237 LEAFLETS OF PHILIPPINE BOTANY [Vor. I, ART. 14 
beautiful Botocan Falls is in the Batocan River a few miles 
above the junction of the two rivers and on the trail from 
Majaijai to Louisiana. In the flats along this river and in 
the terraces upon the hillsides, rice is extensively cultivated. 
Water supply for irrigation purposes is not lacking. Dikes 
are dug for the purpose of leading the water from the upper 
ravines over the low hills and upon the inclines. The town 
itself is supplied with clear running water from the mountain. 
There is a gradual incline of about two miles from 
Lucban to the timber line at the base of the mountain. 
Here the ascent is quite abrupt and steep for about one 
third the distance to the summit. Beyond this it is gra- 
dual. The vegetation between Lucban and the foot of the 
mountain is chiefly composed of grassy glens surrounded 
and interspersed with shrubberies on the higher inclines, 
while that along the creeks of the deeper ravines is mixed 
with trees and shrubs and abounds with tall, slender, sway- 
ing bamboos. These ravines deepen into gorges which become 
narrower and are occasionally intercepted by precipices. 
The splendid coconut palm groves that extend up from 
Santa Cruz as far as Nangearlan and Cavinte are broken up 
into fragmentary patches which are confined in our district 
only to sheltered nooks. Several miles to the west of Luc- 
ban is the Dalitiwan River which also heads on Mount Ba- 
nahao (the higher peak), flows near the town of Majaijai 
and northerly into the Laguna Bay. In this broad valley 
the coconuts extend continuously nearly up to the timber 
line of the mountain. Several miles to the north of Lucban 
the Mahapon River rises, flows easterly into the Pacific 
Ocean. In the upper half of this narrow valley the small 
barrio of Sampaloc is located. This place is said to be 
about seven miles from Lucban and has an altitude at least 
350 meters less than the surrounding country of Lucban. 
It was at these two towns that Dr. Otto Warburg stopped 
for collecting in his itinerary through Luzon in March and 
April of 1888. 
The figs inhabiting the thickets about Lucban are chiefly 
shrubs or small trees, common, and more or less widely dis- 
tributed in the Philippines. They are F. pisifera Wall., 
F. indica -Linn, and its variety, F. hawili Bleo., F. ben- 
