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Bcgonidcaic, I'hitaccac, Moraccac, Urticaccac, Ualaiiophomccac, Aristolachia- 

 ceae, Magnoliaceae, Thymeliaceae, and Ericaceae, by O. Warbvirg; Eriocaulo- 

 naceae by W. Ruhland; Gramineae by C. Mez and Tt. Pilfer; Pipcraccae by 



C. de Candolle and ferns by E. B. Copeland. In tliis work no less than 2 

 genera and 210 speeies and varieties are described as new and 1 family, 

 several genera and many species credited to the Philip])ines for the first time. 



Perkins. J. Zwei neue Meliaceen. (Xotizblatt Kc/I. Bof. dart, uud Jlits. Berlin 

 (1903) pp. 78-79.) 



Aglaia harinHiana and Cipadessa warhurf/H are described, the descriptions 

 being translated into English in Perk. Frag. Fl. Philii). (1904) 30, 32. 



Perkins, J., and Gilg, E. Monemiaceae. {Das rflanzenreich 4 (1901) pp. 1-122. ) 

 Thirty-one genera are recognized, but no representative of the entire 

 family is cited from the Philippines. Since the publication of the work 

 Kibara ellipsoidea, K. depauperata, K. grmidifoUa, and MaUhaea chartacea 

 have been described by Merrill. Kihara coriacea was previously credited to 

 the Philippines by Rolfe, and Matthaea sancta by Ceron. 



Pfitzer, E. Orchidaceae-Pleonandrae. (Das Pflanzcnrclch 12 (1903) pp. 1-132.) 

 Neuwiedia vcratrifolia Blume and N. zoUlngcri Reichb. f., are credited to 

 Luzon with doubt, and Apostasia waUichii R. Br., as perhaps growing in 

 Luzon; Paphiopedilurn rothschildianum (Reichb. f. ) Pfitz., var. elliotianian 

 (O'Brien) Pfitz., P. philippinense (Reichb. f.) Pfitz., and the variety phtty- 

 taenium Desb., P. roehbelinii (Reichb. f. ) Pfitz., P. haynaldianum (Reichb. f.) 

 Pfitz., P. argus (Reichb. f.) Pfitz., and P. oiliolare (Reichb. f.) Pfitz., all 

 endemic except the last one, which is also found in the Malayan Peninsula. 



Pilger, R. Taxaceae. (Das Pflanzenreich, 18 (1903) pp. 1-124.) 



Of this family the following species are credited to the Philippines: 

 Dao-ydium falciforviv (Pari.) Presl, Borneo and Mindoro; D. elatum (Roxb.) 

 Wall., Malaya, Mindoro; Podocarjms imbricatus Blume, var. cumingii (Pari.) 

 Pilger, the variety endemic, the species from Burma to Malaya ; D. costalis 

 Presl, endemic; PhyUocladus protract us (Warb. ) Pilger, Philippines, Moluc- 

 cas and New Guinea; Taxus baccata subsp. irallichiana (Zucc. ) Pilger, 

 British India to Malaya and Celebes, other forms widely distributed in 

 tropical and temperate regions of the World. Since tlie publication of the 

 monograph several additional species of Podocarpus have been found in the 

 Philippines, some identical with previously described species of the Malayan 

 region, others vuidescribed. 



Prain, D. Novicae Indicae XVIII. — The Asiatic Species of Dall)ergia. (Juuni. 

 As. Hoc. Beng. 70 (1901) part 2, pp. 39-65.) 



Seventy-four species of the genus are recognized, of which the following 

 five are credited to the Philippines: Dalbergia polyphylla Benth, endemic; 



D. tamarindifolia Roxb., Himalayan region to Malaya and Luzon; D. cande- 

 natensis (Dennst.) Prain \D. torta Grab.) western India to Malaya, Poly- 

 nesia and Australia; D. ferruginea Roxb., INIalaya, Philippines, New Guinea, 

 and D. cu)niiigiana Benth., endemic. 



Prain, D. A List of the Asiatic Species of Ormosia. (Journ. As. Hoc. Beng. 69 

 (1900) part 2, pp. 175-186.) 



Twenty-two species of the genus are recognized, of which only one is foimd 

 in the Philippines, the endemic Ormosia calavensis Blanco. A second Philip- 

 pine species, Ormosia paniculata Merr., has since been described, Philip. 

 Journ. Sci. (1906) 1. Suppl. 64. 



