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other evident errors will need to be considered at a later date when more 
complete material is available for study. Mr. J. E. Drummond kindly 
examined critically the material in Cruciferae and a part of that in 
Compositae, and his notes are included in the present paper, each note 
being followed by his initials. 
Sixteen species are described as new, and no less than fourteen genera, 
previously unknown from the Philippines, are recorded for the first time, 
while approximately fifty species, previously described by various authors 
from extra- Philippine regions are here first credited to the Archipelago. 
HYDROCHARITACE2E. 
HY DR ILL A Richard. 
Hydrilla verticillata (L.f.) Royle 111. Bot. Himal. (1839) t. 316; Presl 
Bemerk. (1844) 112; Casp. in Pringsh. Jahrb. 1 (1858) 494; Hook. f. FI. Brit. 
Ind. 5 (1888) 659; C. II. Wright ex Forbes & llemsl. in Journ. Linn,. Soc. Bot. 
36 (1903) 1 ; Naves Nov. App. (1883) 214. 
Serpicula verticillata Linn. f. Suppl. (1781) 416; Roxb. PI. Coromandel 2 
(1798) t. 164. 
Luzon, Province of Tayabas, Whit ford S39 : Province of Rizal, Loher 1592. 
Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mrs. Clemens. 
Previously enumerated from the Philippines by Naves but as so many of 
his records are erroneous, it has been thought best again to enumerate the 
species from the Archipelago. 
Central Europe through tropical Asia to Australia and the Mascarene Islands. 
liliaceA 
SMI LAX Tourn. 
Smilax leucophylla Blume Enura. PI. Jav. 1 (1830) 18; A. DC. Monog. Phan. 
1 (1878) 200; Naves Nov. App. (1883) 263. 
Smilax vicaria Ivunth Enum. 5 (1850) 262; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sc.i. 1 
(1906) Suppl. 35. 
Smilax latifolia Blanco FI. Filip, ed. 2 (1845) 548; ed. 3, 3:204, non R. Br. 
Smilax macrophylla Naves Nov. App. (1883) 262, non Roxb. 
Luzon, Province of Bataan, Mount Mariveles, Merrill 3111: Province of Rizal, 
Merrill 1113; For. Bur. 1811 Ahern’s collector; Loher 1923, 1934. 
Smilax vicaria Kunth was based on Blanco’s description of S. latifolia, non 
R. Br., the specimens cited above agreeing with Blanco’s description. At the 
same time they seem to agree in all essential characters with authentically named 
S. leucophylla Blume in Herb. Kew, and accordingly Kunth’s species is here 
reduced, it previously having been considered a doubtful one. 
Java, Borneo and ( ?) the Malay Peninsula. 
ASPARAGUS Linn. 
Asparagus lucidus Lindl. Bot. Reg. 30 (1844) Miscel. 29, no. 36; Baker in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 14 (1875) 605. 
Var. dolichocladus Merrill & Rolfe var. nov. 
Differing from the typical form in its short pedicels, which do not 
exceed 1.5 mm in length, and in its phylloclades, some of which are 4.5 
