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entire Philippine Archipelago, a region much larger than the 

 Island of Java, we now know approximately 5,500 species, in 

 about 1,350 genera, representing 183 families. 



The work is illustrated by a total of 19 plates, 139 text figures, 

 most of the former and some of the latter original, and 4 charts. 

 It must be considered to be one of the most important publications 

 dealing with the Malayan flora that has been issued in recent 

 years and the most important single publication dealing with the 

 flora of the Netherlands East Indies that has appeared since the 

 publication of Miquel's "Florae Indiae Batavae" over fifty years 

 ago. 



E. D. Merrill. 



Vol. VII, No. U, including pages 209 to 258, was issued September 30, 191-2. 



