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Begoniaocae, XJlmaccae, Moraceae, TJrticaceae, BalanopJwraccae, Aristolochia- 
ceaCj MagnoUaceae, Tliyrneliaccae, and Ericaceae, by 0. Warburg; Eriocaulo- 
naccae by W. Rubland; Gramineae by C Mez and R. Tilger; Piperaccae by 
C. de CandoUe and ferns by E. B. Copeland. In this >vork no less tban 2 
genera and 219 species and varieties arc described as new and 1 family, 
[" several genera and many species credited to tbc Philippines for Ibe first time. 
Perkins, J. Zwei neue Meliaceen. {NotizhJatt Kgl. Bot. Gart. wid Mus. Berlin 
(1903) pp. 78-79.) 
Aglaia harmsiana and Gipadcssa warhurgii are described, tbe- descriptions 
being translated into English in Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 30, 32. 
Perkins, J., and Gilg, E. Monemiaceae. {Das P/IanzenrcicJi 4 (1901) pp. 1-122.) 
Thirty-one genera are recognized, but no representative of tlie entire 
family is cited from the Philippines. Since the publication of the work 
Kihara elUpsoidea, K. d^panperata, K. gramdifolia, and Mattkaea ckarfacea 
have been described by Merrill, Kihara coriacea was previously credited to 
the Philippines by Rolfe, and Matthaea sancia by Ceron, 
Pfitzer, E. Orchidaceae-PIoonandrae. {Das Pflanzenreich 12 (1903) pp. 1-132.) 
'Neuwiedia veratrifoUa Blunie and N. zollingeri Reichb. f., are credited to 
Luzon witlx doubt, and Apostasia wallichii R. Br., as perhaps growing in 
Luzon; Paphiopedilum rothschildianum (Reichb. f.) Pfitz., var. elliotianum 
(O'Brien) Pfitz., P. phiUpjyincnse (Reichb. f.) Pfitz., and the variety pJaty- 
taenium Desb., P. rochhclinii (Reichb. f.) Pfitz., P. hay nal dianum (Reichb. f.) 
Pfitz., P. argus (Reichb. f.) Pfitz., and P, ciliolare (Reichb, f.) Pfitz., all 
endemic except the last one, which is also found in the Malayan Peninsula. 
Pilger, R. Taxaceae. {Das Pflanzenreich, 18 (1903) pp. 1-124.) 
Of this family the following species are credited to the Philippines: 
Dacrydium falciforme (Pari.) Presl, Borneo and Mindoto; D. elatum (Roxb.) 
Wall., Malaya, Miudoro; Podocarpu^ imhricatus Blume, var. cumingii (Pari.) 
Pilger, tlie variety endemic, the species from Burma to Malaya; D. costalis 
Presl, endemic; Phyllocladus protractus (Warb.) Pilger, Philippines, Moluc- 
cas and New Guinea; Taxtfs haccata subsp. walUchiana (Zucc.) Pilger, 
British India to Malaya and Celebes, other forms widely distribute^ in 
tropical and temperate regions of the World. Since the publication of the 
monograph several additional species of Podocarpus have been found in the 
Philippines, some identical with previously described species of the Malayan 
region, others undescribed. 
Prain, D. Novicae Tndicae XVIII. — The Asiatic Species of Dalbergia. {Journ. 
As. Soc. Bcng. 70 (1901) part 2, pp. 39-65.) 
Seventy-four species of the genus are recognized, of «hich the follo\\ing 
five are credited to the Philippines: Dalhcrgla poTyphylla Benth, endemic; 
D. tamarindifolia Roxb., Himalayan region to Malaya and Luzon; D, cande- 
natensis (Dennst.) Prain (/>. iorta Grab.) western India to Malaya, Poly- 
nesia and Australia; D. ferruginea Roxb., Malaya, Philippines, New Guinea, 
and Z). cumingiana Bentli., endemic. 
Prain, D. A List of the Asiatic Species of Orniosia. (Joum. As. Soc, Bcng. 69 
(1900) part 2, pp. 175-186.) 
Twenty-two species of the genus are recognized, of which only one is found 
in the Philippines, the endemic Ormosia calavensis Blanco. A second Philip- 
pine species, Ormosia panicuJata Merr., has since been described, Philip. 
Journ. Sci. (1906) 1. Suppl. 64. 
