ee rigid, dull end lees green beneath; near cliffs and ridges 
of Santo Tomae at 7,250 feet; “Opdes” « leaves used for clean- 
ing pipes snd buttons « fruits are esten, Baguio, March, 1907. 
8578,  Sabia philippinensis ©. B., Rob. A smooth stemed 
woody climber; wood tough; bark smooth and light gray, except 
that on the twigs which is green; foliage rigid, recurved, dull- 
er greenfoeneath ; inflorescence subpendulous; small flowers 
greenish yellow; in dense jungles of ravines 500 feet below the 
gummit of Mount Santo Tomase “Kapdas" - fruits udged in esting 
rough. Baguio, March, 190 
8579. .aeea denticulata Yes, Shrubs 2 to 3 meters high, 
with rather soft and easily bresking wood; younger bark brown, 
densely set with small lighter brown lenticels; foliage soft, 
Gull green above, lighter beneath; berries yellowien green; in 
ravines of Ganto Tomas at 7,250 fact; “*Ototoy, ” Baguio, 
March, 1907, 
8580. Strobilanthes plurithrps 0 Clarke, Low Laxly 
branched shrubs or amongst thickets a few meters high, in the 
oak woods; stems nodulowe, smooth and mostly green, not nume- 
rously brenched; branchlets and soft flat leaves mainly widely 
spreading; infrutescence and delicate whitish flowers suberect; 
very common ot 7,250 feet of Santo Tomas; “Umum,” Saguio, 
Mareh, 1907, | 
8581. - Decaspermum paniculatum Kurz. Brect, trees 6 mee 
ters high, with an & inch stem; branched above themiddle, branche — 
lets numerous and ascending but rather short; bark yellowish 
gray, scaling in plates; wood closely grained, very hard, heavy 
and somewhat reddish; flowers white to pink; on bere ridge of 
Santo Tomas at 7,000 feet; “Bultig." kaguio, Senguet, “arch, 
1907, 
8582, Carex loheri Clarke, Mostly single plants in 
dense moss covered rocks of the oak woods; foliage dark green; 
inflorescence erect, its flowers mkirsk whitish; schenes green, 
shining smooth; forming isolated clumps throughout the well 
shaded woods, the ground covered with leaf humus at 7,750 feet 
on Santo Tomas; Baguio, Genguet, March, 1907. 
8583, Piver delicatum ©, D°., n. sp. Scandent shrubs 
upon trees and forming bushes upon undereshrubs of the oak woods; 
male inflorescence erect; branches lax, often pendulous; wood 
pliable and tough; 014 bark yellowish, rather thick and coarse- 
ly checked; leaves spreading, dark green above, paler beneath, 
 poft; in woods at 7,000 feet of Santo Tomas; “Mananaiak," 
Baguio, March, 190%. 
‘ “AY 
6584, Peychatria loheri Glm., mB. Sp. Shrubs 4 meters 
high, widely and numerously branched toward the top; wood soft; 
bark grayish; leaves subcoriaceous, dull dark green above, 
lighter green beneath; fiat and spreading; fruits yellowish 
but when mature coal black; in dense oak woods at 7,500 feet 
of Zount Santo Tomas; "Socha.” baguio, March, 1907. 
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