INDEX TO PHILIPPINE BOTANICAL LITERATURE, IV. 
By Elmer D. Merkii.i.. 
{From the Bohntival Section of the Biological Laboratory, Bureau of ^cieneCf 
Manila, P, I.) 
Ames, Oakes. Orcliiduceae: Illustrations and Stiulk's of the Family Orcliidaceae, 
issuing fioui the Ames Botanical Laboratory, North Eastou, Massachusetts, 
fascicle 1 (1905) pp. 1-150; fascicle 2 (1908) pp. 1-288. 
Of fascicle one, pages 1 to 13 and plates 1 to 3 treat of Philippine orchids, 
while pages G3 to 107 are occupied by a descriptive list of orchidaceous 
plants collected in the Philippines by botanists of the United States Govern- 
ment, about 00 species being considered, many of them described for the first 
time. Fascicle 2, pages 1 to 6 and plates 17 to 19 treat of Philippine 
orchids, and on plates 21 to 24 eighteen species of Pliilippine Dcndrochilum 
are figured. The greater part of this fascicle is taken up by a paper 
entitled "Studies in the Orchid Flora of the Philippines," pages 17 to 257, 
with many figures, about 235 species being considered. This work is by far 
tlie most important one that has ever been issued on the Philippine represent- 
atives of this family. 
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Baker, J. G. Handbook of the Feru-Allies: A Synopsis of the Genera and Species 
of the Natural Orders Equisetaeeae, Lycopodiaceae, Selaginellaceae, Khizo- 
carpeae. (1887) pp. 1-159. 
In this work an attempt is made to describe all the species then known of 
the above orders, the following species being credited to the Philippines: 
Lycopodium rarinafum. Desv., L. fiquarrosnm Forst., L. pliforme Roxb., L. 
casuarvnoidcs Spring; ScJayincUa auriculata Spring, H. comnicrsoniana Spring, 
S. pJuniosa Baker, 8. harbata Spring, 8. cumingiana Spring, 8. pHilippma 
Spring, 8. invoJvetift Spring, 8, wallichii Spring, 8. canaliculaia Spring. 8. 
willdcuovii r>aker, 8, cauJcscctis Spring, *S'. poumla Spring, 8. ptcryphyJIos 
Spring, 8. iyitertexla Spring, 8. myosuroidcs Spring; Marsilea minuta Linn., 
and by inference other species of Lycopodinm and 8elaginella, also Psilottivi 
and Azolhi. 
Bailey, J. W., & Harvey. W. H. Algae in Kept. Wilkes U. S. Exploring Expedi- 
tion 17 (1802) 155-192. 
Six species of algae arc recorded from the Philippines, one of which is 
descri!>e(l as new. Following the paper on algae, the Diatomaceae and other 
miovoscopie forms are enmneiated. For Diaioina/'cae see Harvey & Bailey 
below. 
Benjamin, Ludwlg. Neue Gattungen nnd Arfen der Utricularieen nebst ciner 
neuen Entheihing der Gattung Utricularia. {TAnnaeu 20 (1847) pp. 299- 
320.) 
Three sproies are described from Cuming's Philippine distribution, Utricu- 
laria IrcricuuUs, U. rosulafa, and C7. hctrroscpnla. The first however was 
based on Cuming 2^89, which was collected in Malacca, not in the Philippines. 
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