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separate. " On the mountains near Banos, at the elevation of 1200 feet," Rich and 

 Brackenridge. 



? (No. 2); not before met with. Berries hardly becoming fleshy, dehiscent at 



apex; acuminate. " On the mountains near Baiios," Brackenridge. 



Gen. near Anona, (No. 1); flower single, opposite to a leaf; calyx 3-leaved ; petals white. 

 " On the mountains near Baiios," Brackenridge. — Apparently the same species, having 

 the leaves Myristica-like, a foot long by four inches wide, and smooth. 



? (No. 2) ; under surface of the leaves somewhat sericeous ; no flowers nor fruit. 



In the environs of Manila. 



Urena (No. 3) ; not before met with. " Eight feet high ;" leaves angularly dentate and 

 lobed, with the under surface pubescent. " On the mountains near Baiios, at the ele- 

 vation of GOO feet, rare," Brackenridge. 



Gen. Hibiscu.s-like, (No. 1). Twenty-five feet high ; no outer calyx; flowers in racemes; 

 capsule splitting into from five to seven valves or segments. Along the river-bank, 

 near Manila. 



Paritium (bis No. 1 Metia to the Hawaiian and Feejee Islands, and compare Brazil and) 



P. tiliaceum; the leaves creuulate. In the environs of Manila; sub-maritime. 

 Abutilon (No. 1). At Baiios, C. P. 



Sida (No. 9) ; not before met with. Lax habit, creeping ; leaves broad-cordate, indis- 

 tinctly lobed. " At Baiios," Brackenridge. 



(No. 10) ; smooth ; leaves lanceolate, obtuse. At Banos, C. P. 



(No. 11) ; leaves ovate, obtuse, cuneate at base. On the basal portion of Mount 



Banajao. 



(No. 12) ; not before met with. Leaves ovate, serrate ; flowers glomerate ; car- 

 pels smooth. At Baiios, C. P. 



; seeming distinct from glomerate sp., the leaves narrower. " At Baiios," Brack- 

 enridge. 



(Helicteris ?, No. 1). Pterospermoid ; leaves simple, ovate, inequal at base, long-pointed, 



the under surface white with close pubescence ; smaller ; two linear stipules at base. 



" At Banos," Brackenridge. 

 Pterospermum acerifolium, (No. 1). A tree, "seventy to eighty feet high. On the 



mountains near Baiios, from the base to the elevation of 1200 feet," Brackenridge. 

 suberifolium, (No. 2). A " tree, twenty to thirty feet high. At Baiios, growing 



along the margin of the Lake," Brackenridge. 

 Astrapasa (No. 1). " On the mountains near Baiios," Brackenridge. 

 Gen. Thea-like, (No. 1). " A shrub;" fruit hairy, slightly trilobed. " On the mountains 



near Banos," Brackenridge. 



(Drymaria, compare No. 1 Brazil) ; gen. near Stellaria; leaves subrotund. At Mayjayjay, 

 growing on the basal portion of Mount Banajao. 



Bixa Orellana, (bis Hawaiian Islands, and No. 1 Brazil and Peru) ; the arnotto. Culti- 

 vated ; having been introduced by colonial Whites. 



Urena (lobata; compare No. 2 Feejee Islands); leaves many-lobed. Frequent in open 

 situations and in cultivated ground. 



(Eriodendron anfractuosum) ; Bombax pentandruni of authors. Trunk and leaves smooth ; 

 flowers whitish, and not very showy, Planted within the limits of the city. 



