MEURIT^L. 
Mez, Carl. Myrsinaceae. (Dos Vpanzcnrcich, 9 (1902) pp. 1-437.) 
Of this large and widely distributed family tlie following species arc 
credited to the Philippines: Maesa laxa Mez, M. hdenkeana Mez, M. manil- 
lensis Mez, M. deniiculata ?»Tez, M. cumingii Mez, M. gaudiohaudii Mez, all 
endemic; Ardisia comiculatum (L.) Blanco, A. floridum R. & S., both widely 
distributed in the Indo-Malayan region; Ardisia tomcntosa Presl, A. philip' 
pinensis A. DC, A. distxcha A. DC, A. mindcmaciisis Mez, A. marginata Bl., 
A. sulcata Mez, A. scabrida Mez, A. huinilis Vahl, A. hotssieri A, DC, A. 
pirifoUa Mez, A. verrucosa Presl, A. grandidens !^^ez, A. pcrrottetiana A. DC, 
A. scrrata (Cav.) Pers., A. oastaneifoUa Mez, A. eandollcana (0. Ktz.) Mez, 
A, scalaris Mez, A. eumitiyiatMi A. DC, A. proteifoUa Mez, A. war&uryiajia 
Mez, A. saligna Mez, A. crispa (Thunb.) A. DC, A. pwrdelina Mez, A. sinuato- 
crenata Mez, A. jagorii Mez, all endemic except three species; Discocalyx 
philippincnsis (A. DC) Mez, />. vidalii Mez, 7). effusa Mez, D. minor Mez, 
/). cyhianthoides {A. DC) Mez, D. angustifoUa Mez, all endemic; f;mZ)cIia 
porteana Mez, £. philippinensis A. DC both endemic; Rapanea philippinensis 
(A. DC) Mez, endemic. Since the publication of tlie monograph represen- 
tatives of 2 other genera, AmhyJantliopsis and Lahisia have been discovered 
in the Philippines, and some species of genera listed above have been described. 
(See Mez, This Journal 1 (190G) Suppl. pp. 271-275.) 
Palla, E. Seleria luzonensis Palla sp. nov. (AUgemeine Bot. Zeitschr. {1907). 
The above new species described, to be issued in Kncucker's "Cyperaceae 
exsiocatse," the type from Mount Arayat, Luzon. 
Pax, F. Aeeraceae. {Das Pflanzenreich, 8 (1902) pp. 1-89.) 
Of, the single genus in the family, Acer Linn., 114 species and many 
varieties are recognized, but none are credited to the Philippines. Since the 
publication of the above monograph 2 species have been discovered in the 
Archipelago, both undescribed by Pax, thus adding an additional family to 
the list of those previously knoAvn from the Pliilippines. 
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Pax, F., and Knuth, R. Primulaceae, {Das Pflanzenreich 22 (1905) pp. 1-386.) 
Of this family Androsacc saanfragifolia Bunge, northern India to China, 
Japan, Formosa, and Luzon, and Lysimachia japonica Thunb., with about the 
same distribution but extending to Java, and L. ramosa Wall., var. typica 
R. Knuth, Himalaya, Burma, Java, and Lxizon, are the only forms credited to 
the Philippines. A few more species are, however, found in northern Luzon. 
Perkins. J. Fragnienta Florae Pliilippina?. (Contributions to the Flora of the 
Pliilippine Islands, Leipzig, Gebriider Bornlraeger (1904-05) pp. 1-212, 
plates 4.) 
This work was issued in three fascicles, I, pp. 1-66, March 12, 1904; IT, 
pp. 67-152, June 30, 1904, and III, pp. 153-212, February 20, 1905. It was 
prepared by Dr. Perkins with the assistance of various specialists and was 
based largely on the Pliilippine collections of Warburg, Ahern, and Merrill, 
The chief groups treated are Lcguminosae, Dipterooarpaceae, Anaeardiaceae, 
Meliaceae, Pinaceae, Taxaccae, Marantaceae, G<mysfyJac€ae, Burscraceac, 
Elaeocarpaceae, Tiliaceae, Malvaceae, Bomhacaccae, Htcrculiaceae, liosaceae, 
and Rutacvae, by Perkins; Symplocaceae by A. Brand; Acanthaceae by G. 
Lindau; Fagaceae by 0. von Seeman; Typhaeeae by P. Graebner; Orchidaecae 
by R. Schlechter; Palmae by 0. Beccari; 8apindaccae by L. Radlkofer; 
Asclepiadaceae by R. Schlechter and 0. Warburg; Myristicaccae, Pandanaceae, 
