humerous; stipes suberect, brown, watery; fronds spreading, 
exceedingly variable; pinnse deep dark green above, yellow- 
igh green beneath, flat, rigid and corisceous; different 
from 9716 whick like this species forms patches in favorable 
places of the seme locality; "Loecdo, * Dumaguete, April, 
1908, 
9718, Vittaris scolopendrina (Sory) Thwait, | Large 
Glumpe upon trees 6 memebers. from the ground, at 4000 feet; 
short rootstocks rather brittle, densely clothed with soft 
brown haires rechia toward the base flattened, smooth and 
dark brown beneath, quite rigid; fronds pendulous, mote or 
less twisted snd undglate slong the edges, dark ereen on 
the upper side, paler beneath, soriaceous, the young fronds 
yeliowiehn green; "Wanalo,* Dumaguete, April, 1908, 
e719, Asplenium persicifolium J. Sm, Seandent upon 
large moss cover basal portion of tree trunks at 4000 feet; 
branched and more or less interlaced rootstock rigid and 
tightly clesving to ite guppert; stipes greeng@h brown, flat 
and Bi@ ridged on the upper side esoecially so alone the 
fachis, brittle; fronds descending, rather heavy; pinnae 
limp, Sls0 descending, dull green above, paler beneath, co- 
riaceous; "Locdo-magamai, * Dumaguete, April, 1908, 
9720, Asplenium Phyllitidia Den, Tufte, upon trees 
and shrubs, sbout 5 meters. from the moist soil, zt 4000; 
basal portion of the rachis brittle, rigid, dark brown on 
the lower side; fronds ascending from the base, eradually 
recurved, corianeous, deep green above, much paler beneath, 
lucid on both sides, with wavy margins; quite variable in 
size; "“Taguidbuyoc,” Bumaguete, April, 1908, 
+s FR. FPolypodium secedene Bi, Crewling slong the 
branches of reclining trees in moist woeds at 4000 feet; 
footetocks slender, tough, green, branched, forming laced 
mate along the upper side of the branches, provided with 
Numerous firm roots; fronde horizontally spreading, flat, 
coriaceous, brittle, much Lighter green beneath, edges thin, 
the apex only recurved; "manaog.* Dumaguete, April, 1908, 
9722, Diospyros brideliaefolia Hlm., n. sp. Tall 
trees, in moist dense woods at 4006 feet, sbout 16 meters 
high; stems 1 1/2 feet thick; branches chiefly at the top, 
rather crooked, branchlets quite lax; bark emooth but o¢- 
casionally checked longitudinally, mottled; wood moderately 
soft, easily cutting, white but immediately after being 
Cut turning to a carrot yellow and also has that oder, the 
same throughout; leaf and flower bearing twigs smooth and 
green; leaves equally smooth on both sides, limp, light 
green above, glaucous green beneath or oce ssioneally with 
® tinge of yellow, descending, nearly flat or eurvingly 

