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( 'I, No. 2) ; habit of the first, but larger, and no bulb at base of leaf. On Mount 



Banajao. 



(No. 3) ; a congener of the fii'st, but leaves a foot in length, long-petioled. " At 



Bancs," Brackenridge. 

 " Cymbidium" of some writers, (No. 1). Epidendric ; leaves hard, rigid, coriaceous, ensi- 



form, inequal, the apes rounded. " On the mountains near Banos," Brackenridge. 

 (Gren. Maxiilarioid, No. 8). Epidendric; two elliptical leaves; the flower-stem separate; 



flowers few, two inches in diameter, pale pink or rose-colored. "On the mountains 



near Banos," Brackenridge. 

 ( No. 9). Epidendric; two to three inches; flower-stem separate, the flowers very 



small. " On the mountains near Banos," Brackenridge. 

 (Aerides ?, No. 1). Epidendric; long pine-like leaves; a lateral raceme of very small 



flowers. "On the mountains near Banos," Brackenridge. 

 ( ?, No. 2). Epidendric; rigid, somewhat involute leaves ; inflorescence radical. 



" On the mountains near Bancs," Brackenridge. 

 Gen. Dendrob. with sessile flowers, (No. 1). Epidendric ; three to four inches ; leaves 



equitant, and having a scarious margin ; flowers solitary, sessile. " On the mountains 



near Banos," Brackenridge. 

 Gen. Epidendr., (No. 1). Epidendric, climbing and branching ; the flower-stems sepa- 

 rate. On Mount Banajao. 

 ? (No. 2). Epidendric ; dichotomous tortuous stems, straggling, with few leaves. 



" At Banos," Brackenridge. 

 Zingiber (compare No. 1 Hawaiian and Samoan to the Feejee Islands). Seeming distinct 



from Polynesian sp. ; two and a half feet high. " On the mountains near Banos," 



Brackenridge. 



Globba nutans? (No. 1). Branching; glob, white berries; no flowers. "On the moun- 

 tains near Banos, at the elevation of 2000 feet," Brackenridge. 



(Gen. Alpinioid, No. 1) ; gen. Scitarain. Leaves Zingiber-like, but narrower and caudate ; 

 terminal raceme of red berries. On Mount Banajao. 



Gen. near Dioscorea, (No. 1) ; but the fruit five inches long, and stipitate for an addi- 

 tional inch. " On the mountains near Banos," Biackenridge. 



Dioscorea (No. 8). Growing along the road to Mayjayjay. 



Gen. Smilax-like, (No. 1); compare Dioscoreac, as the leaves are membranous. Stem 

 with slight prickles; leaves narrow auric, at base. " On the mountains near Banos," 

 Brackenridge. 



Smilax (No. 5). Normal ; leaves large, ovate, the under surface white. " On the moun- 

 tains near Banos," Brackenridge. 



(Curcas purgans. No. 2, bis Brazil); Jatropha of Linn. Abundantly planted, along road- 

 sides and elsewhere. 



Artocarpus incisa? (No. 1, compare Metia to the Hawaiian and Feejee Islands), but 

 having a diff'erent aspect, the leaves more puberulous, and the petioles seeming longer ; 

 the fruit not seen. No specimens. 



? integrifolia, (No. 2). Planted; and observed bearing fruit. 



Ficus (compare No. 8 Samoan to the Feejee Islands) ; leaves very smooth, entire, and 

 coriaceous; pea-like fruit. " At Banos," Brackenridge. 



