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years I have observed these points in this and other parts of 

 Montana. Last autumn having occasion to cross the main range 

 and go down as far as the Wyoming line, at the southwest, I ob- 

 served the same distinct and intereradinsr forms all along the 



route. 



F. W. Anderson. 



Great Falls, Montana, June 15, i88g. 



Notes from the Phillippine Islands.* 



" I made a very interesting trip a few days ago into the moun- 

 tains of Megros, near the southern end. We passed over a range 

 about 3,500 feet above the sea, and found a great change, of 

 course, in the flora. At the height of a thousand feet we found a 

 Rubus — rather like a great raspberry — edible, but not excellent 

 in flavor. We soon after (at 1,200 feet) struck fine tree ferns. 

 At 2,000 feet we found an East Indian pitcher ^Xd^nX, perJiaps a 

 new one. I was fortunate enough to get it in flower. Some of 

 the larger pitchers held a pint. They continued abundant to the 

 top of the mountains, climbing up the trees to a considerable 

 height. After this height, (2,000 feet), ferns and mosses were in 

 great abundance, draping the trees heavily. We also found a 

 number of species of Begonias, one a beautiful spotted leaved 

 one along the path, and a strong, spiny one in the narrow val- 

 leys of the streams. I afterwards found a third species near the 

 coast. At 2,500 feet in the valleys of the streams I found a 

 Colias in flower and showing tinted leaves, far from cultivation — 

 it may be the original of our cultivated varieties. The natives 

 called it medicinal and carried a lot of the plants with them. 

 Large numbers of scrubby oaks grew on the crests of the ridges. 

 The mountains were volcanic and very steep, and we had great 

 difficulty in making our way over them. Large quantities of 

 the finest rattans were found, but the guides said it was too far 

 away to make collecting it profitable. The long, lash like ends 

 of the leaves, thickly set with recurved spines, meet us at every 

 step, and a little lack of care brought a whole line of these hooks 

 about our backs or faces and through our clothing. With all 

 these inconveniences, I think a botanist would have gone half 



*Extracts from a letter of Prof. Sture to Prof. A. A. Crozier, dated Colin, 

 I*hiUippines, March 12, 1889. Communicated by Dr. Geo. Vasey. 



