beneath; on river banks, in damp ravines, in seepage ground --_ 
but nowhere abundant; igorotes call it “Talankaran,” and 
goon after the seeds have fallen it is gathered somewhat by 
the igoretes, tied up in small round bundles and taken to - 
the vdlley markets where they are sold at 2 to 5 centavos 
each, The valley natives use them as fine brooms and dustem ! 
Baguio, uarch, 1907, 
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8961, Phyllachora ,4eernbachi# fp. Henn, on leaves 
made yellow by the diseage; bursting on the upper surface, 
black, surrounded by dark green rings; Baguio, March, 1907. 
8982. Hypericum japonicum Thunb, arect ox suberect 
herbs 6 to 12 inches high, eparingly branched sbhovey the base; 
flowers deep yellow; quite common in damp clay¢y soil uzuye 
along trail petween Sablen and Yagyagan, "Dakbob.” taguic, 
Kareh, 1907, ' 
' 8983, Pratia begonifolisa Lindl. Tightly clesving 
and trailing up damp clayey ground cuts on trail between Sa- 
blan and Yagysdan; flowers erect, blue or purplish; seede 
also erect, watery and purplish; in favorable places complete- 
ly matting the ground; "“Kanopa.” Saguio, arch, 1907, - 
8984, Strongylodon elmeri Kerr, A twining climber 
upon small trees and shrubbery in a damp nook of the trail 
half way from Sablan to Yagyadan; stems tightly twining about 
its support, 1 to 1 1/2 inches thick, gray, roughened; pendu- 
ious inflorescence upon 1 to 2 feet long axilisry pedupies; 
the peduncle, erect pedicels and thick calyx wash blue or 
dark indigo; floral parts (of corgila) dull dark green with 
wash blue shades along the edges;leaves coriaceous, equally 
dull dark green on both sides; "Sindanugan" - the stems used 
for tieing timbers of houses, Baguio, Nareh, 1907, 
8985, Passiflora philippinensis @lm., n. 3p. A $C 4ne- 
dent shrub upon jungles in ravines 1/3 the distance from Sa- 
blan tq Yagyadan on the trail; slender branches hanging with 
the digtichous half leathery leaves; branches gmooth green; 
leaves pendulous, shining green above, glaucescent beneath; 
flowers ascending, clustered in the leaf axils, calyx light 
green with hyaline Wwargins; corolls whitish, thig’ bristles 
deep purple a the base otherwise light purple; pistils and 
Cstamene greenish; odor of flowers not unpleasant "Guachal," 
Baguio, Mareh, 1907. 
8986, Ficus merrillii @im., n. dp. Slender trees, 
& meters high; stems with soft white wood and brown bark 6 
inehes thick and suberect; branchlets slender, suberect; leaves 
(gt submembranous, dark green above, spreading from the ends 
of the branchlets, flat, very unequaljin size; figs upon 
lax and branched tubercles 1 to 2 feet long, descending from 
the stems, suberect, obovoid, dark green and covered with 
short dark brown hairs and whitish lenticels; rare; in damp 
ravines just below irigan; "“Dewdii. * Baguio, March, 1907, 
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