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INDEX TO PHILIPPINE BOTANICAL LITERATURE, VI. 261 
Engl., is credited with doubt to the, Archipelago. Critical notes are given 
on the other species enumerated. 
Elmer, A. D. E. Some Interesting Lauraceae. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 2 (1908) 
375-384. (Article 17.) 
This is the first paper of the second volume of the “Leaflets of Philippine 
Botany,” but the sequence of both articles and pagination is continuous from 
volume 1. The present paper contains the descriptions of the following new 
species: Actinodaphne microphylla, Endiandra arborea, Litsea plateaefolia, 
_L. quercoides, L. membranacea, L. tayabensis, L. griseola (=. garciae 
Vid.), Neolitsea intermedia, and Persea leytensis; Machilus philippinensis 
Merr. is transferred to Persea. ; 
Elmer, A. D. E. Six Undescribed Species of Macaranga. Leafl. Philip, Bot. 2 
(1908) 427-434. (Article 20.) : 
The following Philippine species are described: Macaranga caudatifolia, 
M. cuneata, M. cwernosensis, M. sylvatica, M. loherit (=M. cumingii Muell.- 
Arg.). and J. ramiflora. 
Elmer, A. D. E. Six New Myrsinaceae. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 2 (1908) 439-444. 
(Article 22.) 
The following Philippine species are described; Ardisia punctata, A. mezit, 
Discocalyx linearifolia, D. psychotrioides, D. montana, and Maesa embelioides. 
Elmer, A. D. E. Synopsis of Rubus. Leafl. Philip. Bot, 2 (1908) 445-462. 
(Article 23.) 
The paper applies only to the Philippine species, of which 17 are recog- 
nized, the following being described as new: Rubus mearnsii, R. brevipetalus, 
R. zambalensis, and R. fraxinifolius Poir., var. haightii. The species con- 
sidered as R. rugosus Sm., is not Smith’s species but the recently described 
R. elmeri Focke. Descriptions of all the species considered are given, with 
an analytical key. 
Elmer, A. D. E. Three Score of New Plants. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 2 (1908) 
463-525. (Article 24.) 
This paper consists of the descriptions of the following species: Jsachne 
stricta, Celtis rubrovenia, EHlatostema larum, FE. hastatum, E. delicatum, 
E. spinulosum, Loranthus cuernosensis, L. bicoloratus, Notothixos philip- 
pinensis, Goniothalamus magnificus, Hydrangea glandulosa, Pygeum fragrans, 
Melicope odorata (=M. luzonensis Engl.), Zanthowylum diabolicum, Evodia 
pergamentacea, Micromelum curranii, Eurycoma dubia, Canarium nervosum, 
Dichapetalum glabrum, D. obovatum, Elateriospermum paucinervium, Sapium 
crassifolium, Claoxrylon arboreum, Antidesma microcarpum, Trachelospermum 
philippinense, Glycosmis angularis, Turpinia ovalifolia, Urandra fuliginea, 
Meliosma sylvatica, Cissus suberosa, Leea negrosensis, Halconia negrosensis, 
Sterculia multistipularis, Saurauia avellana, S. negrosensis, Gordonia wel- 
bornii, Furya auriculata (=E. amplexicaulis Moore), Garcinia pinnatinervia, 
Calophyllum hibbardii, Viola toppingii, Boerlagiodendron serratifolium, Dios- 
pyros reticulata (=D. curranii Merr.), D. brideliaefolia, Symplocos fragrans, 
S. curtiflora, S. angularis, Jasminum ixoroides (=J. bifarium Wall.), 
Anodendron corymbosum, Callicarpa subglandulosa, Clerodendron klemmei, 
C. preslii, Scutellaria marivelensis, Hypoestes linearis, Tricalysia negrosensis, 
Lasianthus humilis, Psychotria negrosensis, P. cuernasensis, P. microphylla, 
Ophiorrhiza caespitulosa, and Hedyotis leucocarpa. 
Elmer, A. D. ©. The Genus Itea. Leafl. Philip, Bot. 2 (1908) 527-529.  ( Arti- 
cle 25.) 
A discussion of the Philippine species only, two being considered and 
described as new, [tea maesaefolia, and I. luzonensis (I. macrophylla of other 
Philippine authors). 
