
9651,  Hymenochaete nigricans (Lev.) Pat. On ary 
dead logs of open places at 4259 feet; dark brown above, 
grayish brown beneath and smooth, very dry and papyrsceous; 
Dumaguete, April, 1908, 
9652, Bugenia malaccensis i. Tree, 15 ngtets high, 
in open fields at 1000 feet; stem 11/2 foot thick, straight, 
branched from below the middle; branches spreading but rather 
short crooked, xigay Rik rigid; twigs many, rather short 
also, forming «= densely shaded elongated crown; leaves 
coriaceous, only slightly curved upon the upper side which 
is deep green and Fayjatong much paler and duller beneath; 
inflorescence chiefiyalong the *xk twigs, in small rigid 
Clustere, quite dens¢ at times, its stalks greenish, the 
elongated calyx greenish with a light tinge of red; the 
4 petals early falling, bright pink throughout, minutely 
punctate on the outer side, deeply spoonshaped; stamens 
similarly colored throughout; anthers of the same color; 
pistil also light pink; flowere exceptionally pretty but 
odorless; “Macopa," «= Jruits said to be large, red and 
edible, bark smoothish, grayish; Dumaguete, March, 1908, 
- 9853, Tectaria decurrens (Presal) Copel, Tufts on 
boulders along the River at 2600 feet; short sub- 
erect rootstock 1 to several inches thiek; fronds subpen- 
dulous, varying from 1 foot to; meseme long, the smaller or 
younger ones nearly entire or very little pinnate; stipes 
dull black or brown, not brittle; pinnae submembranous, 
rether heavy, descending, xx brighter green above, decurrent 
along the rachis and along the entire stipe; Jvumaguete, 
april, 1908, 
9854,  Tectaria melanocaulen (B1l,) Copel, Small 
tufts upon earth and amongst boulders along the 
River at 2500 feet; rootstocks short, auberect, a few inches 
thick; stipes not brittle, dark brown or nearly black, terete, 
the longer ones 1 m###e# in length; fronds recurved spreading, 
‘ usually a trifle shorter than the stipe; pinnse soft, very 
thin, recurved, equally light green on both sides; (the 
younger fronds almost entire and cordate in shape); Duma- 
guete, April, 1908, 
iy 
9865, Asplenium Laser pitifolium Lam, Tufte, from 
short few inches: thick suberect rootetocks; stipes mm many, 
1 to 3 feet long, not brittle, shining black, neatly terete; 
fr mde recurved, usually somewhat longer than the stipe; 
pinnae submeabranous, lighter green beneath; slong the 
River at 2500 feet; Dumaguete, April, 1908, 
9856,  bryopteris wetteniana Hieron, Christ. non 
Oo. K, Tufts, on dry earth, along the River at 
2500 feet; stipes green, not brittle, arising from wa short 

