L159. Blumee subsericans {lm ne ep. Strict bi or 
perennials, in dry bleek compact #011 of the eocon region at 
1260 feet; stem solitary or several clustered from the same 
root, terete, yellowish green; leaves mostly readies] ,cfiull 
or pale green above, yellowieh or whitish beneath, ascending, 
nearly flat; edorlese flowers purple, pappus whitieh; 
fodeye, July, 1909. 
11140. Buchenenie erboreseens Bim. Ereet tree 30 
feet high with @ 10 ineh thiek stem, on » ary wooded ridze 
, @long the && Sibulen river et 1000 feet; stem strict, 
terete, branched above the middle; wood easily exuttiag, 
with thin white sapwood, otherwiee reddish, oderlees and 
tasteless; bark emooth yellowish grey mottled; brenches 
erookeédly rebranched, forming @ more or less dense crown; 
twige brown, flexible, besring numerous leeves; leaves 
eseendingly spreading, corieseeoue, d@erk green above, 
@lightly paler beneath, the midvein yelliowieh; inflores- 
eence aseendingly epreading, greenish exeept the ereamy 
white rether fragrent flowers; the ovary of a dull yellow; 
fodeya, duly, 1909. 
1lll4l1. <Aeelepies euresesvies Linn.  ‘suffrateseent 
in grase {eogon) fields eat 1000 feet elevetion; steme few 
or severel from the seme root cluster, ascending, terete, 
greenioh, smooth, lese then 1/2 ineh thick, 1 to 3 feet 
iong, eperingly brenehed; leaves thinly eorlaceous, spread. 
ing, Somewhet folded on the upper side, similerly pele 
ereen On both sides; infloreseencs ereet, odorless; the 
etelks and ealyx green; corolla reflexed with ereet seguent 
bs enther horne light yellow; Todaya, Joly, amex 
De 
11142. Lees negrosensis Zim. treet shrub 10 to 15 
feet high, slong the wooded edgee of the Sibulen river 
ravine st 1260 feet; stems 1 to & inches thiek, mostly 
unbrenched; wood whitish, without oder or teste, rether 
eoft: bark brown, lenticelied; leaven diverisately spread- 
ing toward the top, siternete, & feet long, trienguler in 
Gutline; petiole dark green, much tee thiekened et the bese 
_@ad grooveé on the upper side; the place of branching 
thickly nodaloge; leeflete ceoriscsous, recurved end condu- 
plieete on the upper very deep surfaces, some paler beneath; 
inflorescence ereet, terminel, 1 foot acroge, all the etelke 
reddish, ealyx red; the reflexed eegments bright red on the 
outside, pinkish white on the inner; the central erect 
eppendages ereany yeliow, anthers or rether the filaments 
of the seme color - or even deeper yollow ea is sleo the 
pistil; fruite much flettened, profuee, heavy forming es 
@luster 11/2 foot in aiemeter, 5/8 inch serosa; 6-seoded; 
Todeye, July, 1909. 
11144. Ppahudiea rhomboides (Blece) Prein.e A erooked 
ené widely epreading tree S65 feet high with a foot and one 
helf thick stem, on very steep wooded slopes along the 
Sibulen river at 1260 feet; berk rather smooth, yellowish, 
eweet on the inside; branehee spreading, the ultimete ones 

