Reprinted from The Philippine Journal of Science. 

 Vol. II, No. 3, Section C, Botany, June, 1907. 



INDEX TO PHILIPPINE BOTANICAL LITERATURE, 



]ly Elmer D. Merrill. 

 (From the holuiucul section of the Biologiml Lahoniloii/, Ihtreau of Science. 



The literature bearing directly or indirectly on Philippine botany is 

 so extensive and so widely scattered that it has been considered advisable 

 to prepare and publish from time to time lists of useful or essential works 

 containing references to Philippine plants. Such lists will include short 

 reviews of monogi-aphs of various genera and families that are represented 

 in the Philippines, short articles, individual diagnoses, etc., and an 

 attempt will be made to review obscure and rare papers referring to 

 Philippine botany in the widest sense of the word. Special attention 

 will be given to recent publications, but the older ones will not be 

 ignored, if there is any special object in reviewing them. The ultimate 

 object of this work is the preparation of a complete bibliography of 

 Philippine botany. The list will be continued from time to time in this 

 Journal. 



Ames, Oakes. Descriptions of New Species of Acoridium from the Philippines. 

 [ProG. Biol. Soc. Wash. 19 (1906) pp. 143-154.) 



Eio-hteen new species of Acoridium are described, all, with the exception 

 of A. icilliamsii, based on material collected by employees of the Bureau of 

 Science. The species are as follows: Acoridium williamsii, A. graminifoliunt, 

 A. tenuifolium, A. tenue, A. parvulum, A. venustulum, A. strictiforme, A. 

 anfraotum, A. recurvum, A. philippinmse, A. turpe, A. oliganthum, A. ocella- 

 tum, A. merrilli, A. longilahre, A. graciliscapum, A. oucullatum, and A. 

 copelandii. 



Beccari, 0. Le Palme delle Isole Filippine (in Martelli's Webbia (1905) pp. 

 315-359.) 



An enumeration of all the palms definitely known from the Philippines, 

 in which the following species and varieties are described for the first time: 

 Pinanga speciosa, P. copelandi, P. barnesii, P. elmerii, and P. chinensis (from 

 China) ; Garyota merrillii; Orania paraguanensis ; Livistona tohitfordii, L. 

 vidalii; Calamus mollis var. major, C. merrillii, G. siphonospathus vars. 

 sublcvis, oligolepis (major), oligolepis (minor) and polylepis. 

 Beccari, 0. Systematic Enumeration of the Species of Calamus and Daemon- 

 orops, with Diagnoses of the New Ones. (Records Bot. Surv. India 2 (1902) 



pp. 197-230.) 



In this paper 164 species of Calamus are recognized and 77 species of 

 Daemonorops, of which the following are credited to the Philippines: Calamus 

 spinifolius n. sp., C. mollis Blanco, C. Blancoi Kunth, C. cumingianus n. sp., 

 C. mosleyanus n. sp.,- C. vidalianus n. sp., C. siphonospathus Mart., C. micro- 

 carpus n. sp., C. manillensis H. Wendl., and C. dimorphacanthus n. sp. Daem- 

 onorops fuscus Mart., and />. gaudichaudii Mart. Cnhnnus discolor Mart., 



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