348 MKRRILI.. 
Gray, Asa. Charaeteisj of New or Obseiiie Species of Plants of the ^lonopelalous 
Orders in the Collection of the United States South Pacific Exploring Expedi- 
tion under Captain Charles Wilkes, U. S. N., with Occasional Remarks, etc. 
(Proc. Am, Acad. 5 (1SG2.) 
On page 324 a single species from the Philippines is described, Gaultheria 
(Dipli/cosia) Utzonica =^ Diplycosia hizonica (A. Gray) ilerr. 
Harms, H. Anomopanax Harms, Eine ini Herbar des Mus. Bot. Hort. Bogoriensis 
entdeckte neue Araliaceen-Gattung. {Ann. Jiird. Bot. Buitenzorg II. 4 (1904) 
pp. 13-16.) 
The new araliaeeous genus Anomopanaa; is described, with three species, 
two, A. celehicus and A. warhiirgii from Celebes, the third, A. phiJippinensis, 
from Mindanao. 
Hasskarl, J. K. Ueber einige neue Pflanzen der Philippinen aus der Cumingschen 
Sammlung. {Flora, 38 (1865) pp. 401-403.) 
Three species are described: Anredera cumingii Hassk. (=A. scandens 
Moq.), Sgmphorema glabrum Hassk. {=S. luzonicum (Blanco) F.-Vill.) and 
Trihulus macranfhus Hassk. (=T. cistoides L.). 
Hemsley, W. Betting. Revision of the Synonomy of the Species of Aleurites. 
{Kew Bull. (190G) pp. 119-121.) 
Four species of Aleurites are considered in connection with a preceding 
article on the source of Chinese wood-oil, A. oordata R. Br., Japan to Formosa 
and south China, A. fordii Hemsl., China, A. triloha Forst. {A. molvccana 
(L.) Willd.) ^Nfalaya and Polynesia and naturalized in many other tropical 
countries, and A. trisperma Blanco. The last two are conunou and widely 
distributed in the Philippines, the latter being endemic. 
laguna y Villanueva, Maximo. Apuntes sobre un nuevo roble (Q. jordanae) de 
la flora de Filipinas (1875) pp. 1-8, with plate. 
In this work, all the sjjecies of Quercus then known from the Philippines 
are enumerated, and on page 7 Quercus jordanae is described. With a plate 
showing a branch and fruit, natural size. 
Massee, George. Revision of the Genus Heniileia Berk. [Kew Bull. (1906) pp. 
35-42, with one plate.) 
Four species are recognized, of which one, H. vastatriw Berk. & Broome, the 
cause of the devastating cofTee-leaf disease^ is credited to the Philippines, on 
leaves of Coffea arahica L., and C. liherica Hiern. (It is ahimdant on the 
leaves of the former throughout the Philippines, and has practically killed 
the coffee industry in the Archipelago.) 
Maxon, "William E. A Xew Name for Kaulfussia Blume, a Genus of :Maratta- 
ceous Ferns. {Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 18 (1005) pp. 239-240.) 
The new generic name Chris teiisenia is proposed, Kaulfussia Blume being 
invalidated by earlier use of the same name by Dennstedt and "Nees in the 
Polygalacece and Compositw. A single species is recognized, Christensenia 
cesculifolia (Blume) Maxon. The genus is represented in the Philippines by 
a distinct species, C. cumingiana Christ. 
Koore, Spencer le M. Alabastra Diversa, Part XII. {Journ. Bot. 43 (1905) 
pp. 137-150.) 
Among various species described from different parts of the World are 
three from the Philippines, Aster philippinensis from northern Luzon, and 
Pogostemon philippinensis from Luzon and Panay, and Crassocephahtm 
latifolium, from Xe^ros. 
