ADDITIONAL IDENTIFICATIONS OF THE SPECIES 
DESCRIBED IN BLANCO^S ''FLORA 
DE FILIPINAS." 
By Kt.mfr D. AfKKKiij,. 
{From the botanical ticvtion, Bioloffiml Laboratory, nurrnu of Scienre, 
^fanHa, /'. T.) 
In April, 1D05, T publislied a work entitled "A l?evie\v of tlio Identi- 
fications of the Species Described iu Blanco's Flora dc Filipinafi"* in 
which an attempt was made to correlate the species considered by Blanco 
in the dilTcrent editions of bis "Flora de Filipinas/' and to summarize 
what was known regarding them, indicating those tliai wm-c referable 
to known and previously described spociec. those that were apparently valid 
and those that were unknown or doubtful. Since tlie publication of 
that paper, one of the objects of wbicli was to serve as a guide in tlu: 
collection of material and data that might serve to clear up rloubtful 
points in Blanco's work, extensive collections have been made and our 
knowledge of the Philippine flora has been greatly cxirnded, while from 
time to time certain points regarding Blanco's work have been cleared 
up. Accordingly it is proposed occasionally to publish notes regajdJng 
Blanco's species, as the data available seems to warrant such action. 
In the preparation of the previous work too much dependence was 
jdaced on the work of Fernandez-Villar, and bis identifications of some 
of Blanco's species were then accepted whicli have since beSn found to 
have been erroneous. Doubtless in the future as various groups are 
carefully monographed, numerous changes will have to be made iu bis 
identifications that were previously accepted by me. 
Through the kindness of Dr. C. B. Robinson, of the Xew York 
Botanical Garden, I have received copies of two jiapcrs in wbich referen 
are made to previous attempts at clearing up Blanco^s species, which 
seem to have been overlooked by most, if not all, recent investigatorg of 
Philippine botany. The first paper is tJiat of Walpcrs, a summary of 
the fii'st edition of Blanco's "Flora de Filipinas" published in Linnm 
(1842), vol. 16, Litteratur-Beriebt, pages 1 to G8, iu which the first 
^Publications of the Bureau of Ooveniment Lahoratorirs, ^Tanila (1905) 
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