9463, Piper miniatum iim. A ramifying climber upon 
a dead tree sleng the headwaters of the Liver; wood 
brittle, ite old #tems round and covered with smooth grayish 
brown bark; leaves flat, darker green sbove, subco riaceous; 
fruite pendulous, leaf opposed and terwinsl, soft and et raw 
berry red wien ripe, with a biting pepery flavor; "Malabou- 
yoo." Dumaguete, Mareh, 1906, 
«9464, ‘aphidopho ra grandifolia Krause, mn. 3p. A, 
tall tree climber, slong the headwaters of the 
River; eteme subflattened and tightly cleaving to ite supe 
port, ite tissues watery and soon turning reddish when cut; 
leaves 2 to 3 metere lena, descénmding; the basal one third 
petiolate, deeply grooved aleng the upper side, with a thick- 
ened curve at the distal end; leaflets coriaceous, heavy, 
subpendulous; inflorescence of several spikes from the apex 
of the steme or from the ends of the few branches, surround- 
ed by marcescent sheath, the peduncle 6 to 10 inches long; 
the round spk @pike 6 inches long, lightly enclosed by the 
thick greenish gpathix; “Dacoling"; fruits light cream 
ColLer; Dumaguete, March, 1906. 
9466, Soe flagiodendron mindensense err, Rreet. . 
tree 53 to 6 meters high, ww@a occasionally 1 to 3-branched; 
leaves eubco riaceous, diverse in size, speeding, the lesfe 
lets slightly asesnding from th ebase; inflo vescende ¢o rym 
bosely spreading at the apex, 1 ‘to 2 feet across; buds and 
ataminate flowers (7) light orenge color, rigid; tne sterile 
fraiting (7?) berries half way upon the s@me stslke faintly 
rugese and nearly black indige color; young fruits in solid 
ovoid heads 1 to 2 inches arose; peduncles and pedicels 
dull reddish brown; "“Ulo«Ulo,° Some trees were observed 
to be 10 metera high with an & ineh trank wood dull reddish, 
ode tless; Dumaguete, March, 1908, ; 
9467, Spipegum voseum Liddl. Solitary from a hori- 
ental dead cormy lightly meted in rich damp soil along 
the headwaters of the - tiver; stema, breste and sub- 
pendulous flowe m of 4 light creamy white, soft and delicate 
in texture; apparently vety rare; “Camsog, " Dumaguete, 
April, 1908, 
9448, Tinospars negroties Diels n, ep, A Glimbing 
si rab in damp woods near the headwaters of the 
iver; atems the size of a man’s littie finger, tough and 
flexible, covered with gray bark densely set with oblong 
lenticels; young siteus petioles and foliage of the mane 
Baume same green calor; lesves submemomanous, flat; inf rue 
tescence the size of grape clusters, hanging from the stems 
upon slender green 1 to 2 foot long veduncles; pedicels 
smooth and of the same color; f mits the size of small 
cherties, with a subviscid watery ax juice and its thin 
ekin of a very light pink color; stone hard; “Kalang-Batang,* 
Dumaguete, March, 190c, 

