, 20636,  Gehisostachyum muorenstum Heck, Large 
Clusters forming lerge “rete in damp fertile soil of wooded 
Fidges at feet Slong the Barvring river; steme 3 to 
6 inches thick, terete, smecth, herd, dull green, etraignt, 
jointed every 2 to 3 feet, % to @ feet high, the slender 
teps only slightly reourved; branches chiefly @beve the 
middle, in dense ®lternate clusters, Sscendingly spread. 
ing, the lerger brenches 3 to 5 feet long, “nd mostly 
febrenched tow%rds the tip, the sw@lier ones numerous — 
and @vising from the bese; leaves shartaceous, fiat, apread~ 
ing eonfined towards the ends of the numerous branchiets; 
branches quite rigid yet the em@lier ones bend@ble; inflo- 
Yescence moetly clustered @long the ends of the branchlets 
ef leafless branchlets, greyish green, when old persistent, 
and ne®rly 1 inch tiek clusters; stem besets brown, 6 
inches long, terminated by the @pieSl ligulate broadly 
evate and sharply ®euminete pertion which ie 3 inches 
wide &t the base and 3 inches from tip to base;  Toedaya, 
eg June, 1909. 
10839, <Gemelia philippinensis iSwran.) Bth, Breet 
tree 16 feet high with 6 inches thick stem, in woods of 
preeipitous flanks north ef the Baruring river %¢ 3000 
feet; branched Sbove the middle, forming 4n elengeted 
roundish erown; bark mottled, amooth or thinly checked; 
wood moderately herd, sappy white, he®vy, oderlees and 
tasteless; main branches widely spretding, Prebranched; 
twigs subédrooping; leaves subceriseeous, Geek lucid green 
Sbeve, paler beneSth; ne@rly f1et, tips recurved, subs 
penduleus; inflorescence 8xlllary, sparingly branched, 
ueu@lly hanging or extended beneath the leaves, green 
exgept the oderlese yeliowish flowera; filements white, 
anthers yellow; "Maguntepai;" Tedaya, June, 190%, 
0840, Alstoni® meerephyl1® letifelia G, et G. 
Large tree en steep wooded slopes Sleng the Seruring 
river 8% 2000 feet; stem 2 feet thick, 60 feet high; 
main branches apresding from above the middle, comparative.- 
ly shert and forming 4n elongated crown, branchlets 
arranged in subwherls, Secending le®ves corisceous, S#eend~ 
ingly spreading in whorls, lueid deep green on the upper 
conduplicate side, paler beneath, the main nerves whitish 
en beth sides; inflerescence umbelistely spreading, the 
stalks yellowish green, the eaiyx grtyish green; core) 16 
ereaay white, oderless; “Borakir;" wood s®ppy yellowi ch 
white, brownish toward the center, moderately hard when 
elé and brittle, ederless ond with & bitter taste: bark 
gugeth, grayieh white, obscurely longitudin@lly checked, 
fedeye, June, 1909. 

