INDEX TO PHILIPPINE BOTANICAL LITERATURE. 
By Elmer D. Mf;krili.^ 
{From the holanical section of the Biological lAthovuiory, Bureau of Science.) 
The literature bearing directly or indirectly on Philipj)inc botany is 
so extensive and so widely scatterejl that it has been considered advisable 
to prepare and publish from time to time lists of useful or essential works 
containing references to Philippine plants. Such lists will include short 
reviews of monographs of various genera and families that are represented 
in the Philippines^ short articles, individual diagnoses, etc., and an 
attempt w^ill be made to review obscure and rare papers referring to 
Philippine botany in the wndest sense of the word. Special attention 
will be given to recent publications, but the older ones will not be 
ignored, if there is any special object in reviewing them. The ultimate 
object of this work is the preparation of a complete bibliography of 
Philippine botany. The list will be continued from time to time in this 
JOUIIXAL. 
Ames, Oakes. Descriptions of New Species of Acoridium from the Philippines. 
{Proc. Biol aVoc. Wash. 19 (1900) pp. 143-154.) 
Eighteen new species of Acoridimn are described, all, with the exception 
■of A. williamsii, hased on material collected by employees of the Bureau of 
Science. The species are as follows: Acoridium unlliamsii, A. graminifolium, 
A, tenuifoUuni, A. tenue, A. parvulum, A. ve^iusfuhtm, A. strietiforme, A. 
anfraotum, A, recurvuniy A. philippinetise, A. turpc, A. oUganthutn, A. ocelJa- 
turn, A. merrilH, A. longilahre, A. graciliscapum, A. cucullatumj and A. 
copclnndii. 
Beccari, 0. Le Palme delle Isole Filippine {in Martelli's W'chhia (1905) pp. 
315-359.) 
An enumeration of all the palms definitely known from tlie Philippines, 
in which the following species and varieties are described for the first time: 
Pinunga speciosa, P. copelmidi, P. harnesii, P. chncrii, and /'. chinensis (from 
China) ; Caryofa merrillii; Omnia paraguanensis; Livistona ivhitfordii, L. 
ridalii; Calamus mollis var. major, V. merrillii, C. siphouospathus vara. 
suhlcvis, oligolcpis {major), oUyolcpis {minor) and pohjlrpis. 
Beccari, 0. Systematic Enumeration of the Species of Calamus and Daemon- 
orops, with Diagnoses of the New Ones. {Records Bot. Surv, India 2 (1002) 
pp. 197-230.) 
In this paper 104 species of Calamus are recognized and 77 species of 
Daemonorops, of which the following are credited to the Philippines: Calamus 
spitiifolius n. sp., C. mollis Bhuico, C. Blancoi Kunth, V. eumingianus n. sp., 
C. mosleyanus n. sp., G. vidalianus n. sp., C. siphouospathus Mart., 0. micro- 
carpus n. sp., C. manillensis H. Wendl., and C. dimorphacanthus n. sp. Daem- 
onorops fuscus Mart., and D. gaudichaudii Mait. Calamus discolor Mart., 
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