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ROBINSON. 
The Philippines are not mentioned by name in this title, and the 
paper has hitherto escaped attention as an important contribution to 
Philippine botany. In it there are reported from the Archipelago no 
less than G5 species of plants, including 26 described as new, some of 
them indicated only by their native names, others natives .of other 
countries but obtained at Manila. Of all these there are only a few 
which were not previously described by other authors. 
The present paper is based entirely upon the descriptions. Perrottet’s 
types were living plants, and I do not know whether any material was 
preserved from them. With few exceptions they are easily identified. 
The date of the publication of his paper is usually given as 1825, 
but it certainly appeared in 1824. The entire volume of which it forms 
a part is dated 1825, but it was published in parts, under the name 
“Ann ales de la Societe Linneenne de Paris,” published, or at least dated, 
at intervals of two months, and Perrottet’s paper is in the part dated 
May, 1824. 
He credits to the Philippines the following species: 
Aciiras sapota L. A new variety said to occur at Manila, but without 
description. The species is commonly cultivated in the Philippines. 
Aciiras tciiicomane Perr., described as a new species. This is Lucuma mam- 
mosa Gaertn., a species introduced from tropical America and occasionally 
cultivated in the Philippines. It is known locally as “Chico-mamey,” whence 
Perrottet’s specific name. 
An von a muricata L., an American species also commonly cultivated in the 
Philippines. 
Areca catechu L., very common in cultivation throughout the Philippines. 
Arum, said to be an undescribed species, but unnnamed, and without any clue 
as to its identity. 
Bambusa arundinacea Willd. Several varieties or species of bamboos were 
obtained in Java and the Philippines, but are only specified by native names, 
none of them Philippine. 
Bauhinia inermis Perr., undescribed, native of the mountains of the Phil- 
ippines. 
Bromelia pigna Perr., said to be a new species, is the common pineapple, the 
specific name taken from its common Spanish name, ‘‘Pina.” 
Butonica speciosa R. is Barringtonia asiatica (L.) Kurz. 
Caesalpinia laevigata Perr. is G. nuga Ait. 
Calamus rotang L. and four other species from the Philippines and Java, 
but without specific names. Two of them from the common names given are 
Philippine, G. rotang is not. 
Cassia alata L. is common in the Philippines. 
Castanea sinensis Perr., a new species from China, but obtained at Manila, 
without description, may possibly be the litchi. 
Cavanilla philippensis Lam. is Diospyros discolor Willd. The former is the 
oldest specific name, but before the transfer to Diospyros was made, it had already 
been used in that genus for a different species. 
Ciirysophyllum philippense Perr. is almost the only case where Perrottet’s 
name displaces one already in use. The species is certainly that at present 
known as Palaquium oleiferum Blanco, and it requires the formation of a new 
binomial, Palaquium philippense (Perr.). 
