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this forest are the large epiphytic ferns, 

 Aglaomorpha, Leucostegia, NephrolepiSj 

 and Davallia. Another curious epiphy- 

 tic fern is the ant-harboring Lecanop- 

 teris, with its large channeled base. 

 Other ant-harboring plants are Hydno- 

 phytum and Myrmecodia belonging to 

 the Rubiaceae. 



The forest of Mount Makiling is 

 recommended for study, because both 

 its flora and fauna have been studied 

 more in detail than has any other nat- 

 ural forest area in the Philippines. 

 There are more than 1800 species of 

 vascular plants known in the Makiling 

 flora, a few of them being confined to 

 this single mountain. Extensive col- 

 lections have also been made here of the 

 fungi, mosses and liverworts, insects, 

 reptiles and birds. According to Muir, 7 

 55 of the 68 species of derbids found in 

 Luzon have been taken on Mount 

 Makiling and the neighboring locality 

 of Los Banos. 



Mount Banajao, nearly 7500 ft. high 

 (2300 meters) is an easy journey from 

 Los Banos, and has a much wetter 

 climate as well as a greater height. The 

 vegetation at its foot is accordingly 

 essentially rain forest. The transition 

 to mossy forest is more gradual than on 

 Mount Makiling, and there is a distinct 

 type, of coniferous forest, of nearly pure 

 Podocarpus imbricatus Bl. and P. costalis 

 C. Presl. at its summit. Associated 

 with these are a number of truly alpine 

 forms. The flora is much richer in 

 ferns and mosses than is Mount Makil- 

 ing, but the animal life seems less 

 abundant. 



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