(10754, Polygonum @poense Bim, n, ep, in fertile 
soil of open clearing of dense forests ot 3750 feet; stem 
reclining and somewhat branched at the base, taking roots 
at the joints, otherwise erect, terete, grea, the nodes 
sheathed; leaves submembranous, spreading, fiat, rich 
gveen @beve, mudh lighter beneath; inflerescence erect, 
gparingly branched, usu®lly somewhat curved, the st@lk . 
@ull red; flowers seoundly disposed S@iong the under side 
of the et@lk, divaricate or slightly descending, bright 
erimeon red, with protruding pietil portion paler fred; 
Carecut«reout.*  Teday®, Kay, 1909, — 
10756, <Aepleniwe tenerum forest, Tufte upon moss 
covered tree trunke of woist forests St 378 feet; stems 
soft, green ®long the upper grooved surface, brownish bene th, 
descending; frond flat, the pinnse gubmeabranous, darker 
green on the upper side; “Libaged. * foedays, Hey, 1909, 
10786, Ganederms subtornetum Hur, On partiy decayed 
and moiet woes covered loge of dense forests ot S7ho feet: 
verying in site from 3 inches te 16, very thick nd rigid, 
the upper side netriy fiat rugode and winkled cheeoléte 
orown, beneath enooth grayish brown, mergine comparatively 
thin, suoh thickened toward the bése, solidly 8tteched to 
the sides of the leg. "Kolot,” Todays, ESy, 1909, 
10757.  Basbus® biuseana Sehut, Dense clusters on 
exposed south hot slopes nerth of the Sibulen river ot 
3500 feet; etems 16 feet long, upper portion reclining, 
er reourveé, 6 inches thick, jointed every foot and a half: 
branches nwaerous, the twigs yellowish on the sunny side, 
otherwise green; blades many, membranous, lighter green 
-weneath; flewera on separate stews, eimileriy branched: 
“Saywayan,” Todays, Mey, 1909. Ne 
10788,  Mieehoowrpum fuecescens 1m, tree 20 feet 
high or higher with ® 10 inch thick trunk, in dense forests 
of fertile soil at 3760 feet; wood moderately hard, silvery 
er maple white, harder and sewewnet reddish towards the 
center, quite tough: bark smeoth, mottled; main branches 
moetiy toward the top, ageending, numerously branched 
toward the top and Secending; twigs brown, engoth, tough; — 
leaves guberect, ®iternatingly scattered; petiole rigid, 
brown, much thickened ®t the page: petiolules Ssecendingly 
curved, thick: leaflets strongly aecendingly recurved, 
ehartaceous, peler green beneath, eurvingly conduplicate 
on the upper side; inflorescence 6 to 16 inches long, 
termine] or subtermin®i: stalks greenish brown; flowers 
slightly fragrant; filaments @né e@lyx yellowish, ov@y 
green; Snthera ted; *yaiatetade,”  Tod®y, B®y, 1909. 

