LEAFLETS OF PHILIPPINE BOTANY 
EDITED BY A. D. E. ELMER, A. M. 
Vol. Il. Manila, P. I., May 29, 1909. Art. ut 
REVISION OF THE PHILIPPINE SPECIES OF 
ELAEOCARPUS 
BY 
AUG. DE CANDOLLE 
(Geneva, Switzerland). 
The following list of the Philippine species of Elaeocarpus | 
is chiefly based upon abundant material kindly placed at the — 
author's disposal by Mr. A. D. E. Elmer and Mr. E. D. 
Merrill, as well as upon a fairly complete set of Cuming’s 
Philippine plants. All the numbers quoted refer to specimens  __ 
seen by the author. According to the practice of previous | E 
writers on Elaeocarpus, the species have arranged in sections. | 
But it must be admitted that two at least of those sections, - 
viz: Euelacocarpus and J fonocera are rather ill-defined and may 
eventually be fom nd to merge into each other. - It will be 
noted that at least as many as twelve of the spec | 3 
carpus belonging to the Philippines would seem to be endemic, i 
and that only three or feri are known to ` bere a iae dis- 2 
