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ectobolus K. 8cluini., (/. usiulata Gagnepaiu, (/. barthei Gagnepain, G. hetero- 

 bractea K. Sclinni., all endemic: Ammomum loheri K. Schum., Alpinia lepto- 

 solenia K. Sclivim., endemic; A. pubiflora (Benth. ) K. Schum., New Guinea, 

 Caroline Islands and Mindanao; A. brevilabris Presl, A. pulchella K. Sclium., 

 New Guinea and Mindanao; A. cumingii K. Schum., A. galanga (L.) Sw., Ma- 

 laya; A. trachyascus K. Schum., A. macroscaphis K. Schum., A. haenkei Presl, 

 A. elegans (Presl) K. Schum., A. rufa (Presl) K. Schum., A. parviffora 

 (Presl) Rolfe, A. rolfci K. Sch., A. mollis Presl, all endemic; Costns speciosits 

 (Koenig) Smith, var. leiocalyx K. Schum., widely distributed. In addition 

 to the above species definitely credited to the Philippines others are more or 

 less common in the Archipelago such as Hedychium coronarium Koenig, 

 species of Kaemphera, Curcinna longa Linn., G. zeodaria (Berg.) Rose, 

 Zingiber officinale Rose, Z. zerumbet (L.) Sm., etc. (See also Ridley in 

 Gort. Lab. Publ. 35 (1905) pp. 83-87.) 



Schumann, K. Marantaceae. [Das Pflanzenreich 11 (1902) pp. 1-184.) 



Of tlie 26 genera recognized, 4 are found in the Philippines, represented 

 by the following species: Donax arundastrum Lovir., British India to the 

 Malayan Peninsula, Tonkin and the Philippines ; Monophrynivm, fasciculatum 

 (Presl) K. Schum., a monotypic endemic genus; Phacelophrynium interrup- 

 tum (Warb.) K. Schum., P. bracteosum (Warb.) K. Schum., both endemic. 

 Maranta arundinacea Linn., introduced from tropical America, the source of 

 arrowroot, is commonly cultivated and subspontaneous in the Philippines. 

 All the above species are considered and figiired by Perkins in her Fragmenta 

 Florae Philippinae (1904) pp. 67-73, plates 3. 



Scribner, F. Lamson. Notes on the Grasses in the Bernhardi Herbarium, collected 

 by Thaddeus Haenke, and described by J. S. Presl. {Kept. Mo. Bot. Gard. 

 10 (1899) .35-59, plates 54.) 



Critical notes on the types of some of Presl's species, with illustrations, 

 including many based on Philippine material, deposited in the herbarium of 

 the Missouri Botanical Garden. 



Solms-Laubach, H. Graf zu. Rafflesiaceae and Hydnoraceae. (Das Pflanzenreich 

 5 (1901) Rafflesiaceae pp. 1-19; Hydnoraceae pp. 1-9.) 



The Rafflesiaceae are represented in the Philippines by Rafflesia schaden- 

 bergiana Goeppert, from Mindanao, and R. manillana Tescliem., from Leyte, 

 Samar and Luzon. To the latter species are reduced 7i'. cumingii R. Br., R. 

 lagascae Blanco and R. philippinensis Blanco. The Hydnoraceae are not 

 represented in the Philippines. 



Underwood, Lucien Marcus. A Summary of our Present Knowledge of the Ferns 

 of the Philippines. [Bull. Torr. Bot. Club. 30 (1903) pp. 665-684.) 



A consideration of the most important works treating the ferns of the 

 Philippines and an account of the most important collections made in the 

 Archipelago, with analytical keys to the families and genera of vascular 

 cryptogams known to be represented in the Philippines, with some proposed 

 changes in nomenclature, the final summary of vascular cryptogams being 

 families 15, genera 105 and species 633. 



Underwood, L. M. The Genus Stenochlaena. (Bull. Torr. Bot. Glub. 33 (1006) 

 pp. 35-50.) 



The entire genus is considered, 23 species being recognized, of which the 

 following are credited to the Philippines: Stenochlaena laurifolia Presl, 

 endemic; *S'. palustris (Burm.) Bedd., widely distributed; B. ivilliamsii n. sp., 

 S. aculeata (Blume) Kunze, Tenasserim to Java and Borneo; 8. leptocarpa 

 (Fee) LTnderw., Java and the Philippines and »S'. sinifhii (F6e) Underw., 

 endemic. 

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