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no further stops in the Philippines, visited the Moluccas and other islands 
as far as New Guinea, and was again in Mauritius by June 4. 
With the doubtful exception of Menichea rozata, no specific names were 
originated in this work, but several plants were figured and described, a 
majority of them Philippine. Those figured from this Archipelago are “le 
roucou” pi. 13, Bixa orellana L. ; “la sapotte negro” pi. 14-16, Diospyros 
ebenaster Retz. ; “la bergkias,” pi. 17, 18, which he believed to be only an 
introduced plant in the Philippines, a species of Gardenia, referred by De- 
Candolle to G. thunbergiana L. f., somewhat resembling G. longiflora Vidal, 
but not agreeing exactly with any recent collections ; “la pandacaqui,” pi. 
19, Tabemaemontcma pandacaqui Poir., subsequently described from Son- 
nerat’s collections, and erroneously localized as from New Guinea; “le rima 
ou fruit a pain,” pi. 57-60, Artocarpus rima Blanco, usually reduced to 
A communis Forst. ; “le cacao,” pi. 61, 62, Theobroma cacao L. ; “le petit 
citron doux,” pi. 63, Triphasia trifoliata (L. ) DC.; “la houette,” pi. 90, 91, 
Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn., here said to be native; “la menichea rozata,” 
pi. 92, 93, on which Butonica rosata Miers was in part based, Barringtonia 
racemosa (L.) Roxb. ; “la manssanas,” pi. 94, Zizyphus jujuba L. Two other 
Philippine plants are figured from collections made before his arrival in 
the Islands, “la pagatpate,” pi. 10, 11, Sonneratia caseolaris (L.) Engl., and 
“le bonet quarre ou la Commercona,” pi. 8 , 9, Barringtonia asiatica (L. ) 
Kurz. Reference is made on page 196 to the introduction into Mauritius 
in 1768 by Prevost of the nutmeg, afterwards described from Sonnerat’s 
collections as Myristica philippensis Lam., Mauritius afterwards serving as 
a centre of distribution for this species into other tropical countries. 
Many of his collections subsequently formed a part of Commerson’s her- 
barium, and have occasionally been credited to the latter, who never visited 
the Philippines, being prevented by unfavorable conditions on the occasion 
of his chief attempt. (C. B. Robinson.) 
Sonnerat, P. Voyages aux Indes orientales et a la Chine, fait par ordre du Roi, 
depuis 1774 jusqu’en 1781. i-xvi, 1-318, i— viii, 1-298, pi. 1—140. Paris, 
1782. 
This work is more or less supplementary to the preceding and only pages 
104-119 of the second volume relate to the Philippines. No further description 
is given of species from the Archipelago, but there are interesting notes on the 
cultivation of many important plant products. He appears to have made 
but the one visit. (C. B. Robinson.) 
Turczaninow, N. Description des Elaeocarpees des collections asiatiques de MM. 
Cuming et Zollinger. Bull. 80 c. Nat. Mosc. 19 : (1846) 489—496. 
The following species are described from the Philippines : Elaeocarpus 
nitidus Turcz., non Jack, which Turczaninow . himself later 1 reduced to 
E. oblongus Gaertn., Mocanera isotriclia ( = Elaeocarpus isotrichus (Turcz.) 
F. -Vill. ), and M. multiflora (=E. multiflorus (Turcz.) F.-Vill.). 
Turczaninow, N. Decas secunda generum adhuc non descriptorum adjectis 
descriptionibus nunnullarum specierum Byttneriacearum. Bull. 80 c. Nat. 
Mosc. 1 9 3 (1840) 497-510. 
Four genera and five species are described as new, based on Cuming’s 
Philippine plants; Hexagonotheca cordata ( =Berrya ammonila Roxb.), 
Antherotriche lanceolata (—Anisoptera thurifera Blanco), Pterocalymna 
paniculata (=Lagerstroemia paniculata (Turcz.) Vid.), Gonostegia opposit- 
ifolia and G. alternifolia (both =Memoralis pentandra (Roxb.) Wedd.). 
1 L. c. 31 1 (1858) 235. 
