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OUTLINE OF PLANT GEOGRAPHY 



arum {Ahoasia sp.) with immense leaves six or seven feet long. 

 A single specimen of a curious parasite, Rafflesia sp., was seen. 



Some handsome orchids {Phajus sp., Vanilla sp.), bright scarlet 

 Aeschynanthus, showy pink epiphytic Medinilla and Begonias, 



. e dashes of bright color to the prevailing green of the luxuriant 



foliage. 



Near the summit of the mountain, some pitcher plants were 

 seen, and also fine filmy ferns and tree-ferns. 



Fig. 66. — Mountain forest, Luzon, P. I. Photo., Dr. E. B. Copeland. 



Banajao is about twice the height of Maquiling, but the lower 

 part has little forest remaining; and up to about 3,000 feet is to a 

 great extent covered with the coarse "lalang" grass. The forest 

 is less luxuriant than on Maquiling, with fewer palms, except 

 rattans. At the higher elevation, up to the summit (7,500 ft.), 

 the forest is predominantly coniferous, but the trees are all of 

 the yew family, species of Dacrydium, Taxus, and Podocarpus. 

 The liverwort flora is a very rich and interesting one, including 

 a number of species collected by the writer in Java and Sumatra. 

 A rather unexpected find was a peat-moss (Sphagnum), in fine 

 fruit. 



No showy orchids were seen on Banajao, but some other very 

 beautiful epiphytes were common. Especially striking were some 



