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DISTRIBUTION OF PLANTS. 



(No. 2); not before met with. A low herb; leaves broad, the under surface pink 



or rose-colored. " On the mountains near Banos, growing on rocks," Brackenridge. 

 (No. 3); not before met with. Normal, resembling some Brazilian species; three 



to four feet high ; leaves inequal, sinuately dentate, the under surface veined with red. 



On Mount Banajao, from the elevation of 3000 to 5000 feet. 

 Laurus (No. 3). "Twelve to fourteen feet high;" leaves lanceolate, glaucous beneath; 



buds pubescent. "On the mountains near Bano.s," Brackenridge. 

 (No. 4) ; a second species. " Eighteen to twenty feet high ;" entirely smooth ; 



no flowers. " On the mountains near Banos," Brackenridge. 

 Gen. near Eivina, (No. 1). SutFruticose ; leaves acute at each end; flowers 5-cleft ; 



stigmas thi-ee ; berries white. " On the mountains near Banos," Brackenridge. 

 Chloranthus (No. 2). Herbaceous, eighteen inches high. " On the mountains near 



Banos," Brackenridge. 

 (No. 3); apparently a second species; the leaves argutely serrate. On Mount 



Banajao. 



(Elaeagnus, No. 1 ; recorded as) Hippophae ; ornamental ; twenty feet high. Frequent 

 along road-sides at Mayjayjay, from the elevation of 500 to 1500 feet. 



Aristolochia (No. 2) ; a vine. Growing at Mayjayjay. No specimens. 



Phyllanthus (No. 6). A shrub, six feet high ; leaves opposite. On Mount Banajao. 



(No. 7 ). A shrub ; leaves smooth, ovate. At Banos, C. P. 



(No. 8) ; leaves oblong, hairy. " At Banos," Brackenridge. 



Nov. gen. Tanarius, (bis No. 1 Tuheiti to the Feejee Islands). Growing along the river- 

 bank near Manila. No specimens. 



(Onjalanthus ?) ; compare (No. 2) Samoa, but the fruit not seen. Growing along the 

 river-bank near Manila. No specimens. 



(No. 5). Fifteen feet high; leaves peltate, the under surface glaucous. On the 



summit of Mount Banajao. 



— (No. 6) ; seeming distinct from the last ; very large peltate leaves. On Mount 



Banajao. 



Croton (No. 3); not before met with; close pubescence; leaves broad-ovate, slightly 

 peltate. " On the mountains near Banos, at the elevation of 1000 feet," Brackenridge. 



Tragia ? (No. 1). Herbaceous; leaves cordate. " At Banos," Brackenridge. 



Gen. Tragia-like (No. 1). "A tree twenty feet high;" leaves Urtica-like, alternate. "At 

 Banos," Brackenridge. 



Elatostema (No. 11) ; narrow, long-pointed leaves. " On the mountains near Banos," 

 Brackenridge. 



Datura (fastuosa ?, No. 2). Long white odorous flowers ; fruit roundish, with short 

 prickles, a large remnant of the calyx at base. Naturalized around Banos, C. P. 



Lindernia (No. 1), bis Taheiti to the Feejee Islands. At Banos, C. P. 



Scoparia dulcis, (bis No. 1 Brazil and Peru). Frequent in the open ground, at Banos and 

 elsewhere ; probably introduced. 



Leucas (10-dentatus, No. 1, bis Metia to the Feejee Islands), but seeming more tomen- 

 tose. At Banos. and elsewhere, C. P. 



Hyptis capitata, (bis No. 1 Brazil). At Banos, abundantly naturalized, C. P. 



Leonurus Tataricus, (bis Bio Janeiro). Along road-sides ; naturalized. 



