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At the base of the mossy forest, altitude about 2,100 m, Bur. Sei.'9929 Me- 
Gregor, July 4, 1909, staminate flowers (type) ; also two’ specimens from Pauai, 
across the Agno River from Mount Pulog, in similar habitats, Bur. Sei. 8372 
McGregor, June, 1909, staminate flowers, and Bur, Sci. 4347 Mearns, July, 1907, 
pistillate flowers. 
Manifestly allied to Clematis aristata R. Br. of eastern Australia and eastern 
Malaya, but apparently sufficiently distinct from any of the hitherto described 
forms of that species. 
2. C. leschenaultiana DC. Syst. 1 (1818) 151. 
In the upper pine region, altitude about 2,000 m, U. WM. Z. 16105. 
Known in the Philippines only from the Benguet-Lepanto region, and from 
Mount Apo, Mindanao; Malay Archipelago. : 
ANEMONE Linn. 
1. A. vitifolia Ham. ex DC. Syst. 1 (1818) 210. 
In thickets and open places near the lower border of the mossy forest, altitude 
about 2,200 m, 0. M. Z. 18125, McGregor 8879, Merrill 6544. 
Widely distributed at higher altitudes in the Benguet-Lepanto region, but 
otherwise unknown in the Philippines; Himalayan region to southern China, and 
Formosa. 
Locally known as cabcabo and Merritt notes that the indumentum of the 
achenes is used by the Igorots as tinder. 
RANUNCULUS Linn. 
1. R. philippinensis Merr. & Rolfe in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 99. 
In. the upper border of the mossy forest and in ravines along streamlets in 
the summit grass lands, Merrill 6608. 
Known only from high altitudes in the Benguet-Lepanto region. 
BERBERIDACEE. 
BERBERIS Linn. 
1. B. barandana Vid. Rev. Pl. Vase. Filip. (1886) 45; Schneider in Bull. 
Herb. Boiss. I] 5 (1905) 402. ‘ 
In the mossy forest above 2,000 m, CG. MW. Z. 18039, 18050, Merrill 6601, Me- 
Gregor 8864. 
A species characteristic of the mossy forest of the high table-land of north 
central Luzon; apparently also found in Formosa. Very closely allied to B. 
wallichiana DC. of the Himalayan region, Khasia Mountains and southern China. 
The Igorot name is bagis, and the bark is used as a purgative. 
Mahonia nepalensis DC., the only other species of the family at present known 
from the Philippines, is also a characteristic plant of the region, but has not as 
yet been found on Mount Pulog. Both must be considered as Himalayan types. 
MAGNOLIACEZ. 
TALAUMA Juss. 
1. T. villariana Rolfe in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 21 (1884) 307. 
In stream depressions in the pine region below an altitude of 1,400 m, 0. M. Z.- 
18196, 18200. : 
Widely distributed in Luzon at low and medium altitudes; endemic. 
