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MERRILL, 
Bescherelle, Emile. Essai sur le genre Calymperes. (Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. VIII. 1 
(1895) pp. 247-308.) 
A monograph of the genus Calymperes ( Musci ) containing the descriptions 
of the following Philippine species: C. aeruginosum Hampe, C. mammosurn 
Besch., C. scalare Besch., and C. setifolium Besch., the only ones of the genus 
known from the Archipelago. 
Brackenridge, William D. United States Exploring Expedition * * * Botany, 
Cryptogamia, Filices including Lycopodiaceae and Hydropterides. 16 (1854) 
pp. VIII+357, quarto, with folio atlas of 46 plates. 
An enumeration of the vascular cryptogams collected by the Wilkes United 
States Exploring Expedition, seventy-seven species being enumerated from 
the Philippines, fifteen of which are described as new. (Bee Merrill, This 
Journal, p. 73.) 
Briquet, John. Fragmenta monographiae Labiatarum, fasc. 5. (Ann. Conserv. 
Jard. Bot. Genev. 2 (1898) pp. 101-251.) 
Coleus igolotorum and C. gaudichaudii are described from Luzon, and a 
common Hypt-is in the Philippines is shown to be H. lanceolata Poir., not 
H. capitata, as identified by most authors. 
Briquet, John. Observations sur quelques Flacourtiacees de l’herbier Delessert. 
(Ann. Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genev. 2 (1898) pp. 41-78.) 
A treatment of the Asiatic species of Scolopia, including the Philippine 
forms. 
Chamisso, A. de & Schlechtendal, D. de. De plantis in expeditione speculatoria 
Romanzoffiana observatis rationem dicunt. ( Linnaea 1 (1826) pp. 1-73, and 
through all volumes up to 1 0 (1835-36) pp. 582-60.3.) 
In this enumeration, the above authors, with the assistance of various 
specialists, consider the plants collected by the Romanzoft' expedition, which 
was in the Philippines, at Cavite, from December 17, 1817 to January 29, 
1818, collecting being done in the vicinity of Cavite and Manila and on a 
trip to Taal Volcano and return. About one hundred species are enumerated 
from Luzon, of which the following were described as new: Rubus tagallus 
C. & S., Buddleia neemda Bucli. var. philippensis C. & S. (=5. asiatica 
Lour.), Stemodia philippensis C. & S. (= Lindenbergia philippensis Benth.), 
Loranthus philippensis C. et S., Psychotria philippensis C. & 8., Coffea 
luconiensis C. & S. (= Psychotria lugoniensis F.-Vill.; P. tacpo Rolfe), 
Hedy otis angustifolia C. & S., Tournefourtia urvillegna Cham. (=T. sarmen- 
tosa Lam.), Zanthoxylim lamarckianum Cham. (= Evodia trifolia DC.), 
Coleus acuminatus Benth., Conyza manillensis Less. (= Blumea manillensis 
DC.), Melam podium manillense Less. (=M. sericeum Lag.), Crossostephium 
artemesioides Less., Clerodendron intermedium Cham., Gmelina philippensis 
Cham., Aristoloohia tagala Cham., Zornia nuda Vo g. (=Z. diphylla Pers.) 
and Desmodium chamissonis Vog. Most of the specimens on which the 
above species were based were examined by the author in the Berlin 
Herbarium in January of the present year. 
Clusius, Carolus (Charles de l’Ecluse). Rariorum plantarum historian (1601). 
On pages 202 and 203 of part six of the above work, Anisum philippinarum 
insularum is figured and described from material secured in Manila by 
Thomas' Candi (Cavendish). It is the star-anise (Illicium anisatum ) of 
China, and does not grow in the Philippines, being imported for medicinal 
purposes. The reference is of interest as being the first citation of the 
Philippines in botanical literature. 
