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Dunn, S. T. A Revision of the Genus Illigera, Blume. Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 
38 (1908) 290-297. 
Thirteen species are recognized, of which two are found in the Philippines, 
7. temata (Blanco) Dunn {—I. luzonensis (Presl) Merr.), and 7. platyandra 
Dunn, the former confined to the Philippines and Formosa, the latter to 
southern China, Hongkong, Indo-China, and the Philippines. In regard to the 
former, Illigera luzonensis is the oldest valid name, although the original 
description and plate are both erroneous in some details. 1 have examined 
the type in the Prague Herbarium. 
Elmer, A. D. E. Freycinetia from Lucban. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 1 (1907) 212-219. 
(Article 11.) 
Eleven species are enumerated from Lucban and Mount Banajao, Province 
of Tayabas, Luzon, of which eight are described as new: F. lucbanensis Elm. 
(=F. ferox Warb. ! ) , F. confusa Elm. ( —F . vidalii Ilemsl. !), F. hemsleyi 
Elm. non Warb. ( =F . rigida Elm.), F. dilatata Merr. ex Elm., F. banahaensis 
Elm., F. palawanensis Merr. ex Elm., F. merrillii Elm., and F. toarburgii Elm. 
(See Merrill, Philippine Freycinetia, This Journal 3 (1908) Bot. 307-315.) 
Elmer, A. D. E. Some New Leguminosae. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 1 (1907) 221-232. 
(Article 12.) 
A new genus, Luzonia, is described, and the following new species: Luzonia 
purpurea Elm., Cynometra densiflora Elm. (—Erythrophloeum !), G. alter- 
nifolia Elm. ( =Eardwiclcia alternifolia Elm., —Kingiodendron !), Pithecolo- 
bium williamsii Elm. ( =Wallaceodendron celebicum Koord. !), Dioclea urn- 
brina Elm., Dunbaria merrillii Elm., Caesa.lpiwia benguetensis Elm. = Mezon- 
eurum benguetense Elm. ( = G . sepiaria Roxb.), Strongylodon zschokkei Elm., 
Derris lianoides Elm., Bauhinia whitfordii Elm., and Mucuna curranii Elm. 
Elmer, A. D. E. A Fascicle of Tayabas Figs. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 1 (1907) 
236-261. (Article 14.) 
Forty-one species are enumerated from the region about Lucban, Province 
of Tayabas, Luzon, of which the following are described as new: Ficus in- 
equifolia Elm., F. warburgii Elm., F. banahaensis Elm., F. lucbanensis Elm., 
F. tayabensis Elm., and F. linearifolia Elm. Several other species are cred- 
ited to the Philippines for the first time. 
Elmer, A. D. E. A century of New Plants. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 1 (1908) 272-359. 
(Article 16.) 
One hundred species are described as new, a large number of which are 
manifestly identical with previously described ones. Pollia philippinensis is 
probably the same as P. thyrsiflora (Blume) Steud., Persea sterculioides is 
Phoebe, Scut inant he engleri ascribed to Burseraceae, is Heynia sumatrana 
Miq. (Meliaceae) , Dichapetalum spicatum, ascribed to Dichapetalaceae, is 
Osmelia conferta (Turcz. ) Benth. (Flacourtiaceae) , Glochidion leytense is 
an extreme form of G. album (Blanco) Boerl., G. sablanense is not specifically 
distinct from G. benguetense, Pimeleodendron dispersum is Actepliila, Groton 
curtiflorus, ascribed to the Euphorbiaceae, is Sycopsis philippinensis Hernsl. 
{Hamamelidaceae ) , Antidesma membranae folium is A. cumingii Muell. Arg., 
Ilex rolfei is apparently the same as 7. formosana Max., Grewia banahaensis, 
ascribed to Tiliaceae, is Leptonychia ! (Sterculiaceac ) , Ptero'cymbium gigan- 
tifolium is Sterculia jagori Warb., Eurya myrtilloides, ascribed to Theaceae, 
is Ilex luzonica Rolfe ! (Aquifoliaceae) , Homalium sorsogonense is 77. villa- 
rianum Vid., Eugenia succulenta is E. robertii Merr., Pivea glabrata is It. 
luzonensis Hallier f. !, Schefflera piperoidea is S. trifoliata Merr. & Rolfe !, 
Stachys rubisepala is Calamintha umbrosa (Bieb.) Benth. !, Gomphostemma 
