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commenced to flower in about 30 years. Commenting on the wide- 

 spread and simultaneous flowering of clumps of Bamboo, followed 

 by their disappearance, the author describes the progress of flowering 

 of Giant Bamboo in Ceylon. Many of the clumps are about 50 metres 

 in circumference, the stems being 35 metres high and 4 c.m.diam. 

 at base. Several clumps have attained almost to the period of maxi- 

 mum flowering, but as yet no extermination has resulted. The author 

 ascribes death of a clump by exhaustion of food-supply. Hooker's 

 description of the plant is given and descriptive details of the 

 inflorescence are added. Fertile seed is not produced in quantity in 

 Ceylon, bud seedlings have been raised. After summarising the 

 many economic uses of the plant, the author suggests its cultivation 

 on a large scale. W. G. Smith. 



Merrill, E. D., New or noteworthy Philippine plants, VII. 

 (Philip. Journ. of Sei. C. Bot. IV. p. 247—330. Aug. 1909.) 



Contains, as new: Boottia renifolia, Panicum malabaricum {Poa 

 malabarica L.), Quercus obliquinervia, Gironniera Curranii, Ficus 

 Mevrittii, Anacolosa lusoniensis, Illicium philippinense , Cryptocarya 

 laurißora {Salgada lanriflora Blanco), C. bicolor, C. palawanensis, C. 

 pallida, C. Everettii, C. ampla, C. glatten, Litsea bicolor, L. Hutchin- 

 sonii, L. philippinensis, Neolitsea villosa {Litsea villosa Blume), Ma- 

 chilus nervosa, Phoebe stercitlioides (Persea slerculioides Eimer), Em- 

 bolanthera n. gen. {Hamamelidaceae) with E. spicata, Parinarium 

 Curranii (P. racemosum Merr.), Albissia scandens, Cynometra luso- 

 niensis, Erythrophloeum densißorum {Cynometra densiflora Eimer). 

 Kingiodendron alternifolium Merr. & Rolfe {Cynometra alternifolia 

 Eimer), Mesoneurum latisiliquum {Bauhinia? latisiliqua Cav.), Ses- 

 bania Roxburghii, {Aeschynomene paludosa Roxb.), Evodia niono- 

 phylla, Aglaia badia, A. bicolor, A. Everettii, Asadirachta integrifolia, 

 Dysoxylum Klemmei, Agrostistachys pubescens, Antidesma cordatosti- 

 pulaceum, A. subcordatum, Actephila dispersa {Pimelodendron disper- 

 sum Eimer), Blachia philippinensis, Dimorphocalyx denticulatus, Eve- 

 rettiodendron n. gen. {Euphorbiaceae) with E. philippinense, Gelonium 

 racemulosum, Homalanthus bicolor, Macaranga congestiflora, Ostodes 

 serrato-crenata, Acer Curranii, Meliosma monophylla , Zisyphus Hut- 

 chinsonii, Elaeocarpus Curranii, E. lusonicits, E. subglobosus, Lepto- 

 nychia banahaensis {Grewia banahaensis Eimer), Calophyllum auricu- 

 latum, Cratoxylon chinense {Hypericum chinense Ketz.), C. Blancoi 

 apiculatum, Hypericum Loheri, Ah,ernia n. gen. (Flacourtiaceae) with 

 A. glandulosa, Homalium Curranii, Hydnocarpus subfalcata, Tricho- 

 denia philippinensis, Barringtonia balabacensis, Terminalia comintana 

 {Bucida comintana Blanco), T. quadrialata, Medinilla Curranii, M. 

 mindorensis , M. ovalis, Vaccinium Alvaresii, Diospyros Ahernii, D. 

 Curranii {D. reticulata Eimer), D. Everettii, D. foveo reticulata, D. 

 inclusa, D. mindanaensis, D. montana parva, D. phanerophlebia , D. 

 Whitfordii, Linociera acuminatissima , L. philippinensis {Mayepea pal- 

 lida Merr.), Alyxia lusoniensis, A. parvifolia {Gynopogon parvifolia 

 Merr.), Chonemorpha elastica, Kickxia Merrittii, Ochrosia littoralis, 

 Rauwolßa samarensis, Tabernaemontana caudata, T. linearifolia, T. 

 megacarpa, T. mucronata, T. puberula, Voacanga globosa, Tabernae- 

 montana globosa Blanco), Uilloughbya lusoniensis, Vitex pentaphylla, 

 Justicia tenuis, Strobilanthes Meamsii, Greenea longiflora, Greeniopsis 

 n. gen. {Rubiaceae) with G. philippinensis and G. multißora {Mus- 

 saendiopsis multißora Eimer), Nauclea Jagori, Plectronia megacarpa, 



