INDEX TO PHILIPPINE BOTANICAL LITERATURE, II. 
By Elmer D. JIebkill. 
(From the hotunical section of the Bioloy'wal Lahoiatory, Bureau of i^eience.) 
Anonymous. Decados Kewensis, Decas XLII. {Kew Hull. (190(i) pp. 200-205.) 
Olio Philippine species. I'cracarpa luzonica Rolfe, is deseiilnd o!i i):ige 201, 
from Xorthern Lu/.un, live only oilier known species of the y:enus, ]\ earnosa 
Hook. f. et Th., extending from Northern India to Yunnan. 
Boorsma, W. G. Ueber philippini^sche Pfeilgifte. {Bull. Vltist, Bot. BuHcnzory 
6 (1900) pp. 14-18.) 
A consideration of huvnsia amara Blanco and Lophoprfalum toxicnm Loher, 
in connection with the use of the I)iirk as a -ource of arrow poison. 
Ceron, S. Catalof^o de las plantas del lierbario recolectado por el personal de la 
suprimida coniisioh de la flora forestal. (llanila (1892), pp. 1-231, plate 1.) 
A catalogue of a portion of the plants collected in the Philippines by Vidal, 
including those enumerated by the latter in his Revision de plantas vasculares 
FiMpinas (188U)> ^"<1 some collected after the puUlication of that work. A 
ninnbor of gt^nera and species are credited to the Philippines for the first time 
and one new species is described, CalophyJhim r'tdulii F.-ViUar, 1. c. 220, 
with plate, C cwneatum Vidal and. C rolfei Vidal being cited as synonyms. 
It is not entirely clear who is the author of the entire work, but Ceron'a 
name, then "Inspeetor general de Montes" for the Philippines appears on page 
5 at the end of the introduction. The enumeration of species is however 
apparently the work of Ueyino Gatcia. 
Chevalier, Augusta. Mouographie des Myricac^s. (Theses pn'.scnli'e^ a la fa- 
culte des sciences de Paris (1901) pp. 1-257, plates 1), reprint from Mem. 
8oc. >S'ci. Nat. Vherhong 32 (1901.) ♦ 
Three genera, fjale, Compfo7ua ^nd Mi/rica are recognized, the latter con- 
taining 51 species and many varieties, represented in the Phili2)pines by the 
endemic Myrica vidaltfiua Kolfc. Other species of the genus have since been 
found in the archipelago. 
Chodat, Robert. Polygalaceae novae vel parum cognitae, V. {Ball. Uerh. BoUn.^ 
4 (lUOO) pp. 233-237.) 
Securidaca pWippineTisis is described as new. 
Chodat, Robert. Conspectus systematicus Generis Xanthophylli. {Bull. Herb. 
Boiss. XX, 4 (inOfi) pp. 254-264.) 
XanlJwphyUum hntcteatum, X. phiUppincnse and -T. rohusfum are described 
from Philippine material, the first two endemic, the last extending from the 
Philippines to Borneo and Alalaca. 
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