88 MEURILL. 



Bescherelle, tmile. EJssai sur lo f^oiire Calympercs. {Ann. Sci. Aal. Hot. VIII. 1 



(]S95) pp. 247-308.) 



A monofrraph of the genus Calympcres (Mnsci) containing the descriptions 



of the following Philippine species: C. aeruginosnm Hainpe, C ma)n))iostini 



Besch., C. scalare Besch.. and C. setifolium Besch., the only ones of the genus 



knowTi from the Archipelago. 

 Brackenridge, William D. United States Exploring Expedition * * * Botany, 



Cryptoganiia, Filices including Lycopodiaceae and Hydrojjtoridcs. 16 ( 18.54) 



pp. VIII+357, quarto, with folio atlas of 46 plates. 



An enumeration of the Avascular cryptogams collected by the \Vilkes United 



States Exploring Expedition, seventy-seven species being enumerated from 



the Philippines, fifteen of which are described as new. {See Merrill, This 



Journal, p. 73.) 



Briquet, John. Fragiiienta nionographiae Labiataruni, fasc. 5. {Ann. (Jonserv. 

 Jard. Bot. Genev. 2 (1898) pp. 101-251.) 



Colcns igolotornm and C. gaudichaudii are described from Luzon, and a 

 conmion Jlyptis in the Philijjpines is shown to be E. lanceolaln Poir., not 

 //. rapitaia, as identified l)y most authors. 

 Briquet, John. Observaticms sur quelques Flacourtiacees de I'licrbier Delcssert. 

 {Ann. (Jon.^crv. Jard. Bot. (Icnev. 2 (1898) pp. 41-78.) 



A treatment of the Asiatic species of Scolopia, including the Phili])pine 

 forms. 



Chamisso, A. de & Schlechtendal, D. de. De plantis in expeditione speculatoria 

 Romanzoffiana observatis rationera dicunt. (Linnaea 1 (1826) pp. 1-73, and 

 through all volumes up to 10 (1835-36) pp. 582-603.) 



In this enumeration, the above authors, with the assistance of various 

 specialists, consider the plants collected by the RomanzofF expedition, which 

 was in the Philippines, at Cavite, from December 17, 1817 to January 29, 

 1818, collecting being done in the vicinity of Cavite and Manila and on a 

 trip to Taal Volcano and return. About one hundred species are enumerated 

 from Luzon, of which the following were described as new: Ruhus tagallus 

 C. & S., Buddleia necmda Buch. var. philippcnsis C. & S. {=B. asiatica 

 Lour.), tStcniodia philippensis C. & S. {= Lindenbcrgia philippcnsis Benth.), 

 Loranthtis philippensis C. et S., Psychotria philippensis G. & S., Coffca 

 luconiensis C. & S. {=^ Psychotria lugoniensis F.-Vill.; P. tacpo Rolfe), 

 Hedyolis angnstifolia C. & S., Toiirnefourtia urvilleana Cham. (= T. sarmen- 

 tosa Lam.), Zanthoxylum lamarckianum Cham. (=Evodia trifolia DC), 

 C'oleus aciiminatus Benth., Conyza manillensis Less. {= Bin men manillcnsis 

 DC), Melampodium maniUense Less. {=M. se7'iceum Lag.), Crossostcphium 

 ariemesioides Less., Clcrodendron intermedium Cham., Gmelina philippensis 

 Cham., Aristolochia tagala Cham., Zornia nnda Vog. { = Z. diphylla Pers. ) 

 and Desniodivm chainissonis Vog. Most of the specimens on which the 

 above species were based were examined by the ;nitti(ir in the Itcrlin 

 Herbarium in January of the present year. 



Clusius, Carolus (Charles de I'Ecluse). Rariorum pl;ui(aruni historiac (1601). 



()i\ pages 202 and 203 of part six of the above work, Anisum philippinnrum 

 insularum is figured and described from material secured in Manila by 

 Thomas Candi ( Cavendi.sh ) . It is the star-anise {Illiciuin anisattnn) of 

 China, and docs not grow in the Philippines, being imjtorled for medicinal 

 pur|K)ses. The reference is of interest as being (he lirsl citnlion of the 

 Philippines in botanical literature. 



