246 MERRILL. 
Mez, Carl. Myrsinaceae. (Das Pflanzenreich, 9 (1902) pp. 1-437.) 
Of this large and widely distributed family the following species are 
credited to the Philippines: Maesa laxa Mez, M. haenkeana Mez, M. manil- 
lensis Mez, M. denticulata Mez, M. cumingii Mez, M. gaudiohaudii Mez, all 
endemic; Ardisia comiculatum (L.) Blanco, A. floridum R. & S., both widely 
distributed in the Indo-Malayan region; Ardisia tomentosa Presl, A. philip- 
pinensis A. DC., A. disticha A. DC., A. mindanaensis Mez, A. marginata Bl., 
A. sulcata Mez, A. scabrida Mez, A. humilis Vahl, A. boissieri A. DC., A. 
pirifolia Mez, A. verrucosa Presl, A. grandidens Mez, A. perrottetiana A. DC., 
A. serrata (Cav.) Pers., A. oastaneifolia Mez, A. candolleana (0. Ktz.) Mez, 
A. scalaris Mez, A. cumingiana A. DC., A. proteifolia Mez, A. warburgiana 
Mez, A. saligna Mez, A. crispa (Thunb.) A. DC., A. pardelina Mez, A. sinuato- 
crenata Mez, A. jagorii Mez, all endemic except three species; Discocalyx 
pliilippinensis (A. DC.) Mez, D. vidalii Mez, D. effusa Mez, D. minor Mez, 
D. cybianthoides (A. DC.) Mez, D. angustifolia Mez, all endemic; Embelia 
porteana Mez, E. pliilippinensis A. DC. both endemic; Rapanea pliilippinensis 
(A. DC.) Mez, endemic. Since the publication of the monograph represen- 
tatives of 2 other genera, Ambylanthopsis and Labisia have been discovered 
in the Philippines, and some species of genera listed above have been described. 
(See Mez, This Journal 1 (1906) Suppl. pp. 271-275.) 
Palla, E. Scleria luzonensis Palla sp. nov. ( Allgemeine Bot. Zeitschr. (1907). 
The above new species described, to be issued in Kneuclcer’s “Cyperaceae 
exsiceatse,” the type from Mount Arayat, Luzon. 
Pax, F. Aceraceae. ( Das Pflanzenreich, 8 (1902) pp. 1-89.) 
Of the single genus in the family, Acer Linn., 114 species and many 
varieties are recognized, but none are credited to the Philippines. Since the 
publication of the above monograph 2 species have been discovered in the 
Archipelago, both undescribed by Pax, thus adding an additional family to 
the list of those previously known from the Philippines. 
Pax, F., and Knuth, R. Primulaceae. ( Das Pflanzenreich 22 (1905) pp. 1-386.) 
Of this family Androsace saxifragifolia Bunge, northern India to China, 
Japan, Formosa, and Luzon, and Lysimachia japonica Thunb., with about the 
same distribution but extending to Java, and L. ramosa Wall., var. typica 
R. Knuth, Himalaya, Burma, Java, and Luzon, are the only forms credited to 
the Philippines. A few more species are, however, found in northern Luzon. 
Perkins, J. Fragmenta Florae Philippinse. (Contributions to the Flora of the 
Philippine Islands, Leipzig, Gebriider Borntraeger (1904-05) pp. 1-212, 
plates 4.) 
This work was issued in three fascicles, I, pp. 1-66, March 12, 1904; II,. 
pp. 67-152, June 30, 1904, and III, pp. 153-212, February 20, 1905. It was 
prepared by Dr. Perkins with the assistance of various specialists and was 
based largely on the Philippine collections of Warburg, Ahern, and Merrill. 
The chief groups treated are Leguminosae, Dipterocarpaceae, Anacardiaceae, 
Meliaceae, Pinaceae, Taxaceae, Marantaceae, Gonystylaceae, Burseraceae, 
Elaeocarpaceae, Tiliaceae, Malvaceae, Bombacaceae, Sterculiaceae, Rosaceae, 
and Rutaceae, by Perkins ; Symplocaceae by A. Brand ; Acanthaceae by G. 
Lindau; Fagaceae by 0. von Seeman; Typhaceae by P. Graebner; Orchidaceae 
by R. Schlechter; Palmae by O. Beccari; Sapindaceae by L. Radlkofer; 
Asclepiadaceae by R. Schlechter and O. Warburg; Myristicaceae, Pandanaceae, 
