 to 5 feet long flattened sharply spiny green 
st®liks “rising frow the upper le®f @xile, erect or nearly 
90; fruite green When collected; "Lessee." of rether 
"Ragselg.* Todays, way, 1909, 
10543, Gisoxylon purpureum Merr, ,Suberest trees 
or tee like shrubs in domp foreste “t 42% feet, south 
ef the Sibulan river; bark emocth, greenish brevn; Yood 
soft, With @ greenish odor and tasteless, Yhitish; limbs 
very slender; letves 718+, With slightly recurved tips 
enly, shiny dark deep green on the upper side, auch 
lighter bene@th, subsori®eeous; inflerescente green, 
descending; etigu®s Whitish; capsule ork green, Yith 
S yellowish seeds; "Magabed-bad,"  Todty@, Mey, 1909. 
. 20546, Zingiber “poense Blm,, mn, ep.  Gaeli 
clusters With 1 te 3 stems in @ email densely Wooded gien 
of very moist humus covered soil 4t 4250, eeuth of the 
Sidulen river; eteme slightly bulboee @t the bese, other- 
Wise green ang 1/2 inch thick, 3 to 5 feet long, Secend- 
_ dug, imbrieately she®thed below the middle; leaves 8lter- 
nate, seant, Ssednding, fiat, the margins perfectiy 
et’aight, emeoth on both sides, very dark green on the 
upper side, less so bene@th, the lovermost ones braect 
like: st®lk of the fruiting he@d Sacending, streight 
herd, terete, 1/2 ineh thick, yellofish, provided With 
aapreaeed similarly colored breets Which ultim@tely — 
become shredded, *rising from the root ordin; head erect, 
6 inches long, ellipsoid, 5 inches thick; bracts Wet, 
p®le White except the pink upper margins, thin and finely 
striete; eSpesules Watery White, rigid, 3/4 ineh long, 1/2 & 
ineh thick, splitting from the *pex into § e@rpelse Gems 
(the uppermost some*hat larger) nearly to the base; 
Seeds attached to & fleshy White centre] plaeent®, shin 
um block, surrounded by ® White cost; “Bogobog,” 
Todays, Way, 1909, . 

