8846, Lindsaya gracilis b1m, Small tufts upon damp 
earth on sides of washout of a streamlet in a densely shaded 
growing with No. 6846, Baguio, benguet, arch, 1907, 
8847. Lindsaya davalhoides Bim, Small tufts upon 
damp clayey earth on washout of a stream bank; in deeply shad- 
ed gulches at Gablan, "Kilatan." Baguio, March, 1907. 
8646 a, Argostemma solaniflora 1m, Solitary or usuale- 
ly tufted herbs on moss covered rocks in etream beds near Se 
blan; stems green, succulent; infrutescence terminal, erect 
whitish; persistent calyx greenish; leaves membranous, fiat, 
spreading, yellowish green beneath; fruiting mm capsule turne 
ing dark brown with maturéty; Baguio, March, 1907, 
8849, Ficus similis Merr, Rather slender trees 18 me- 
tere high, with numerous and spteading branchlets; bark smooth, « 
gray and brown mottled; leaves subcoriaceous, flat, with recurve>. 
a tips, epreading horizontally, dark green above, yellowish 
green beneath; fige ereet or ascending, single or in pairs from 
the upper leaf axils, subglobose or obovoid, but usually some- 
whst irregular at the apex, lucid green but turning reddish 
' brown with maturity; in a densely wooded ravine neser Sablan; 
‘Dewdu" for fence material; Baguio, Benguet, Mareh, 1907, 
8860. Pinenga barnesii beecc. Straight erect trees 5 
meters high, with 4 iach stems; rings beneath the inflorescence 
1 to $ inches apart; infrutescence several rings below the sheath 
base, deflexed, 1 foot long, flattened, 5 voranched, the branche. 
fA red with a tinge of yellow; nuts arranged all around the 
branches, smooth, hard, of a very dark pleasing red; leaves 2s8-~ 
cending with tips recurved & feet long; leaflete glaucous green 
beneath, their tipa much recurved, otherwise ascending; slong 
the entire rachis but becoming shorter and narrower toward the 
base; bark gray with ringa light gray; leaf sheaths dserk brown 
2 to 3 feet long, swollen, solidly overlapping; in damp shaded 
ravines near Sablan; "Gatidi.* Baguio, Benguet, March, 1907. 
8651. liapania humilis *, Vill. Perennial herbs, 1 to 
3 feet high and forming loose clumps, each year's growth pro- 
ceeds from the upper opposite side forming distichous stems 
with 2 to 5 plants from the same root; roots broan, wiry; leaf 
bases triangular, ascending, with much recurved tips, submem- 
breanous; fruiting cones (%) sxillery, upon 3 to 7 inch long 
stalke erect; on damp ground near streem of Sablan; Baguio, 
Benguet, March, 107. 
8852. Calophyllum bliancoi Pl. et Tr. Trees 20 meters 
high with a straight 2 feet in diameter bole; bark yellowish 
brown; wood medium in hardness reddish especially near the 
heart (¥) leaves coriaceous, only slightly conduplicate on the 
upper side, tips recurved, paler green beneath; flowers early 
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