11463, Athyrium fructuoeum Copel. Along the banks 
of the Cariban ere in dense woode and in rich humus 
covered soil of moult Apo at 6000 feet: trunk 2 feet high, 
& inches thick; stipes seversl, secendingly recurved, 3 
feet long, eteen exeept the dark brown or nearly black basal 
portions, flat and rather smooth alone the upper side, 
spinulose and eeanly beneath eepecially toward the base; 
fronds 6 feet long, strongly reeurved; pinnse saleo recurved, 
the segments eubmembranoue, half shining deep areen above, 
paler beneath; *“VYatong;”" Todaya, August, 1909, 
11.484, Coniogramme eubcordata Copel. n. ep, 
Terrestrial clumps in very moist #01] of dense foreata at 
6500 feet of mout Apo; rootetoek agcending, suite brittle, 
brown, terete, less than 1/2 inch thiek; stipe ascending, 
soft, greenish especially along the upper nearly flat side, 
2 to 3 feet long; fronds anscendinely recurved, usually shorter 
than the stipe; pinnee deep pleasing green above, somewhat — 
Lighter beneath, also reeurved especially at the tips; 
"Sayop;" Todays, August, 1909, 
11485, Dryopteris ealva Copel, n. ep. Rather smell 
tufte in eaved in gravelly wet soil of the Cariban creek st 
6009 feet of mount Apo; rooteteck ascending, quite rigid, 
fully 1/2 ineh thick, purplish on the inside; stipe descend. 
ing, watery green, soft; frond @s long es “he stive, grace- 
fully recurved, soft membranous; the pinules flat, deeper 
green on the upper eide; roots ample, wiry, black; "Pacate 
pang-pang;” Toedeaya, August, 1909, 
11486, Hypolepis tenerifrone Christ. Clumpe upon 
andy @oil washed over the bowléers along the Caribean creek 
of dense woods at 6000 feet of mout Apo; rootetock a few 
inches long, 1 or 2 inechee thick; etipeag green ascending, 
or erect soft, 2 to 3 feet long, subtente, 1/3 inch thick, 
densely covered with soft green scales; fronds a trifie 
longer than the stipes, seecendingly recurved; sermentes 
pleasing green, eomewhat paler beneath, soft membranous 
flat; "Notong;" Todays, Auguet, 1909, 
11487, Medinills Slmeri Merr. Spiphytie shrub upon 
medi eized tree trunks of deep damp woods at 6000 feet 
of mous Apo; stem 1 to 3 feet long, terete, 1 ineh thick, 
with moderately hard and brittle wood, covered with yellow. 
ieh thinly checked bark; twigs green, suberect; leaves 
thickly coriaceous, sscendingly recurved, dull green above, 
much lighter or yellowich green beneath; peduncles reddish, 
pedicels green as is also the calyx; petals me pure white; 
style and filaments whitish; stiams and basal portion of the 
anthers deep red, the terminal portion of the latter blue; 
petioles erect, in whoris; "“Saleadu;" Todaya, August, 1909. 
11488, Fagraean obovate Yall. Bpiphytic strangler 
upon large treés st 6000 feet of mout Apo, in very moist 
woods st or slong the Ceriban creek: main branches widely 
spreading, ultimately crookedly rebraneched; wood hard, 
sappy white or reddish toward the eenter, odorless, slightly 
bitter; twigs ascending, green, heavy; leaves thickly coria- 
ceous, sscending, dark dull green above, paler ew beneath, 
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