10741. Pentaphragms philippinense Herr, Coarse 
eweoulent herbe in muddy earth oF on seepsge cliffs of 
a@eeply shaded places Slong the Baruring river 4t S500 
feet: stems epsringly vrenched, 3 to 5 feet long, terete, 
1 ineh thick, ereen, succulent; curvingly descending, 
ende @ecending: lesves heavy, Secending, f14t, deep green 
above, much paler beneath, strongly erinked; inflorescence 
ascending from the leaf axiis, the peduncle bracts and 
tidged calyx ateen; flowers odorless, the segments @x 
{outer) shiny pele or waxy white; the inner series of 
seguenta Light yellow when in anthesis, when o1¢ purplish 
towerd the base (om the inner side) ond waxy white toward 
the ®pex; stemene and pistil lighter yellow *“seling- | 
bangung.” Tedsys, Kay, 1909. ; 
40742, =steaurenther® philippinense Bim, n, sp. in 
wuddy soil of cliffs in vary densely shaded places along 
the baruring river at 3850 feet; leaves descending, timp, 
flat, devk green Sbove, much lighter bene®th; stem eoft, 
eueculent, descending: iafloressence terminal, suberect; 
flewer odorless, pendulous; the pet®le wach blue with 
whitieh margine; etamens end pistile creamy pellew; . 
*Tumbekai;" (Todays, Mey, 1909, 
40744, Polyporus durus Jungh, Upon breken ends 
of wet h@rdwood loge somewhat already decayed, in moist 
dense forests ot 3750 feet; forming dense Celoniss, very 
hard and rigid, samt atteshed te the wood, d°rk 
a wrown on both sides: “Kolot," Todays, hay, 
20745, Cledederrie infundibuliformis (Z1,) Fr, 
Very limp and flexible, on half decayed limbs of dense 
foreste at 3750 feet; erect up thick brownies spongy 
et@lke which heve ® whitish center: cp Slee erect, sappy, 
dirty white on the under side, the wkwmt rim yellowiah — 
_ brewn for Shout 1/2 inch, the balance deeply sunken portion 
brown, very strongly fugose, the fimbriat{mar¢ing thin, 
with eoft hair like exrescences."Kolet," Todaya, May, 
10746, Proerie peeudostrigoss Zim,  Seandent and 
numeFously branched, forming bushes around tree trunks 
new the grownd of dense foreste at 3760 feet; stene 
smooth grayish, 1 insh thick; weed soft, odorless snd 
taateless, reddish bene®th sippy white portion, the balance 
yellowieh; twigs slender, demeending, upwerdiy curved 
toward the @pex; leaves descending, ewooth on both sides, 
filet, dark green Sbove, mush paler beneSth; inflorescence 
pendulous from the branchlets mostly, dirty white: flowers 
ederiless; anthers of 8 light white celer, sheddisg its 
pollen with ® force: "Rader." quite common in the dry 
forests; Tedaya, Hay, 1969, 

