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Pineda which I have seen. Colmeiro^® gives a short and ap- 
parently mostly accurate account from which later authors have 
largely drawn. Jordana, in an article entitled “Don Antonio 
Pineda y la flora de Pilipinas” gives the longest account 
known to the writer. In this he amplifies Colmeiro’s notes, 
and gives some additional data. He quotes the inscription on 
the Pineda monument, which is, however, printed wrongly, in 
18 lines, instead of in 12, as it appears on the monument. He 
later gives an abbreviated account of Pineda. Zaragoza’s 
statements are manifestly very incorrect. Montero draws 
his data largely from Jordana’s earlier account and quotes the 
inscription from him. Blanco speaks of him as a botanist,^® 
but is in error as to the date of his death. Both Colmeiro and 
Zaragoza consider him as a botanist, while Montero is authority 
for the statement that he was commissioned by the Spanish 
Government to study the flora of the Philippines and the state 
of its agriculture. 
Whether Pineda was a botanist or a zoologist is perhaps of 
little importance. Aside from the references given above no 
allusions to him have been found in botanic literature, although 
the genus Pineda Ruiz and Pavon {^Banara Aubl.) seems to 
have been dedicated to him. Pineda apparently published noth- 
ing, either in botany or in zoology, and there is no record that he 
collected any material of either a botanic or zoologic nature; at 
least no such material is preserved. 
Zaragoza states that Pineda’s chief work was the establish- 
ment of a mulberry plantation at a place since called Pineda, 
situated between Pasay and Malate, but this is certainly in- 
correct. Pineda arrived in Manila on March 27, 1792, and died 
about three months after his arrival. Sternberg states that he 
selected the region about Bulacan for his investigations, so 
that it is probable that he left Manila shortly after the arrival 
of the expedition. In the three months intervening between his 
arrival and death, especially considering the slow methods of 
transportation, and the fact that he died at Badoc, more than 
200 miles from Manila, he could have had little time for the 
“Revista de Pilipinas 2 (1877) 173, 174. 
" Bosquejo geografico e historico-natural del Archipielago Filipino (1885) 
356. 
“La Ilustracion Filipina 2 (1892) 271. 
“ Hist. Filip. 2 (1894) 321. 
“Flora de Pilipinas (1837) IV. “Igualmente y a principios de este 
siglo, habia fallecido en estas Islas el sabio botanico D. Antonio Pineda.” 
