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PIPERACEZ. 
PIPER L. 
].. P. sp. 
In the mossy forest, altitude about 2,250 m, C. M. Z, 16240. 
2. P. ap. 
In stream depressions, altitude about 1,500 m, Merrill 6530. 
PEPEROMIA Ruiz & Pav. 
1. P. reflexa A. Dietr. Sp. Pl. 1 (1831) 180. 
On boulders in stream depressions, altitude about 1,200 m, 0. M. Z. 16239, 
McGregor 8894. 
Mountains of India, China, and Malaya, also in Africa, Australia, and America. 
CHLORANTHACE. 
CHLORANTHUS Linn. 
1. C. brachystachys Bl. Fl. Jav. Chloranth. (1828) 13, pl. 2. 
In the mossy forest above 2,000 m, 0. M. Z. 16095, McGregor 8871. 
Throughout the Philippines at medium and higher altitudes; India to southern 
China and Malaya. 
FAGACEZ. 
Qu ERCUS Linn. 
1. Q. luzoniensis Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 323. 
In the mossy forest at an altitude of about 2,500 m, C. M. Z. 16062, 18063, 
18070, 18079, and possibly also OC. M. Z. 18087, the latter having much larger 
fruits, but otherwise very similar to the type of the species. 
Known only from similar habitats in the Benguet-Lepanto region and from 
the mountains of Zambales. 
.2. Q. woodii Hance in Journ. Bot. 12 (1874) 240; Merr. 1. c. 326. 
In the lower parts of the mossy forest, altitude about 2,200 m, (0. M. Z. 18152. 
Known only from the mountains of Benguet. | 
3. Q. sp. 
In the mossy forest, altitude about 2,500 m, OC. M. Z. 18061. The specimen 
is sterile and is very similar to Q. luzoniensis, but the leaves are entirely glabrous, 
. 
MORACEZE. 
FICUS Linn. 
1, F. hauili Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 684. 
In stream depressions in the pine region, below an altitude of 1,300 m, C. M. Z. 
18217. 
Widely distributed in the Philippines at low and medium altitudes; endemic. 
2. F. cumingii Miq. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. 7 (1848) 235. 
On slopes in the pine region, altitude below 1,400 m, OC. M. Z. 18192. 
Widely distributed in the Philippines at low and medium altitudes; endemic. 
3. F. fastigiata Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 1 (1906) 44. 
Lower parts of the mossy forest, 0. M. Z. 18140. 
