leaf axils or in the axils of the branchlets, ovoid, with 
@ gunken apex; on exposed limestones; "Balete,” Baguio, 
Senguet, March, 1907, 
6725,  Conocephalus violscd@us (Bleo.) Merr. Wu- 
merously branched shrub, the stems usually decumbent upon 
cliffs of limestone, the branches suberect; branchlets 
thick, crooked; wood soft; bark gray, longitudin@pily 
checked; leaves coriaceous, conduplicate upon the ventral 
surface; buds red; stsmens pale white; rigid leaf bracts 
very coriaceous, twisted and curved upwardly slong the 
stems, green on the exterior, blood red on the interior, 
the overlapping tightly eneasing edges quite thin, The 
ingide of these is usually inhabited by rather small ants 
and other insect larvae which find themselves into it at 
the apex which is usually gnawed open by the ants for 
their sizes; the base of these bracts tightly fit up a- 
gainst the stem; flowers slightly fragrant; axillary, di- 
chotemously branched, less than 1/2 the length of the leavéa. 
om, "‘Anapol" « the roots are used to make deer latches. 
Baguio, Lenguet, March, 1907. 
8726, Pipturus repandus Wedd, Climbing or sprawl- 
ing shrubs, siways found upon limestone cliffs; stems i 
inch in diameter, soft, ultimately slenderly branched; 
leaves conduplicate, soft, mostly at the ascending twizs, 
darker green above; inflorescence ascending, immedistely - 
beneath the foliage; ovaries dark green; pistila pale or 
dull white; young bark smooth and brown; “Duwai,"  Ba- 
guio, Mareh, 1907, 
8727, Cipadessa fruticosa Bim, Shrubs of the Lime- 
stone region 2 to 3 meters high, widely spreading; wood 
very closely grained, reddish on the interior, sapwood 
white, bark brown, tubercled; ultimate twigs slender, fle- 
xible; leaves paler beneath, slightly recurved dorsally; 
axillary inflorescence ascending; corolla pale yellow; 
broadendd filaments of the same color; anthers yellow; 411 
deciduous; “Sanaibag." Baguio, larch, 1907, 
S728, Capparis lugonensis Turez, Shrubs, sprawl- 
ing with its numerous branches forming bushes; wood quite 
tough; bark smooth, mostly green; lesves thinly coriaceous, 
econduplicate, easily breaking, equally green on both sides; 
stems and twigs prickly beneath; ¥ fruits globose, axillary 
and terminal, dark green but orange red when mature 1/2 
inch in diameter; "Madulufigan," Saguio, Benguet, March, 
1907, 
6729, Evonymus benguetensis Merr,. Decumbent and 
sprawling shrub of the limestone cliffs, numerously and 
crookedly branched, forming quite dense bushes; twigs 
green and ascending; wood rather closely grained, very 
tough and flexible; old bark yellowish gray, thick 

