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MERRILL. 
Robinson. C. B. Alabastra philippinensia, I. Bull. Tori'. Bot. Club. 35 (1908) 
63-75. 
In tliis paper the following new species are described : Pandanus glauciphyl- 
lus, Thal/ictrum philippinense, Anaxagorca radiata, Gyathocalyx acuminatus, 
Mitrephora wiUiamsii, TJvaria rubra, TJvaria scandens, Sabia philippinensis , 
Elaeocarpus venosus, Daphne lusonica, Sarcopyramis delicata, and Glethra 
icilliamsii. Thesium santaloides Hance, and Pisonia longirostris T. & B., 
are credited to the Philippines for the first time, while critical notes are 
given on several other species. The paper is based on material collected in 
the Philippines by Pi. S. Williams. 
Rolfe, R. A. The Localities of Cuming’s Philippine Plants. Kew Bull. (1908) 
116-119. 
Considerable previously unpublished information regarding Cuming’s ex- 
plorations in the Philippines is given, taken largely from his correspondence 
with Sir William Hooker. 
Rolfe, R. A. New Orchids, Decade 32. Kew Bull. (1908) 412-416. 
Coelogyne loheri Rolfe is described from material collected in Luzon. 
Schlechter, R. Monographic der Podoehilinae. Mem. Herb. Boiss. 21 (1900) 
1-78. 
Four genera are recognized, of which the largest is Podochilus with 47 
species, the following being credited to the Philippines: P. serpyllifolius 
Lindl. and P. zollirigeri Beichb. f., Java and the Philippines, P. cornutus 
(Bl.) Schltr., Indo -Malaya to southern China and the Philippines, P. 
micranthus (Lindl.) Schltr., endemic, P. -undulatus (Bl.) Schltr., Malay 
Archipelago and the Philippines, P. xytriophorus (Reichb. f.) Schltr., Malay 
Peninsula to Borneo and the Philippines, P. pern, ulus (Bl.) Schltr., Malay 
Peninsula and Archipelago to New Guinea and the Philippines, and P. philip- 
pinensis Schltr., endemic. Thelasis with 6 species has one representative in 
the Philippines, T. elongata Bl., extending to Hongkong, the Malay Peninsula 
and Archipelago. 
Seemen, 0. von. Fine neue Quercus-Art von den Philippinen. Fedde’s Reper- 
torium 5 (1908) 21. 
Quercus merrillii Seem., is described from material collected in Palawan. 
Servettaz, C. Note preiiminaire sur la Systematique des Elaeagnacees. Bull. 
Herb. Boiss. II 8 (1908) 381-394. 
Thirty-eight species of Elaeagnus are recognized, the only genus of the 
family extending to the Philippines, represented here by E. cumingii 
Schlecht., a species which has been reduced by most recent authors to E. 
latifolia Linn. 
Sonnerat, P. Voyage a la Nouvelle Guinee. i-xvi, 1-202, pi. 1-120. Paris, 1776. 
Pages 19-147 and plates 12-94 refer to the Philippines, and there are 
occasional Philippine notes elsewhere, so that these Islands, in spite of the 
title, form the main subject-matter of the hook, which is of greater ornitho- 
logical than botanical importance. 
Sonnerat left France in 1769, and Port Louis in Mauritius on June 29, 
1771, and visiting several smaller islands en route reached Cavite on Sep- 
tember 3. He sailed again on December 29, having spent the intervening 
time in Manila, Cavite, and especially in what he considered an adventurous 
trip to the country near Laguna de Bay. The week from January 7 to 14 
was passed at Antique in Panay, whence he sailed to Zamboanga, arriving 
January 18. From here one of the two ships made a side trip to Jolo. 
The reunited expedition sailed from Zamboanga on February 9, and made 
