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ectobolus K. Sehum., G. ustulata Gagnepain, G. barthei Gagnepain, G. hetero- 
bractea K. Schum., all endemic; Ammonium loheri K. Sehum., Alpinia lepto- 
solenia K. Sehum., endemic; A. pubiflora (Benth. ) K. Sehum., New Guinea, 
Caroline Islands and Mindanao; A. brevilabris Presl, A. pulchella K. Sehum., 
New Guinea and Mindanao; A. cumingii K. Sehum., A. galanga (L. ) Sw., Ma- 
laya; A. trachyascus K. Sehum., A. macroscaphis K. Sehum., A. haenkei Presl, 
A. elegans (Presl) K. Sehum., A. rufa (Presl) K. Sehum., A. parviflora 
(Presl) Rolfe, A. rolfei K. Sch., A. mollis Presl, all endemic; Gostus speciosus 
(Koenig) Smith, var. leiocalyx K. Sehum., widely distributed. In addition 
to the above species definitely credited to the Philippines others are more or 
less common in the Archipelago such as Hedychium coronarium Koenig, 
species of Kaemphera, Curcuma longa Linn., C. zeodaria (Berg.) Bose., 
Zingiber officinale Rose., Z. zerumbet (L. ) . Sm., etc. (See also Ridley in 
Govt. Lab. Publ. 35 (1905) pp. 83-87.) 
Schumann, K. Marantaeeae. ( Das Pflanzenreich IT (1902) pp. 1-184.) 
Of the 26 genera recognized, 4 are found in the Philippines, represented 
by the following species : Donax arundastrum Lour., British . India to the 
Malayan Peninsula, Tonkin and the Philippines; Monophrynium fasciculatum 
(Presl) K. Schum., a monotypic endemic genus; Phacelophrynium interrup- 
tum (Warb. ) K. Sehum., P. bracteosum (Warb.) K. Sehum., both endemic. 
Maranta arundinacea Linn., introduced from tropical America, the source of 
arrowroot, is commonly cultivated and subspontaneous in the Philippines. 
All the above species are considered and figured by Perkins in her Fragmenta 
Florae Philippinae (1904) pp. 67-73, plates 3. 
Scribner, F. Lamson. Notes on the Grasses in the Bernhardi Herbarium, collected 
by Thaddeus Haenke, and described by J. S. Presl. (Rept. Mo. Bot. Gard. 
10 ( 1899) 35-59, plates 54.) 
Critical notes on the types of some of Presl’s species, with illustrations, 
including many based on Philippine material, deposited in the herbarium of 
the Missouri Botanical Garden. 
Solms-laubach, H. Graf zu. Rafllesiaceae and Hydnoraeeae. (Das Pflanzenreich 
5 (1901) Rafflesiaceae pp. 1-19; Hydnoraeeae pp. 1-9.) 
The Rafflesiaceae are represented in the Philippines by Rafflesia schaden- 
bergiana Goeppert, from Mindanao, and R. manillana Teschem., from Leyte, 
Samar and Luzon. To the latter species are reduced R. cumingii R. Br., R. 
lagascae Blanco and R. philippinensis Blanco. The Hydnoraeeae are not 
represented in the Philippines. 
Underwood, Lucien Marcus. A Summary of our Present Knowledge of the Ferns 
of the Philippines. (Bull. Torr. Bot. Club. 30 (1903) pp. 665-684.) 
A consideration of the most important works treating the ferns of the 
Philippines and an account of the most important collections made in the 
Archipelago, with analytical keys to the families and genera of vascular 
cryptogams known to be represented in the Philippines, with some proposed 
changes in nomenclature, the final summary of vascular cryptogams being 
families 15, genera 105 and species 633. 
Underwood, L. M. The Genus Stenochlaena. (Bull. Torr. Bot. Club. 33 (1906) 
pp. 35-50.) 
The entire genus is considered, 23 species being recognized, of which the 
following are credited to the Philippines: Stenochlaena laurifolia Presl, 
endemic; S. palustris (Burm.) Bedd., widely distributed; S. williamsii n. sp., 
S. aculeata (Blume) Kunze, Tenasserim to Java and Borneo; S. leptocarpa 
(Fde) Underw., Java and the Philippines and S. smithii ( Fee ) Underw., 
endemic. 
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