PHILIPPINE BOTANICAL LITER.VTURE. 349 
Miiller, J. Nouvelle esp&ee de Lorantlius {L. mirabilis Van Huerck at Muell. 
At^.) provenant ties iles Philippines. {Verhandl. Schweiz. Naturff. Oesellsch. 
55 (1872), pp. 47-48.) 
A single species of Lorantlius clescril)e(l, based on Cuming's No. lOGO from 
the Philippines, the species having been overlooked by the authors of Index 
Kewensis and by Van Tieghem. (See Merrill in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1900) 
Suppl. 187.) 
Rendle, A. B. New Philippine Plants. {Journ. Bot. 34 (1890) pp. 355-358.) 
A short paper based on collections made by John Whitehead in the hi<;h- 
lands on northern Luzon and in Mindoro^ Mount "Pulann-nu" (correctly 
Dulangan), a spur of Mount Halt'on. Podocarpus fdJcifnrnns Pari., Phy- 
Uocladus hypophylla Hook, f., Dacrydiuin datum Wall., Cvplutloiaxus mannH 
Hook, f., Burmunnia longifolia Becc, PlatycUnis latifolia llcinsl., LiLsaea 
villosa Bliinie, Gaultheria horneefisis Stapf. Rhododendron cuneifolium Stapf 
. and Strohilonthes pensteni&noides T. Andr., nre reported from the Philippines 
for the first time, and Vaccinium mindarense, Rho<Ju<hiuJr<»i hissoniense,. R. 
ichitchcadi, R. sulfscasile, Microstylis mindorcntiis and Zcuxinc lohiteheadi 
are described as new. Of the above Cephalotaxus matinii Hook, f., can be 
excluded, the identification having been made from sterile material, and Mr. 
Rendle informs us that he now considers the plant to be Taxus hnccatus subsp. 
walUchiana (Zuec.) Pilgcr. 
Schlechter, R. Neue Orchidaceen der flora deft Monsun-gebietes. {Bull. Herh. 
Boif!S. n. 6 (lOOfi) pp. 295-310.) . 
Among otliiT spt'cies described from the monsoon region is Phify^-linis 
microchila Schltr., p. 302 "Kultiviert in einem Garten in Sandakan, in 
Britisch Borneo; soil von Manilla importiert sein." 
Stapf, Otto. The Oil-grasss of India and Ceylon. [Keic Bull. (1906) pp. 297-303, 
plates 1.) 
An exhaustive account of the grasses yielding the products known as 
Citronella oil, Lemon-grass oil, Vetiver, etc., with a consideration of the 
species including full synonomy, at least two of the species considered extend- 
ing to the Philippines. 
Stein, B. Leptospermum (Glaphyria) annae Stein. {Gartenflora 34 (1885) 
pp. 00-08, plate 1184.) 
The above species described and figured, the type from Mount Apo, Min- 
danao, 
Stein, B. Rhododendron kochii Stein. {Gartenflora 34 (1885) pp. 19:J-195, 
plate 1195.) 
The above species described and figured, the type from ilount Apo, Miii- 
diinao. 
