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Merrill, E. D., and Merritt, M. L. The flora of Mount Pulog. Philippine 

 Jour. Sci. C, Bot. 5: 287-403. 4 pi., tab., map. 1910. 



Geology, types of vegetation, statistical table of distribution, etc. ; list of 528 

 cellular and vascular plants, of which 224 are endemic. Mount Pulog is the 

 highest peak in Luzon. 



Robinson, C. B. Botanical notes upon the island of Polillo. Philippine Jour. 

 Sci. C, Bot. 6: 185-228. 1911. 



Geography, phytogeography, etc. ; list of vascular plants. Polillo is an island 

 off eastern Luzon. 



POLYNESIA 



See also Fiji Islands; Hawaiian Islands; Micronesia (Diels) ; Molucca Islands; Samoan 

 Islands ; Society Islands. 



The following publication has not been available : 



Seurat, L. G. Observations sur la structure, la faune et la flore de l'ile Marutea du 

 Sud. Papeete, 1904. 



General 



Brake del Castillo, Emmanuel. Illustrationes florae insularum Maris Pacifici. 

 458 p. 50 pi. 33 cm. Paris, 1886-1892. 



The introduction summarizes the physiography, plant distribution, general 

 features of flora, principal botanical explorations. Pages 103 to end contain a 

 systematic list of the vascular plants of Polynesia (2,189 species), with syno- 

 nyms, localities, collectors, and general range. The area covered includes Viti 

 (Fiji), Tonga, Samoa, Society, Paumoto (Tuamotu), Marquesas, and the Ha- 

 waiian Islands. The exquisite plates illustrate characteristic species of various 

 families. 



Endlicher, Stephan. Bemerkungen liber die flora der Siidseeinseln. Annalen 

 Wiener Mus. Naturgesch. 1 : 129-190. pi. 13-16. 1836. 



Synoptical list of 1,672 species (of which 1,382 are vascular plants) with local- 

 ities and authorities for records. The area included is Polynesia, Micronesia, 

 and eastern Melanesia. The introduction consists mainly of geographical 

 discussion. 



Guppy, H. B. The Polynesians and their plant names. Jour. Trans. Victoria 

 Inst. (London) 29: 135-170. 1897. 



Includes alphabetical list of important plants with vernacular names in Indian 

 Archipelago, Malagasy, West Pacific, Fiji, West and East Polynesia, Micronesia, 

 and elsewhere. — See also Safford, W. E. Cultivated plants of Polynesia and 

 their vernacular names, an index to the origin and migration of the Polynesians. 

 Proc. Pan-Pacific Scient. Conf. 1st, 1920 (Spec. Pub. Bern. P. Bishop Mus. 7) : 

 183-187. 1921. 



Jouan, Henri. Les plantes alimentaires de l'Oceanie. Mem. Soc. Natl. Sci. 

 Nat. Cherbourg 19 (II, 9) : 33-83. 1875. 



Extensively annotated list of food plants, with vernacular names. Covers the 

 Society, Marquesas, Sandwich (Hawaiian), Fiji, and Tonga Islands, New Cale- 

 donia, Wallis I., etc. 



Les plantes industrielles de l'Oceanie. Mem. Soc. Natl. Sci. Nat 



Cherbourg 20 (II, 10) : 145-240. 1876. 



Annotated list of useful plants (excluding edible plants), classified by uses; 

 vernacular names given, but mostly not indexed. Covers the Society, Mar- 

 quesas, Sandwich, Fiji, and Tonga Islands, New Caledonia, Wallis I., etc. 



Merrill, E. D. Polynesian botanical bibliography, 1773-1935. Bui. Bern. P. 

 Bishop Mus. 144. 194 p. 1937. 



List of full titles of periodicals cited; briefly annotated list of about 2,600 

 titles, arranged alphabetically by authors. Replaces his "Bibliography of Poly- 

 nesian botany," 1. c. 13. 68 p. 1924. The region covered is essentially the 

 Pacific basin between 30° N. and 30° S. Lat, excluding the Bonin Islands, east 

 to Juan Fernandez. New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Norfolk, and the Kermadec 

 Islands are included. The larger archipelagos near New Guinea, such as the 

 Louisiades, Solomons, and Bismarck Archipelago, are excluded. 



Local 



Beaglehole, Ernest, and Beaglehole, Pearl. Ethnology of Pukapuka. Bui. 

 Bern. P. Bishop Mus. 150. v, 419 p. 55 fig. (incl. maps) , 6 pi. 1938. 



Contains (p. 25-26) section on "Plant life," including list of "all plants grow- 

 ing in Pukapuka, as identified by Marie C. Neal, E. H. Bryan, Jr., and F. Ray- 



