148 Floristik, Geographie, Systematik etc. 



des X cirachnites, Ophrys arachnites X apifeyci, Orchis mascidiis X 

 niorio (Stengelblätter zurückgeschlagen, an 0. morio erinnernd, 

 Blüten der anderen Stammform ähnlich, die Lippenform aber ganz 

 wie bei O. niorio)^ Plantanthera bifolia X chlorantha, etc. Die 

 Standorte der 45 im Gebiete vorkommenden Arten (nebst vielen 

 Varietäten und Formen) sind genau angegeben. Auch Abnormitäten 

 wurden notiert. Matouschek (Wien). 



Merrill, E. D., New or noteworthy Philippine Plants. IX. 

 (Philip. Journ. Sei. C. ßotany. VII. p, 259—357. Nov. 1912.) 



Contains as new: Chloranthus phüippinensis, Trema vulcanica , 

 Loranthus confusus, L. similis, L. siibsessilis, L. pubiflorus, L. capi- 

 tuliferus, Stephania Rarnosii, Mitrephora Weberi, Oxymitra pubes- 

 cens, Polyalthia Loheri and its var. cagayanensis, P. tenuipes, Cap- 

 paris Loheri, C. littoralis, Polyostna Piperi, P. verticillata, Derris 

 cehnensis, Aglaia brachybotrys, A. cagayanensis, A. Curranii, A. dif- 

 fusa, Dysoxylum laxwn, Toona paucijuga, Dichapetaluni ciliatuni, 

 D. Robinsonii, Parishia Malabog, Semecarpics acuminatissima , ti. 

 eiiphlebia, S. lanceolata, &. magabotrys, S. obtusifoJia , S. paucvierva, 

 8. pilosa, S. Whitfordii, Salacia philippinensis, Frseria n. gen. ilcaci- 

 naceae), with F. repanda, Phytocrene Loheri, Meliosma inacrophylla, 

 Elaeocarpiis pustulatus, Columbia Mac Gregorii, Grevia edulis, G. 

 ovata, G. palawanensis, G. parva, G. Rolf ei [G. liliaefolia Rolfe), G. 

 risalensis, Pterospermum Elmeri, P. longipes, Dillema. Bolsteri, Sau- 

 rauia Mac-Gregorii, Garcinia Rarnosii, Begonia affinis, B. elatoste- 

 matoides, B. oblongata, B. Mac-Gregorii, Mac-gregorianthus n. ge-ci. 

 {Thymelaeaceae), with M. panicidatus, Gyrinopsis brachyantha, Eii- 

 genia Camiguinensis , E. ciliato-setosa, E. propinqua, E. tenuipes, 

 Tristania littoralis, Schefflera stellulata, Alangium hrachyanthurn , 

 A. longißorum, Vaccinium Camigin)iense , V. epiphyticum, V. Loheri, 

 Ardisia cagayanensis, A. Rarnosii, Discocalyx longifolia, D. maculatrt, 

 Embelia nigro-punctata, Maesafervuginea, M.pachyphylla, Geniostoma 

 stenophylluni, Alyxia Blancoi {Brabejum lucidum Blanco), Anoden- 

 dron axillare, A. Loheri, A. inanubriatum {Echites manicbriata^2L\\.) , 

 Parsonsia oblongifolia , Vallaris angustifolia, Voacanga megacarpa, 

 Tabernaernontana cordata, Callicarpa caidißora, C. dolicephylla, C. 

 rivularis, Clerodendron elliptifolium, C. mindorense [C. siniile Merr.), 

 Vitex nitida, Mesona clausa, Pogostemon nepetoides glandulosus, P. 

 membranaceiis, P. reticulatus, Scutellaria Copelandii, Solanum epi- 

 phyticum, S. philippinense, Radermachera Whitfordii, Scaevola fru- 

 tescens sericea (S. sericea Forst.), Gynura Piperi, Eupatorium canii- 

 guinense, and Bhonea bicolor. Trelease. 



Merrill, E. D., Notes on the flora of Manila with special 

 reference to the introduced element. (Philip. Journ. Sei. 

 C. Botany. VII. 145—208. Aug. 1912.) 



The higher flora of approximately 100 Square kilometers about 

 Manila is said to be disappointing in its variety, only about 1000 

 species being known, of which only 782 ever occur outside of cul- 

 tivation and about 550 are considered as really indigenous. Atten- 

 tion is called to the American element in the flora as showing the 

 effect of commerce for nearly three centuries when spanish galleons 

 sailed yearly from Mexico to Manila; and an indicative State- 

 ment is that while over 90 percent of the native species have 



