a few foliaceous bracts; ealyx and ascendingly curved pedicels 
deep red; corolla agecendingly reeurved, 1 1/2 ineh Long, 
tubular below the bend, aradually enlarged from the middle 
to the throat, ite 5 lobes simply dilated, not rotately spread . 
ing or reflexed, yellowish well in the throat or tube; file- 
ments yellowish, style very derk red, anthers purplish espe- 
cially the backs; the 2 recurved stigmatic lobes grayish 
purple; "“Talaupong*; young fruite 6 inches long; Tedaya, 
August, 1909. 
11586,  rachytheeium oxyorhynchum (Doz, et Molk. Jaag.) 
@ee Covering and densely covering bowldere in the Cati creek 
above its falls at 6760 feet of mount Apo; foliage yellowish 
gyeen, soft and velvety; setae brown; capsule divaricate, 
map, shining, ereen but early turning brownish: “Lomot;” 
daya, Auguet, 1909. 
11557. Syrtandra apoensie tlm. n. sp. Shrub 9 feet 
long hanging on the cliff at the upper end of the first 
ef the Cati mre creek folle at 8750 feet of mount Apo; stem 
3 inehee thick, hanging or rather descending, crookedly 
branched above the middle; wood odorless and tasteless, 
soft, watery, whitieh or greenish white, with a large 
brown pith; bark brown, very thinly checked; branches 
eparingly rebranched, 4«sided, greenish, heavy; leaves 
heavy, succulent, horizontally spreading, the petiole 
terete and reddish a8 is aleo the midrib beneath; blades 
Slightly recurved ond nearly flet, limp cerieceous, dark 
@reen and half shining sbove, much lighter or yellowish 
green beneath, the larger ones &>4 16 inches; inflorescence 
on the stem, subpendulous, 5 inches long, divaricately few 
wranched, the etalke greenish or turning purplish; ealyx 
with purplish bases, otherwise. ereen; ecorolls 1 ineh 
long, comparatively seacecate sbeve the middle “above the calyx, 
eardinal red, the 5 short blunt lobes atrongly revolute; 
filaments and style whitieh, etigma greenish, snthers yellow. 
oe re es Se backs; “Cali-bangbeang;" Todaya, August, 
1909, 
11568. Astilbe philippinensis Henry. Upon moist 
moses covered bowlders at the upper end of the Cati creek 
falls at 8750 feet of mount Apo; stem 1 or more arising from 
the thick perennial rootstock, terete, green, secending; 
petioles widely spreading; the submembranous leaves descend- 
ing or horizontal, flat, darker green on the upper side; 
the ascending inflorescence greenish except the white petals 
and stamens; “Parapingdang;" Todaye, Auguat, 1909, 
115589. Rubus pectinellue Maxim. Oreeping over moist 
moes covered rocks along the Cati ereek at 5750 feet of mount 
Apo; old steme wiry, slender, terete, greenish, the younger 
portion reddish, the ascending petioles sileo em turning rede 
dish, soft or rather suceulent; leaves flat, submembranous, 
dark green above, paler beneath; calyx slso0 greenish; 
berries bright red; "“Bagel-belen. “ Todays, Auguet, 1009, 


