88 MERRILL. . 
Bescherelle, £mile. Essai sur Ic genre Calymperes. {Ann. ^ci. Nat. Bot. VIII. 1 
(1S05) pr- 247-308.) 
A monograph of the genus Calymperes (Musci) containing the descriptions 
of the following Philippine species: G. aeruginosnm Hampe, C mammosum 
Besch., C. scalare Besch., and C. setifolium Besch., the only ones of the gemis 
known from the Archipelago. 
Brackenridge, William D. United States Exploring Expedition * * * Botany, 
Cryptogamia, Filices including Lycopodiaceac and Ilydroptcrides. 16 (1854) 
pp!! VIIH-357, quarto, with folio atlas of 40 plates. 
An enumeration of the vascular cryptogams collected by tlie Wilkes United 
States Exploring Expedition, seventy-seven species being enumerated from 
the Philippines, fifteen of which are described as new. {See Merrill, This 
JouDiul, p. 73.) 
Briquet, John. Fragmenta monograpbiae Labiatariim, fasc. 5. {Ann. Gonserv. 
Jard. Bot. Genev. 2 (1898) pp. 101-251.) 
Goleus igolotorum and G. gaudichaudii are described from Luzon, and a 
cunimon nyptis in the Philippines is shown to be B. Janceolata Poir., not 
E. capifaia, as identified by most authors. 
Briquet, John. Observations sur quelques Flacourtiace^s de I'herbier Delessert. 
{Ann. Gonserv. Jard. Bot. Gcncv. 2 (1898) pp. 41-78.) 
A treatment of the Asiatic species of Scolopia, including the Philippine 
forms. 
Chamlsso, A. de & Schlechtendal, D. de. De plantis in expeditioue speculatoria 
rvoinanzofhana observatis rationem dicunt. {Lintuiea 1 (1826) pp. 1-73, and 
through all volumes up to 10 (1835-36) pp. 582-603.) 
In this enumeration, the above authors, with the assistance of various 
specialists, consider the plants collected by the Romanzoff expedition, which 
was in the Philippines, at Cavite, from December 17, 1817 to January 29, 
1818, collecting being done in the vicinity of Cavite and Manila and on a 
trip to Taal Volcano and return. About one hundred species are enumerated 
from Luzon, of which tlie following were described as new: Ruhus tagallus 
C. & S., Buddleia neemda Buch. var. pJiiUppensis C. & S. {^=B. asiaiica 
Lour.), Stemodia philippensis C. & S. {= Lindenhergia philippensis Beiith,), 
Loranthus philippensis C. et S., Psychotria philippensis C, & 8., Goffea 
luconiensis C. & S. {^Psychotria lugoniensis F.-Vill.; P. tarpo Kolfe), 
Eedyotis angustifolia C. & S., Tournefourtia urvillcana Cham. (= T. sanncn- 
^tosa Lam.), Zanfhoxylnm lamarckianum Cham. { = Evodia trifoUa DC), 
Goleus acuminaius Benth., Gonyza manillensis Less. {= Blnmea nifinillensis 
DC) f Melampodium manillense Less. {=^M. sericcum Lag.), Crossostcphium 
artemesioides Less., Glerodendron intermedium Cham., Gmetina philippensis 
Cham., Aristolochia iagala Cham., Zornia nnda Vog. (=Z. diphylla Pers.) 
and Desmodium chamissonis Vog. Most of the specimens on which the 
above species were based were examined by the author in the Berlin 
Herbarium in January of the present year. 
Clusins, Carolus (Charles de I'Ecluse). Rariorum plantarum historiae (1601). 
On pages 202 and 203 of part six of the above work, Anisnm philippinornw 
insularum is figured and described from material secured in ^Manila by 
Thomas Candi (Cavendish). It is the star-anise {Illicium anisatum) of 
China, and docs not grow in the Philippines, being imported for medicinal 
purposes. The reference is of interest as being the first citation of the 
Philippines in botanical literature. 
