9672,  lLitsea perrottettii (Bim) %. Vile ‘Tree 20 
my high, with a & feet trunk, in woods along the {i0©2 =% River at 
2800 feet; bark gray, more or less mottled, reaaish 
peneeth the skin; wood modergtely soft yellowish throughe 
out, odorless; brenches widely spreading, the ultimate 
ones emooth aml greenish; leaves descenfing, slightiy — 
eonduphieate upon the upper surface; lueid green above, 
oneh @uller benesth; inflereseence, exillery an& terminal, 
ueuslly &2 unequal apikes from the leave exils, aseending, 
diveri¢etely apresding; flowers yellowish, with a very . 
feint bat eweet edor,  “Beceann,* Lctnaanithan Mergh, 1908. 
9873. Piper betle Linn. A lefty tree climber, 
forming dense tangled moases clear eround the naked ex- 
posed stems; stem 8/4 ingh thick, with smooth yellowish 
batk, nedese every 6 inches, tightly clesving te its ompnerti 
branches divericately eeetince’ easily separating at the 
mogh thieken@éd joints; eorineeons lesves subpenduious, 
shining green on the vwpper aide, much paler beneath, con~ 
duplisate on the upper surface; ‘the pendulous aplkee yel- 
lowish green, the steminete elendere® end yellow; “Buyoos" 
the peppery leaves of this species are chewed b; the 4 igi 
with lime ené beetleenut fa pelm which pp § eal 
The eplive exereted hy the comixture le of a blood reds 
Dame gue te, Mereh, 1966. 
9574, Yernonie videllii Morr, Tree, 20 ms 4: 
on eteep revines of the River "at 2500 feat 3 
woot moderately bard, @uli weneows | mise heavy; bark thiek, 
grayish brown, coarsely en4 longi twdinslly checked, brown 
bemesth the epidermis; limhes axoohetiy epresding; leeves 
éull green, rather ashy gray heneath, only slightiy ¢ on» 
a, on the upper eurface, submembrenous; inZLores- 
sénee soft penieulete, termine], with » ddlisate sweet 
ofer; pedisele and calyx creen, Bovered with a eumereons 
pubescence; heads normally 8 flowered; eorolle bude purple, 
ia anthesis pink; etyie and atigas whitich, _penese 
en So white or cheer: "tal otege” serena 
SEDO, iD @ 
9675.  Adientun cavdatua lL, Smell tutte, in fertile 
8041 below or on the unier side off bowlters of © very 
steap vevine at 2600 feet planted with hemp; fronds grace= 
ly recurved, their slender ends frequently taking roote 
in the sof and produce new neeyge soohie nearly black 
as are the mature = pinnee thin, ry, of e dell greenich 
gast; "“Tolecdio,” Baru ste Marek, 19 we 
9676, Calanthe pulchra Lindl, Dumaguete, Mareh, 
7 (Ro desartptten) : 
1908, 
ae 2 = 
ery are 
G577, # Pleeeglettia bioallosan ames Me Spe Tere 
teetrisl orchid in demp weeds at 4900 feet; leaves recurved, 
rather thick ond leathery, 3 ridged benecsth and of & 8 
Light green; steme terete, wand like, reddish brown, 
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