LIOL?. Hulophia exaltata Reichb. Herbs in dry warm 
soil of the Cogon grass et 1260 feet; corm 6 inches in the 
ground, flattened, more or less irregular in shape, with few 
rather thick roots; stem erect, 5 feet high, 1/3 inch thick, 
not brittle, covered with strew colored bracts, the basal 
bracts reddish; leaves radical, recurved, light green on 
both side, smooth, grooved slong the veins on the upper side snd 
keeled on the lower, conduplicate on the upper side toward 
the base and at the apex; inflorescence strict, the rachis 
eee tae At ne the green bracts soon turning brown; ovary 
green (dark) and rope like twisted; flowers odorless; the 
_ upper segments pleasing light yellow on the outside, 
whitish on the inner side, flet and spreading; the broad 
hanging hood also creamy white exeept the apex end the blant 
Spur; Todaya, June, 1909. 
11017 a. Balophia squalida Lindl. fodaya, June, 1909. 
{No description) 
11016. Guresligo orchioides Gaertn. Herbs in fertile 
soil of cogon grage et 1260 feet; roote thick, few, fleshy; 
stem sheathed, a few inches in the soil; leaves reclining, 
magh narrowed and grooved toward the base, subcoriaceous, 
similerly pale green on both sides, more or less grooved 
along the midvein on the upper surface, keeled on the lower 
side; peduncle erect, whitish; flower odorless, ususlly only 
one to each plant, rich deep yellow throughout; "Taloangi;" 
fodeya, dune, 1909. 
11019. Pyenospors nervoge Y. and A. A low suberect 
or spreading perennial from a thick half woody root, tightly 
seated in the dry hot soil of the cogon grase at 1250 feet: 
stems numerous from the same root crown, usuelly reclining 
upon the ground the tips suberect, greenish, or yellowish, 
terete, flexible; branches lex end ample; leaflets horiszon- 
telly spreading, flet, dull green, much lighter beneath; 
inflorescence aseending, the emall flowers pink; 014 pods 
1/4 inch long, rather rounded or inflated, upon ascending 
stalks "Lichu~liabud;”" Todaya, June, 1909. 
11020. {Gonostegia) (sericee 21m.) Pouzolsie indica 
Gand. Perennials in dry warm soil of the cogon grass at 
32 1000 feet; roots ligneous tightly seated in the soil; 
Stems many from the same root crown or eluster, brown, helf 
suffrutescent end much curved st the base, suberect and 
greenish white above, not branched; leaves divarieste or 
descending, soft membranous, most of them conduplieate on 
the upper side especially toward the apex, canesently white 
beneath; perisnth reddish, stamens and pistilse ereamy 
white; "“Cayut-earen;" fodeya, June, 1909. 
11021. Buphorbis serralata Reinw. Brect herds from 
fibrous roots in eompact soil of cogon greas at 1000 feet; 
stems terete, strict, reddish towerd the bese, sparingly 
branched, the upper portion reeurved, stems yellowish 
green above the middle; leaves ascending, flat, thinly 
coriaceous, the midvein grooved slong the upper side, pale 
green, beneath glauceseent; petals pure white, the calyx 
end capsules green; “Sayut-caran;” Todaya, June, 1909. 
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