9{j MERRILL. 
Henry, A. Tlie Genus Astilbe. [Gard. Chron, III. 32 (1902) pp. 95, 154-156, 
171.) . . ^ ./ w 
Kleven species are considered, Astilhe philippmevsis being described from 
Luzon, as new, the sole representative of the genua in tbe Philippines, 
previously confounded with A. rivularis Ham. 
Jussieu, A. de. Monographic des Malpighiacte. {Arch. Mus. Paris 3 (1843) 
pp 5-152; 255-GlG, reprint (1845) pp. 1-368, plates 23.) 
Three species are described from Cuming's Philippine collections, Ryssop- 
ieris microsfcmwa Juss., R, dealhata Juss., and R. cumingiana Juss. 
Kranzlin, Fr. Cyrtandraccae Malayanae insulares novae. {Joum. Linn. Soc. Bot. 
37 (190G) pp. 275-285.) 
In this paper the following Philippines species are described: Cyrtandra 
hypochrysea, C. macrodiscus, 0. micrantha, C. henguetiana, and G. ilicAfoUa, 
all from Luzon. 
Lindherg, S. 0. Uppstallning af familjen Funariaceae. {Ocfv. Vct.-Akad. For- 
handl. 21 (1SG4) pp. 589-608.) 
In an appendix to the above paper three species of Philippine mosses are 
described from Cuming's collection, Spiridens longifolius, Pierohryum elatum, 
and Trachypus rugosus. 
Loesener, Th. Monographia Aqnifoliacearum. {Nova Acta Acad. Caes. Leopold.- 
Carol Nat. Cur. 78 (1901) pp. viii+570, plates 15.) 
Three genera are recognized, Hew with 271 species, Nemopottthes with I 
species, and PheUine with 10 species, only the former represented in the 
Philippines and by the following forms: Ilex crermta Thunb., forma luzonica 
(Rolfe) Ixies., / cymosa Bluine (/. phiUppiticnsis Polfe), L rynwsa var. 
rnminfjiana (Rolfe) Loes., /. hurifolia Zipp., Amboina and ? Philippines, and 
/. triflora BL, var. loUiana (Kolfe) Loes. Ilex fteteheri Merr., has since been 
described from Mindoro. 
Maximowicz, C. J. Revisio Hydrangearnm Asiae Orientalis. {M^m. Acad. Imp. 
«ci. Petersh. VI L 10 (1867) pp. 48, plates 3.) 
One Pliilippine spocios, Hydrangea lobbii Max., is described, but erroneously 
ascribed to Java, the type, Lobh U6, having been collected in Luzon, not in 
Java. 
Montagne, C. Plantas cellulare:s quas in insulis Philippincnsibus ;i cl. Cuniitig 
oollectas recensuit observationil)us noii nuUis descriptionibusque illustravit. 
{Hook. loud. Joum. Bot. 3 (1844) pp. 658-662; 4 (1845) pp. 3-11.) 
lu this paper are enumerated 30 species of Philippine algae of which 4 
were described as new; 23 species of lichens, one genus and three species 
described for the first time; 8 species of Hepaticae, one being new; and 14 
.M)ecies of mosses, two being new. ■' 
Moore, Albert Hanford. Revision of the Genus Spilunthes. {Proc Amer. Acad. 
Arfs and Sci. 42 (1907) pp. 521-569.) 
-^Of this genus s'ixty-tiiree species varieties and forms are recognized, of 
which two are found in the Philippines, f^pUonthes acmella (L.) Murr., 
India to southern China and Australia, and -Sf. grandiflora Turcz., Philippines 
and Australia. One Pliilippine species, ^S'. ovata Merr., is not considered. 
The specimen of Cuming's collection credited to the Philippines under *V. 
acmella is from Malacca, not from the Pliilippines. 
