II. NOTES OX CUMING'S PHILIPPINE PLANTS IN THE 

 HERBARIUM OF THE BUREAU OF GOVERNMENT 

 LABORATORIES. 



Bv Elmku ]). MKKiur.L, Botanist. 



Througli the kindness of Dr. J. l^rittcn, director of the hotanical 

 department of the British ]\Iuseuni, this office has been enabled to 

 secure by exchange a very interesting series of duplicates of Cum- 

 ing's Philippine plants, consisting of 880 numbers, received in 

 April, 190,5. Cuming collected in the Philippines during the years 

 1836-1840, and we are especially fortunate to be able to secure at 

 this late date so many duplicates from his valuable collection. 



Previously some material of Cuming's collection was sent to 

 ^Manila, but these specimens were destroyed by fire in September, 

 1897.^ Vidal- states that nearly all the specimens of Cuming's 

 plants which he received from the British Museum were liuhiacecE, 

 GraminccE, and Ficus. Later ^ he states that in all he obtained 

 about 210 specimens of this valuable collection. 



In the material recently received certain families of plants are 

 well represented, in some cases containing nearly a com])lete repre- 

 sentation of all the species collected by Cuming, while other families, 

 of which Cuming secured much material, are represented by only a 

 few .specimens. The following larger families are well represented : 

 Anacardiacece , 8 numbers; Apocinacea', 18 numbers; Ascelpiadacece, 

 14 numbers; Anonacece, 35 numbers; Amarantacca', 10 numbers; 

 Acanthacccv, 18 numbers; Borraginacece, 10 numbers; Cappandacece, 

 8 numbers; Compositce, 12 numbers; Comhretacca'^. 8 numbers; 

 Convolvulacecp, 9 numbers; Enpliorbiacea>, 38 numbers; Filices, 

 195 numbers; Graniinece, 53 numbers; Lahiatetv, 17 numbers; 



'Merrill, Bureau of Agriculture Bull., 3:20. 1003. 

 = Phan. Cuming Philip., XIV. 188."). 

 'K.'V. ri. Viisc. Filip.. :{(). 188(5. 



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