ly breaking, yellowish white; bark thin, grayish peeling in 
shreda, leaves coriaceous, shining dark green above, lighter 
green beneath; bude and flowers pendulous; flowers lemon co- 
lored except the whitish green pésti2; "Subit." Baguio, 
Benguet, March, 1907. fo 
88uo. Lycopodium carinatum beav, .Small tufted and 
pendulous from moss covered tree trunks; foliage bright 
green; in mossy oak woods of Santo Tomas at 7,000 feet; "Ato 
«atofiig" the ashes of the green plants is used to sprinkle 
aver burned skins to keep from swelling and releaving the 
pains, aguio, Benguet, March, 1907, 
8602, Surya flava err. Small numerously branched 
shrubs. on dry hot land slides north of Santo Tomas at 7,000 
‘feet; white wood wiry and #olid; bark very smooth, brown; 
leaves coriaceous, kipes recurved, shining, paler beneath, 
fruits wash blue when mature; baguio, Narch, i907, 
86u5. avgdia gemecarpifolia Merr, Srect shrubs. 5 
meters high, with brown bark and soft white wood; branches 
spreading and forming a broad crown; leaves subcoriaceous, 
eomewhat darker green above, spreading edges usually recurve 
ed thereby forming «a shallow concavity; flowers pale white, 
not of the common eour odor but rather faintly and sweetly 
fragrant; at 6,500 feet on Santo Tomas in hardwood forests; 
"Pile," baguio, Harch, 1907. 
8604, Ardesia marginata Dim, Leaves and habitat as 
in 8,793 but the entire infrutescence dull red, with the 
fruits smoother and much smaller and also more frutiferous; 
below the cliffs north of Santo Tomas at 7,250 feet; "Uno," 
Baguio, March, 1907, 
8805. Symplocos depauperata herr, Branched shrubs 
2 meters high in shrubbery of Ganto Tomas at 7,750 feet; 
leaves membranous, shining on both sides, paler green beneath; 
flowers nearly pure white, faintly but sweetly fragrant (a ty- 
pical Prunue odor); the petals soon withering to a yellowish 
brown but more or) less persistent; bark brown; wood soft 
white; "“Salasbas." Baguio, March, 1907. 
6806, Sarcopyramis delicata C, b&b. Robins, Loosely 
matted herbs,-upon half decayed logs covered with damp moss 2 g_ 
wr, in the oak woods of Santo Tomas at 7,750 feet; leaves 
succulent, green above, paler beneath, stems branches and 
petioles very succulent, smooth and red, quite brittle; flowers 
also succulent, flesh color; rare; Baguio, March, 1907. 
8807, Rapenesa philippinensis Mez, Slender trees 6 
meters high, crookedly branched toward the top; wood compara. 
tively soft; bark grayish white; coriaceous leaves ascending, 
dull green on both sides but darker green sbove, their edges 
Slightly recurved beneath; Baguio, March, 1907, 

