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work is “Historia natural del sitio, fertilidad y calidad de las islas e indios 
de Visayas, compuesto por el Padre Francisco Ignacio Alzina, de la com- 
pania de Jesiis, despues de mas de treinta y tres anos en ellas, y entre 
ellos de Ministerio. Ano de 1668.” Added to the copy in the Ateneo de 
Manila, is the following note “1802 — A uso de Fr. Agn. Ob. el. de N. Sega.,” 
which may be interpreted: “For the use of Fr. Augustin, Bishop-elect of 
New Segovia”, indicating that the copy was made, presumably from the 
original, in the year 1802. Facing the title-page is a note pasted in which 
gives the following information regarding the origin of the copy: “Esta 
1.® parte de la obra del P. Alcina (la 2.“ no se encuentra) pertenecio al 
Prelado D. Fr. Augustin Pedro Blaguier, que tomo posesion del Obispado 
de Nueva Segovia en 1779, y ha sido comprada en una almoneda en Paris 
este ano de 1875 por 52 francos.” 
The above data supplement the very meager account of Alcina given 
by Colmeiro," while Pritzel ’ simply mentions Alcina’s name, giving a ref- 
erence to Colmeiro. F.-Villar ^ quotes the title of Alcina’s work correctly. 
I am indebted to Father Sola, S. J., of the Ateneo de Manila, for assistance 
In securing data regarding Father Alcina and his work. 
The species described by Mr. Elmer as Elateriospermum paucinervium,^ 
of which Pax repeats the description ® expressing some doubts as to 
whether or not it is referred to the proper genus, cannot possibly be an 
Elateriospermum. It is, I think, possibly referable to Alcinaeanthus or 
Cheilosa; at any rate it is undoubtedly referable to the Euphorbiaceae- 
Gelonieae, and apparently represents a generic type near those above- 
mentioned if not one of them. As fruits alone are known, it will be im- 
possible properly to refer the species to a genus until either the female 
or the male flowers, or both, are known. It is represented by the follow- 
ing specimens, all with fruits: 
Luzon, Province of Bataan, Lamao River, For. Bur. 758 Borden, May, 
1904: Province of Tayabas, Lucban, Elmer 7^16 (type number). May, 
1906. SiBUYAN, Elmer 12367, April, 1910. 
ALCHORNEA Swartz. 
ALCHORNEA PARVI FLORA (Benth.) Muell.-Arg. in Linnaea 34 (1865) 
168, DC. Prodr. 15^ (1866) 902. 
Stipellaria parviflora Benth. in Hook. Journ. Bot. & Kew Miscel. 
6 (1854) 4. 
In a previous paper I reduced this species to Alchornea sicca (Blanco) 
Merr.’, but I am now of the opinion that two distinct species are rep- 
resented in the material then referred by me to Blanco’s species. Alchornea 
parviflora Muell.-Arg. seems to be represented by Bur. Sci. 5220 Ramos, 
Rizal Province, Luzon, and by Loher 681.3, from Union Province, Luzon, 
in addition to Cuming 1800, the type number. It is distinguished from 
A. sicca (Blanco) Merr. by its somewhat larger, distinctly pubescent leaves, 
’ La Botanica y los Botanicos de la Peninsula Hispano-Lusitiana 
(1858) 158. 
’Thesaurus Lit. Bot. (1872) 4. 
‘Blanco FI. Filip, ed. 3, 4’ (1880) IV. 
’ Leafl. Philip. Bot. 2 (1908) 484. 
* Pflanzenreich 44 (1910) 102. 
'This Journal 5 (1910) Bot. 192. 
