9948,  Tecteria irregularis (Presl) Copel, var. brog- 
niartii, Tyfte in fertile but damp soil of heavily thicketed 
ravines, at 2000 feet; suberect rootetocks a few inches thick, 
1/2 foot long; hard stipes brittle, nearly black on the under 
side, gfeenish on the upper flattened surface, with soft brown 
hairs especially +m towards the base; fronds diverse in size, 
spreadingly reeurved; pinnae light, much paler green beneath; 
‘Locdo;" Dumaguete, April, 1908. 
9949,  Polystichum carvifolium (Kze) C, Chr, A tree 
Aspidium (?), in damp fertile soil of heavily thicket ravine 
slopes at 2000 feet; stipes green with dark brown scales 
especially toward the base, sot brittie; rootstock an inch 
er so thick, a few inches longer; fronds rather heavy, re- 
curved, deep and lucid green on the upper side, lighter 
green beneath, very smooth; pinnae flat, half, Tigid; “Locdo;"- 
Tufts with very unequally sized frende; Dumaguete, April, 
1908, 
9950, Loranthus bicoloratus Bim,, mn. 8p. On limbe 
of "Leutosyke” of a steep densely thicketed ravine at 2000 
feet; rigid stems yellowish gray, sparingly branched; leaves 
thick, very @ull green above, paler and sublucid beneath ; 
peduncle, pedicels and calyx green; bude and flowers pendulous 
similar in color, the apical 1/3 of the buds green 2nd aunmkee 
constricted, otherwise of a deep scarlet red; segments 5, 
the apical 1/3 yellowish green and strongly reflexed, the 
half saccate searlet red tube ultimately ligulate clear to 
the base; stamens (with filaments and anthers) and apical 
portion of style green as the corolla segments; that portion 
of the style in the tube reddish; flowers rather limber, 
half succulent and odorless; “Maneog;” Dumaguete, April, 
1908, 
9951, Pithecolobium anguetod{}in benth. Shrub like 
tree in wooded and heavily thicketed ravine slopes at 2000 
feet; branches rufous brown, densely covered with lighter 
brown colored lenticels; leaves submembr enous, descending, 
shining dark green on the upper side, much. paler beneath ; 
pods sucur like and wavy, not rigid, shining smooth, orange 
red (quite showy!); inflorescence green, the greenish yellow 
flowers evidently of very short duration; "Balocbaloc-magamai ;* 
Dumaguete, April, 1908. : 
9952.  Phaleria perrottetiane (Meisen.) F, Vil. Lax 
shrub, 2 ype igh , in damp soil of underehrub thickets; 
.gtems 3/4 inch thick, soft and flexible, slightly foetid; 
bark smooth, with a rich brown color, easily peeling, tough; - 
lenvee coriaceous, lucid above, smooth on both sides, pier 
beneath, only slightly conduplieste on the upper surface 
recurved; mature infrutescence mE suberect upon a thick 
1/2 inch long peduncle, bright shining scarlet red, the 
head nearly 2 inches in diameter; drupes 1/2 ineh long, 
bluntly tapering towards both sx ends; the scant whitish 
meat juicy and mek bitterish to taste; "“talacopa; * 
Dumaguete, April, 1908. 

