PHirJPl'IXE HOTANICAL LITERATURE. 349 



Miiller, J. Nouvelle espece de Loianthus (L. mirabilis Van Huerelc at Muell. 

 Arg.) provenant des iles Pliilippines. {VerhancU. Hchweis. Naturff. Gesellsch. 

 55 (1872), pp. 47-48.) 



A single species of Lomnthtis described, based on Cumhufs No. 196(5 fioni 

 the Philippines, the sjjecies having been overlooked by the authors of Index 

 Kewensis and by r««. Tieghem. (See Merrill in Philip. Journ. 8oi. 1 (I90G) 

 Siippl. 187.) 



Rendle, A. B. New Philippine Plants. {Journ. Bot. 34 (1896) pp. 355-358.) 



A short paper based on collections made by John Whitehead in the high- 

 lands on northern Luzon and in Mindoro, Mount "Dulangau" (correctly 

 Dulangan), a spur of Mount Halcon. Podocarpus falciformis Pari., Phy- 

 Uocladus hxjpophylla Hook, f., Dacrydium elatum Wall., Cephalotaxus mannii 

 Hook, f., Burmannia longifolia Becc, Platyclinis latifolia Henisl., Lifsaea 

 rillosa Blume, Gaultheria homeensis Stapf, Rhododendron cuneifoHum Stapf 

 and i>!trobilanthes penstemonoides T. Andr., are reported from the Philippines 

 for the first time, and Taccinium mindorense. Rhododendron Itissoniense, R. 

 whiteheadi, R. sttbsessile, Microstylis mindorensis and Zeuxine whiteheadi 

 are described as new. Of the above Cephalotaxus man nil Hook, f., can be 

 excluded, the identification having been made from sterile material, and Mr. 

 Rendle informs us that he now considers the plant to be Taxus baccatus subsp. 

 trail ichiana (Zucc. ) Pilger. 



Schlechter, R. Neue Orchidaceen der flora des Monsun-gebietes. (Bull. Herb. 

 Boiss. II. 6 (1906) pp. 295-310.) 



Among other species described from the monsoon region is Platyclinis 

 microchila Schltr., p. 302 "Kultiviert in einem Garten in Sandakan, in 

 Britisch Borneo; soil von Manilla importiert sein." 

 Stapf, Otto. The Oil-grasss of India and Ceylon. (Kew Bull. ( 1906) pp. 297-363, 

 plates I.) 



An exhaustive account of the grasses yielding the products known as 

 Citronella oil. Lemon-grass oil, Vetiver, etc., with a consideration of the 

 species including full synonomy, at least two of the species considered extend- 

 ing to the Philippines. 

 Stein, B. Leptospermum (Glapliyria) annae Stein. (Gartenflora 34 (1885) 

 pp. 66-68, plate 1184.) 



The above species described and figured, the type from Mount Apo, Min- 

 danao. 

 Stein, B. Rhododendron kochii Stein. (Gartenflora 34 (1885) pp. 193-195, 

 plate 1195.) 



The above species described and figured, the type from IMount Apo, Min- 

 danao. 



