cinal properties.

_Cryptogamia_.--Nine families of very luxuriant ferns.

_Cryptogamia_.--_Boletus sanguineus_ (Tagalog, _Culapo_).--A curious
blood-red Fungus.

_Dillenia Reifferscheidia_ (Tagalog, _Catmon_).--A very singular,
showy flower.

_Exocarpus ceramica_, D.C.--A curious Cactus.

_Euphorbia tirucalli_, Linn.--A curious Cactus.

_Erythrina carnea_, Blanco (Tagalog, _Dapdap_).--Grows to 20
feet. Gives a lovely red flower.

_Hibiscus syriacus_, Linn. (Several varieties of Hibiscus.)

_Hibiscus abelmoschus_, Linn.

_Mimosa pudica_, Linn.--_Mimosa asperata_, Blanco (Tagalog,
_Mahihin_).--The "Sensitive Plant," so called because at the least
contact with anything it closes up all the little petals forming
the leaf. It is one of the most curious plants in the Islands. It
has a small red flower. Grows only a few inches from the ground,
among the grass.

_Mimosa tenuifolia_, Blanco.--The "Sensitive Tree," which has the
same property of closing the leaf on contact.

_Mimosa scutifera_, Blanco.--A tree with seed-pods hanging down
like curls.

_Momordica sphoeroidea_, Blanco (Tagalog, _Buyoc-buyoc_).--Climbs high
trees. The fruit is eaten when cooked. Soap is obtained from the roots.

_Nelumbium speciosum_, Wild (Tagalog, _Baino_; Igorrote, _Sucao_).--An
aquatic plant found in the Lake of Bay and other places. Beautiful
pink or red flower. The natives eat the roots and seeds.

_Passiflora laurifolia_, Linn.--A curious Passion-flower, quite
different to the European species.

_Pancratium zeylanicum_ (Tagalog, _Catongal_).--A bulb giving a very
peculiar flower.

_Pinus toeda_.--The only kind of Pine known here. To be found in the
mountains of Mancayan (Lepanto) and Benguet.

_Spathodea luzonica_, Blanco (Tagalog, _Tue_).--Grows to 15 feet. Gives
a gorgeous white flower. Common on the sea-shores. The wood is used
for making guitars and clogs.

_Philippine Orchids_
_The principal Orders_

** Natural crosses or hybrids--rare and valuable.

Genera. Species.
Aerides Augustiarium
Lawrenciae
Marginatum
Quinquevulnerum
Roebelinii
Sanderianum
Bulbophyllum Dearei
Cymbidium Pendulum