:MERRir>L. 
C. curag Blanco and C. meyenianus Schauer are consitlerod as doubtful, 
impprfectly known or unrecognizable species. All tlie species enuinenited 
from the Philippines are endemic to the Archipelago. 
Brand, A. Symplocaceae. (Das Pflanzenreioh, 6 (1001) pp. 1 100.) 
A single genus, Symplocos, is recognized, containing 281 species, of which 
the following are credited to the Philippines: SympJocos patens Presl, 8. 
jiutens vav, ciliata (Presl) Brand, S. floridissnma Brand, S, pohj(i)Hlra 
(Blanco ?), Brand /S'. ferruginea Roxb., S. ohl&tigifoUa (Presl) Vidal, 8- 
mmivgiana Brand, and S. lusofiiensis Rolfe, all endemic with the. exception 
of 8. ferruginea. (See also Brand in Perkins Frag. Fl. Philip, pp. 36-37.) 
Brotherus, V. F. Contributions to the Bryologieal Flora of the Philippines, I. 
[Ofversigt af Finska Vetettskaps-Societetens Forhandlingar (1904-05) 47, 
No. U, pp. 1-12.) 
Forty species of Philippine mosses are enumerated, mostly fron\ the collec- 
tions of Merrill, Copeland and Elmer. The following species are described 
as new: DioranoJoma perarmatum., Macromitrium merrillii, Orthomnium lo- 
heri, Entodon lomjidens, 8ematophyXlum piliferum iind Eypymdendron cope- 
landii. 
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Buchanan, Fr. Alismataeeae. {Das Pfianzcnreich 16 (1003) pp. 1-G6.) 
No species of the family is credited to the Philippines, but since the 
publication of the monograph the widely distributed Bagittaria sagitiifoUa 
L., has been found in Mindanao. The other two families considered by 
Biichenau in the same work, 8e}ieuchzeriaceae and Butomaceae, are not 
represented in the Philippines. 
Buchanan, Fr. Juncaceae. (/)as Pflanzenreich 25 (1906) pp. 1-284.) 
No species of the family is credited to the Philippines, but the widely 
distributed Juncus effusus L., is found on the mountains of Luiion and 
Mindanao, and at least one other species of the genus is found in nortliern 
Luzon. 
Christ, H. Zur Farnfiora von Celebes. {Ann. Jard. Bot, Buitenz. II. 4 (1904) 
pp. 33-44.) 
Forty-nine species are enumerated, many of which extend to the Philip- 
pines, 
Christ, H. Filices Borneenses. Fougeres reeeuillies par les expeditions des 
Messieurs Nieuwenhuis et Ilallior dans la partie ^uatoriale de Eorn^. 
(Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitens. II. 5 (1905) pp. 92-140, plates I.) 
An enumeration of 155 species, many of which are described as new, with 
numerous references to species extending to the Philippines. 
Christ, H. Filices Insularum Philippinarum. {Bull. Herb. Boiss. 6 (1898) pp. 
127-154; 189-210, plates 3.) ' 
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Two hundred and seventy-one species of ferns and fern allies are enumer- 
ated, the list being based on the collections made by A. Loher. A number 
of species are credited to the Philippines for the first time and the following 
described as new: Alsophila lepifera J. Sm., var. congcsta, A. fuliginosa; 
Hymenophyllum suhdemissum and H. discosum ; Lindsaya loheriana and L. 
capiUaceaj Lomaria fraseri Cunn., var, philippinensts ; Plagiogyria glauca 
Kunze var. philippinensis ; Asplenium loherianum, A. contiguum KauH., van 
hipinnatifidum ; Athyrium sarasinorum Christ, var. philippinense; Aspidtum 
loherianum, A. grammitoides, A. fauriei Christ var. elaiius; Polypodium 
loherianum, P. suhohliquatum, P. sagitta, P. anomalum, P, lagunense; and 
Angiopteris cartilagidens. 
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