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? (No. 6). " Upright, a foot high leaves ovate, acuminate. " At Banos, grow- 

 ing on banks," Brackenridtre. 



Flagellaria (bis No. 1 Samoan to the Feejee Islands). On the basal portion of Mount 

 Banajao J once only met with. No specimens. 



Scleria (No. II); not before met with. Abounding on Mount Banajao, from the eleva- 

 tion of 2000 to 4000 feet. 



Fimbristylis ? (No. 9); small spikelets. At Banos, C. P. 



(No. 10) ; a second species ; the spikelets smaller. In the environs of Manila. 



Cyperus (No. 9). Small, six inches high. At Banos, C. P. 



(No. 10) J the inflorescence lateral; with a single bract. In the environs of 



Manila. 



Panicum (No. 10). Normal ; the florets very small. On Mount Banajao. 



Orthopogon ; compare Polynesian sp., (No. 1 Taheiti to the Hawaiian and Feejee Islands). 

 "On the mountains near Banos," Brackenridge. 



Rhapis (acicularis, No. 1, compare Taheiti to the Hawaiian and Feejee Islands), but seeming 

 taller. In the open ground, around Mount Banajao and elsewhere ; possibly indigenous. 



Sorghum (Halepense, No. 1, bis Peru). " Wild on the mountains near Banos," Brack- 

 enridge. (Perhaps only naturalized?). 



Gen. Poac. ; compare (No. 1 Taheiti to the Feejee Islands); the woodland species, having 

 the florets acute. On Mount Banajao. 



Eragrostis (No. 4). Small ; six inches, decumbent. In the environs of Manila. 



(No. 5) ; very minute spikelets. At Banos, C. P. 



Apluda ? (No. 1). Straggling; " four feet high," and branching; no awns. " On the 



mountains near Banos," Brackenridge. 

 Chloris (No. 1). Small. Frequent in open places, in the environs of Manila. 

 (Gen. near Chloris, No. 1; recorded as) Chloris?; like diminutive Hordeum. "At 



Banos," Brackenridge. 



Dracaena terminalis, (bis Metia to the Hawaiian Islands and No. 1 Feejee Islands). 

 The variety having pink and red-margined leaves, cultivated by the natives ; being the 

 only kind met with. 



Ananas (bis Taheiti to the Feejee Islands, and No. 1 Tropical America) ; the pine-apple. 

 Introduced by colonial Whites; the plant not seen, but cloth woven from its fibres was 

 spoken of. 



Commelina (No. 1, compare Samoan to the Hawaiian and Feejee Islands); blue-flowered. 



In the environs of Manila ; probably introduced. 

 ; perhaps a second blue-flowered species. 



Cocos nucifera, (bis Paumotuan coral-islands to the Hawaiian and Feejeean Group, and 

 No. 1 Tropical America). Abundantly cultivated, for the purpose of procuring 

 " toddy;" the plantations extending inland along the route to Mayjayjay, as far as ten 

 miles from the shore even of the Lake. 



Areca catechu, (No. 4). Having a different aspect from the Polynesian Arecas, the leaves 

 shorter and curving downwards. Abundantly planted by the natives ; having been intro- 

 duced by aboriginal settlers. 



Corypha umbracuiifera ? (No. 1). Very large; the trunk stout, six feet; petiole margined 

 with spines. A single stock seen, planted near the dwelling of a native. 



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