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8592. Sénecio benguetense lm, S#innial herbs, branche 
ed and reclining downward from . damp steep slope; larger stems 
1 ineh thick, mostly green; leaves soft, spreading, chiefly as- 
cending, veins beneath often reddish; heads usually asofleding, 
only slightly deflexed when in seed; flowers faintly fragrant, 
lemon color, reddish brown when old; at 7,750 feet of Santo To- 
mas; Baguio, March, 1907. 
8593, Segonia merrillii err, Suffruteseant and very 
numerously branched; forming dense mate or bushes; branches u- 
sually reeurved, the younger ones red; leaves shining dark green 
above, paler green beneath, with purplish margins; leaf petiole 
reddish but not the veins; flowers large snd showfy, pendulous 
white with 4 pink cast; fruits persistent; in damp shaded pla- 
ces at 7,750 of Santo Tomas, “Nuaglay." Baguio, March, 1907. 
8594, gymplocos depauperata err, Lax numerously branch- 
e4 shrub with yellowish gray bark, the ‘young bark brown rather 
gamooth; wood not hard, white; flowers white, but upon whither- 
ing turning yellowish; they have a sweet Prunus odor; in wood- 
ed ridges sear the summit of Santo Tomas at 7,750 feet; "Salas. 
bag, * Baguio, Lbenguet, March, 1907. 
6595, Rhododendron subsessile Kendle, Shrubs with <. 
Smooth grayish white bark and comparatively hard white wood; 
leaves darker green sbove, ascending, msrgins strongly recurv- 
ed; buds erect, but flowers divarieate, of a rich light red 
and delicate in tecture; at summit of Mount Sento Tomas; “bu- 
gogugua,” iaguio, Benguet, March, 1907, 
6596, Blaeotarpus argenteus Merr, A flat topped ri- 
gidly branched shrub 4 meters high or often treelike; wood 
hard, solid and white; bark rough, whitish; foliage ascending 
dull green beneath; inflorescence ascending or more erect; 
white slightly fragrant flowers subpendulous; at 8,000 feet 
on the summit of Santo Tomas; Baguio, benguet, March, 1907, 
8597, Rapanea arvensis (Lim.) Mez, Rigidly branched 
shrub or sometimes tree like, flat topped; wood very hard, red- 
dish; bark thick rough, ved on the inside; at summit of Mouht 
Santo Tomas; 8,000 feet; Baguio, March, 1907, 
. 8608, Nertera dentata Glm, Seft prostrate herbs with 
yellowish green foliage and brown slender satems; mature ber- 
ries vermillion red, very shining; on dry gravelly soil mixed 
with reddish cliay; on the summit of Santo Tomas at &,00U feet, 
although it was also noticed in damp”clayey soil at 6,000 feet; 
"Kani pa, “ bagulo, Benguet, March, 1907. 
B99, Alyxia parvifolia lierr. y Vinely and numerously 
brarnch#a bushy shrubs upon trees and large shrubs at the sum- 
mit of Mount Santo Tomas; stems grayish white, the twigs smooth 

