248 MEIUIILL. 



Prain, D. Report on tlie Indian Species of Pteroearpus. (^tray Leaves from 

 Indian Forests; issued with Indian Forester 26 (1900) No. 10, pp. 1-16.) 



Five species are considered, especially with a view to the identity of the 

 species yielding the padoiik timber of commerce. But one species considered 

 extends to tlie Philippines, P. indicus Willd., but in a footnote on page 10, 

 the Philippine P. vidalianus Rolfe is reduced to P. eehinalus Pers., a species 

 previously known only from south Celebes. 



Rendle, A. B. Najadaceae. [Das Pflanzenrcich 7 (1901) pp. 1-21.) 



A single genus, Najas Linn., is recognized, containing 32 species and many 

 varieties, of which the following are found in the Philippines: Najas 

 foveolata A. Br., N. falciculata A. Br., and N. graminea Del. 



Robinson, C. B. The History of Botany in the Philippine Islands. (Journ. N. Y. 

 Bat. Gard. 7 (1906) pp. 104-112.) 



A sketch of the history of Philippine botany from the year l.'jST to the 

 year 1906, including some data not included by Merrill in his "Botanical 

 Work in the Philippines." 



Robinson, C. B. Some Affinities of the Philippine Flora. [Torreya, 7 (1907) 

 pp. 1-4.) 



A review of the introduction to Merrill's "New or Noteworthy Philippine 

 Plants, V" Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. pp. 169-246. 



Ruhland, W. Eriocaulonaceae. (Das Pflanzenreich, 13 (1903) pp. 1-294.) 



Nine genera are recognized of which but one, Erioeaulon Linn., witli 193 

 species, is represented in the Philippines. The species credited to the Phil- 

 ippines are E. truncatum Ham., which should be excluded as the specimen 

 cited from the Philippines, No. 2326 Cuming, was not collected in the Archi- 

 pelago but in Malacca; E. sexangulare Linn., British India to China and the 

 Philippines, and E. sieboldianum Sieb. et. Zucc, Britisli India to China, Japan, 

 the Philippines and Java. One species has been described from Pliilippinc 

 material since the publication of tlie above monograph, E. merrillii Ruhl. 



Schindler, Anton K. Halorrhagaceae. (Das Pflanzenreich 23 (1905) pp. 1-133.) 

 Of this family but a single species, Gunnera macrophylla Blume, Java, 

 Sumatra, Luzon and New Guinea, is credited to the Philippines. Since the 

 publication of the monograph however the following species have been added 

 to the Pliilippine flora: Myriophyllum spicatum L., widely distributed: 

 Halorrhagis micrantha (Thunb. ) R. Br., H. philippinensis Merr., H. scabra 

 v;ir. clongata Schindl., and H. halconensis Merr. 



Schumann, K. Musaceae. {Das Pflanzenreich, 1 (1900) pp. 1-45.) 



Five genera are recognized, two being represented in the Philippines, one 

 Musa by many forms, the other Ravenala by occjisional cultivated specimens. 

 Tlic only species of Musa credited to the Philippines by Schumann arc M. 

 tcxiilis N6e, the source of abacA, Manila hemp, and forms of If. paradi-fiaca 

 L., the common banana an<l plantain. No attempt is made to reduce the 

 numerous forms described by Blanco in his "Flora de Filipinas." Ravenala 

 iiiadagnscarensis Sonn., the "traveller's palm" has been introduced into the 

 Archipelago and is occasionally cultivated for ornamental purposes. 



Schumann, K. Zingiberaceae. (Das Pflanzenreich, 20 (1904) pp. 1 458.) 



Tlie following species are credited to the Philiiipines: llcdychium pliilip- 

 pincnse K. Schum., endemic; (Brarhychilus a genus of two species apparently 

 erroneously credited to the Philippines in note on generic distribution and 

 in conspectus of species, but under tlie species the Philippines are not 

 mentioned); (llnhha hrevifolia K. S<lium.. G. gracilis K. Schum., G. camp- 

 siiphyllfi K. Sclnnii., (/. parviflora- Prcsl. G. pi/niiiiid(il<i Gagnepain. G. 



