240 :mei{rill. 



Mez, Carl. Myrsinac-eao. (Ihis I'fknizcHrcich, 9 (1902) pp. 1-487.) 



Of this larj^e and widely distrilmted family the following species are 

 credited to the Pliilippines: Macsa laxa Mez, M. haenkcuna Mez, .1/. manil- 

 lensxs Mez, M. dcnticulata Mez. .1/. cumingii IVIez, M. f/dudioluiudii Mez, all 

 endemic; Ardisia comiculatiini { !>.) Blanco, A. ^loridum R. & S., both widely 

 distrilmted in the Indo-Malayan refi;ion; Ardisia tomentosa Prcsl, A. phUip- 

 pincnsis A. DC, A. disticha A. DC, A. mindanaensis Mez, A. marginitta Bl., 

 A. sulcata Mez, A. scabrida Mez, A. hui)iiUs Vahl, A. hoissicri A. DC, A. 

 piri folia Mez, A. veiTucosa Presl, A. grandidens INIez, .4. pcrrottctiana A. DC, 

 A. scrrata (Cav.) Pers., A. oastaneifolia Mez, A. candoUcana (O. Ktz.) Mez, 

 A. scalaris Mez, A. cumingiana A. DC, A. proteifoUu ^lez, A. icarhurgiaxn 

 Mez, .4. saligna Mez, A. crispa (Tliunb.) A. DC, .c4. pardelina Mez, A. sinuato- 

 crenata Mez, A. jagorii Mez, all endemic except three species; Discocalyx 

 phiUppinensis (A. DC.) Mez, D. vidalii Mez, D. effusa Mez, D. minor Mez, 

 D. cybianthoides (A. DC.) Mez, D. angustifolia Mez, all endemic; Emhelia 

 porteana Mez, E. phiUppinensis A. DC both endemic; Rapanea phiUppinensis 

 (A. DC) Mez, endemic. Since the publication of the niono<i;raph represen- 

 tatives of 2 other gfenera, AmbyJanihopsis and Labisia have been discovered 

 in the Philippines, and some species of genera listed above have been described. 

 (See Mez, This Journal 1 (190(i) Suppl. pp. 271-275.) 



Palla, E. Sclcria hizoiicnsis Palla s]). nov. {Allyciucinc liol. Zcilsclir. {1007). 

 The above new species described, to be issued in Kncuckcr''s "Cyperaceae 

 exsiccatije," the type from Mount Arayat, Luzon. 



Pax, F. Aceraceae. {Das Pflanzenreich, 8 (1902) i)p. 1-S!). ) 



Of the single genus in the family, Acer Linn., 114 species and many 

 varieties are recognized, but none are credited to the Philippines. Since the 

 publication of the above monograph 2 species have been discovered in the 

 Archi|)elago, both undescribcd by Pax, thus adding an additional family to 

 (lie list of those previously knoM7i from the Philippines. 



Pax, F., and Knuth, R. Primulaceae. {Das Pflanzenreich 22 (190,")) pp. 1 3S(i.) 

 Of this family Androsace saxifragifolia Bunge, northern India to China, 

 Japan, P'ormosa, and Luzon, and Lysimachia japonicu Tlnuib., with about the 

 same distribution but extending to Java, and //. rduinsii \\:\\]., \av. typica 

 l\. Knuth, Himalaya, Burma, Java, and Luzon, are the only forms credited to 

 the Philijjpines. A few more species are, however, found in northern Luzon. 



Perkins, J. Fragmenta Flora* Philippina". (('()iitril)utions to the Flora of the 

 J^hilippine Islands, Leipzig, Gebriidcr Boriitracger (1904 U.j) pi). 1-212, 

 plates 4. ) 



This work was issued in three fascicles, 1, pp. l-OU, March 12, 1904; 11, 

 pp. (i7 l.')2, June :?0, 1904, and 111, pp. 1.53-212, February 20, 1905. It was 

 l)n'pared by Dr. Perkins with the assistance of various specialists and was 

 itased largely on the Philip])ine collections of Wdrhiirg. .\licrn, and Merrill. 

 The chief groun.s treated are Leyuminosai , Diplcroctnixia tie, Anaeiirdiaceae, 

 Metiaeeae, Pinaceac, Taxaccae, Maranlaeeae, (lonyst iiUievae, Burscraceae, 

 I'jlaeocarpaceae, Tiliaceae, Malvaceae, Bombacaccae, Sterculiaceae, Rosaceae, 

 and liutaeeae, by Perkins; Hyviploeaeeae by \. Brand; Acnnthaeeae by G. 

 Lindaii; Fagaeeae by O. von Seeman; Typhaeeae liy I'. (Iraclincr; Orehidoeeae 

 by K. Schlechter ; l'<ilinac by (). Heccari ; ^(ijnndareae by L. Radlkofer; 

 Aselepiadaceue by U. Sclihchtir ami O. W'arbuig; Myrislieaceur, Pandanaeeae, 



