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amined. The sequence of the plates, as numbered by F.-Villar, 
was found only in part to approximate the sequence of issue of 
the fascicles as indicated by the arrangement of the plates in 
the above copy. 
The single imperfect copy of the cheaper edition that I have 
seen differs from the edition de luxe in that the figures are not 
colored, and that each plate is numbered, while both the text 
and the plates are printed on cheaper paper than is the edition 
de luxe. The numbers assigned to the plates in the edition de 
luxe can be determined only by reference to the text, or to the 
list of plates at the end of the “Novissima Appendix” or some- 
times placed with the first volume of plates. The highest num- 
ber given is plate 4-68, but none were issued corresponding to 
the numbers 2, 16, 61, 65, 77, 92, 101, 103, 107, 123, 169, 186, 
325, and 342, while on the other hand two different plates were 
assigned to the following numbers: 43, 73, 86, 94, 100, 124, 131, 
138, 167, 175, 210, 226, 257, 261, 368, 382, 402, 404, 405, 414, 
41 5, 425, 426, 427, 428, 429, and 442, so that in reality complete 
sets of the work should contain 473 plates representing plants. 
Hov/ever, one plate which was numbered, that is 67, Cyperus 
paniculatus, does not appear to have been issued, as it is missing 
in all the sets I have examined, except one, which has a hand- 
made copy of the plate in question. 
In connection with the above data regarding the dates of 
issue of this work it is well, perhaps, again to record the fact 
that F.-Villar was the author of the “Novissima Appendix” from 
page 1 to 212, and from Fimbristylis subbispicata on page 307 
to the end of the volume; while Naves was the author of page 
213 to Fimbristylis nutans on page 307 and was responsible for 
the names on the plates for the entire work. 
Father Celestino Fernandez-Villar was born in Tudela, Oviedo, 
Spain, April 3, 1838, and died in Manila on April 28, 1907. 
An account of his life and work has been given by Father P. M. 
Velez, under the title “Un misionero ilustre en la Ciencia, el P. 
Celestino Fernandez-Villar” in the periodical entitled “Espana 
y America” 5 (1907), no. 14, and 6 (1907-08) nos. 1, 9, and 10. 
[Vol XII, No. 1, including pages 1 to 72, was issued July 17, 1917.] 
