ALBERT

Description: Neuwiedia (sect. Euneuwiedia) Griffithii Rehb.f. Xenia Orch. II (1874), 215; Rolfe in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXV (1890), 235, 241, t. XLVIII, fig. 2\xe2\x80\x949; in Orch. Rev. II (1894), 276; IV (1896), 329; Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. VI (1890), 176; in Bot. Mag. CXXI (1895), t. 7425; Krzl. Orch. I (1897), 4; Pfitz. in Pflanzenr. IV. 50 (1903), 5; Ridl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXXII (1896), 416; Mat. Fl. Mal. Penins. I (1907), 231; Fl. Mal. Penins. IV (1924), 296.\nPlanta in genere parva. Caulis erectus, rigidus, teres, dilute viridis, c. 14 cm longus, 0.63 cm diam., c. 10-folius. Folia erecto-patentia, recurva, lanceolata, sensim longe et acutissime acuminata, basi acuta sensim in petioluin contracta, plicaita, nervis c. 7 subtus prominentibus, nervis tenuioribus alternantibus, papyracea, utrinque nitidule viridia, c. 18.5\xe2\x80\x94 22 cm longa, 4\xe2\x80\x945 cm lata, summa minora; petiolus latus, canaliculatus, 3-costatus, cum vagina tubulosa antice basi excepta rumpente c. 5.5\xe2\x80\x946.5 cm longus. Inflorescentia erecta, foliis multo brevior, subdense multiflora, cylindrica, pedunculo hirtello, atroviridi, c. 4 cm longo, nonnullis vaginulis in bracteas vergentibus donato, rachide angulato-cylindrica, patentissime hirtella, atroviridi, c. 6.5 cm longa. Bracteae patentes, incurvulae, e basi ovata sensim longe subulato-acuminatae, anguste obtusae, basi rachidem semiamplectentes, praesertim basi concavae, dorso et margine hirtellae, 3-nerviae, virides, ad c. 1.4 cm longae, superiores minores. Flores quaquaversi, parvuli, patentes, nutantes, sepalis dorso patentissime superne patenter strigillosis petalisque conniventibus, concavis, tenuibus, albis, pallide flavescenti-apiculatis. Sepalum dorsale ellipticum, apiculo tereti strigilloso, valde concavum, totum c. 0.83 cm longum, apiculo 0.05 cm, 0.4 cm latum. Sepala lateralia oblique ovato-elliptiea, apice cucullatoobtusa cum apiculo recto tereti-subulato strigilloso 0.08 cm longo, concava, costa media dorso convexo-incrassata, tota c. 0.87 cm longa, 0.375 cm lata. Petala late elliptico-obovata, obtusa, apice vix cucullata, basi margine antico vix unguiculato-contraeta, concava, costa media dorso valde incrassata strigosaque apice in apiculum brevem producta in praefloratione inter sepala prominente, c. 0.8 cm longa, 0.525 cm lata. Labellum a gynostemio subrectangule patens et recurvulum, supra basin obtusangule incurvum, stigma paululum superans, valde concavum, explanatum cuneato-angulato-obovatum, apice cucullato-obtusissimum, ungue cuneato excepto leviter crispulum et erosulum, basi intus valde convexoincrassatum, costa media dorso valde prominente et strigosa apice in apiculum incurvulum teretem hirtellum producta, fere 0.8 cm longum, mucrone 0.05 cm longo, 0.6 cm latum. Gynostemium totum c. 0.62 cm, usque ad apicem antherarum 0.4 cm longum. Stamina 3, glabra, inferne cum stylo in columnam rotundato-trigonam supra subtusque 2-sulcatum, c. 0.13 cm longam connata, superne divergentia, filamenti dorsalis pars libera a dorso compressa, oblonga, vix flavescenti-alba, c. 0.1 cm longa; filainentorum lateralium pars libera dorsali similis, 0.13 cm longa; antherae conniventes, fere basifixae, introrsae, praesertim dorsalis valde incurvae, cordatae, apicem versus paululum angustatae, late obtusae, lobis basilaribus obtusis, dorso valde convexae cum sulco levi longitudinali, crassae, vix flaveseenti-albae, dorsalis fere c. 2 cm longa, 0.14 cm lata, laterales bene 0.2 cm longae, 0.175 cm latae. Stylus undatus, teres, leviter clavatus, apice (stigmate) obtusus et papillosus, albus, basi dilute. sulphureus, totus c. 0.6 cm, parte libera 0.525 cm longus. Ovarium pedieellatum curvulum, rotundato-trigonum, patentissime strigillosum, pedicello apicem versus incrassato, pallide viridi, c. 0.33 cm longo, ovario trigono-ellipsoideo, viridi, c. 0.4 cm longo, fere 0.3 cm diam., apice in rostrum apice obliquum pallide viride dorso c. 0.275 cm longum contractum.

Description: In Blumea V (1943), 316, I published a list of the Orchidaceae collected by Dr van Steenis in Atjeh. In this list a certain number of specimens were purposely omitted, on account of the fact that flowers had been preserved in alcohol, which material, however, was apparently not extant in Leiden. Under these conditions I have worked up the herbarium so far as possible from the dried specimens only.\nPeristylus goodyeroides (D. Don) Lndl. Gen. et Sp. Orch. (1835), 299; etc.

Description: In a previous number of this volume (Blumea V, nr. 1, 1942, p. 66\xe2\x80\x9480), one of the junior writers of the present paper published an account of nomenclatorial changes concerning javanese Verbenaceae. This paper was written as a supplement to a larger work by the senior writer, who has for long years devoted most of his activities to the study of the flora of Java, on which it was his privilege to publish some more or less extensive papers, all of them in the Dutch language 2). These publications may be considered materials for a Flora of Java. In fact, some of them have the character and even the title of such a flora, though on account of several circumstances none of them could be completed.\nSince the senior writer had retired from his official duties, an attempt was made to fill up this gap. For this purpose numerous scattered annotations were sorted and a start was made with the design of a reviewed and complete Flora of Java, again in Dutch. However, it soon became evident that this work was too extensive a task for a single man of my age and I therefore requested the help of the director of the Rijksherbarium at Leiden. Through his kind mediation the collaboration was procured of some junior assistants. In the first phase of the work financial support to this end was kindly granted, first by the \xe2\x80\x9cMaatschappij ter Bevordering van het Natuurkundig Onderzoek der Nederlandsche Koloni\xc3\xabn\xe2\x80\x9d and afterwards also by the \xe2\x80\x9cKorthalsfonds\xe2\x80\x9d, managed by the Royal Netherlands\xe2\x80\x99 Academy of Sciences at Amsterdam and by \xe2\x80\x9cGreshoff\xe2\x80\x99s Rumphiusfonds\xe2\x80\x9d. Prof. Dr A. A. Pulle, Utrecht, kindly took an interest in this work and lent his intermediary in procuring the greater part of the necessary funds. In a later stage, however, also the Government could be convinced of the importance of this work and of a rapid rate of its progress and first one, later on two assistants were added to the Staff of the Rijksherbarium with the special instruction to assist me in my work. Recently a third assistant was appointed at the Botanical Museum and Herbarium of the Utrecht University. I take pleasure to avail myself of this opportunity to tender my best thanks to Dr Pulle and to Dr Lam for their kind collaboration, as well as to the Societies and Foundations, whose generous help in the earlier phases of the work appeared to be vital for starting it.

Description: 1a. Parasitic plants with filiform, twining stems, leafless or with minute pale scales. Flowers small, in clusters or short racemes; corolla mostly with 5 episepalous fimbriate scales inside ( Cuscuteae Hall, f.) 1. Cuscuta b. Non-parasitic plants with green leaves 2 2a. Pollen spinulose ( Echinoconiae Hall.f.) 18 b. Pollen not spinulose ( Psiloconiae Hall.f.) 3

Description: Some years ago I treated a number of species of the genus Axonopus in Blumea IV, p. 510. Among them was Axonopus Fockei Henr., based upon Mez\xe2\x80\x99s Paspalum Fockei, which was published in Fedde\xe2\x80\x99s Repertorium XV, 1917, p. 62.\nI mentioned Ule\xe2\x80\x99s number 8022 as identified by Mez himself being his Paspalum Fockei.

Description: In one of his papers on Malaysian Orchids R. Schleehter (1911) expresses his surprise that the flora of Celebes, though promising so much from a phytogeographical point of view, is very little known in comparison with that of the Philippines and Java and even with that of Borneo. In 1926 E. D. Merrill repeated this assumption with little less emphasis, and it is, indeed, still holding good even nowadays. I am not able to tell the reason why Celebes has been so much neglected in this respect, though it has been given ample attention by zoogeographers.\nYet, botanical exploration has been carried out ever since the French scientific world cruises of the \xe2\x80\x9cAstrolabe\xe2\x80\x9d (1828) and the \xe2\x80\x9cAstrolabe\xe2\x80\x9d and the \xe2\x80\x9cZelee\xe2\x80\x9d (1839). The more important collections have been enumerated in the \xe2\x80\x9cAppendix\xe2\x80\x9d to the present paper and among these the most outstanding ones are those made by the Neth. \xe2\x80\x93 Indian Forestry Service and by such individual collectors as Forsten (1840, N), Zollinger (1847, SW and Salajar), Teysmann and De Vriese (1860, N), Teysmann (1877, SW and Salajar), Warburg (1888, SW), Koorders (1894\xe2\x80\x94\xe2\x80\x9995, N), P. and F. Sarasin (1893\xe2\x80\x94\xe2\x80\x9996 and 1902\xe2\x80\x94\xe2\x80\x9903, all parts), Elbert (1909, SE), Schleehter (1910, N), Van Vuuren (1912\xe2\x80\x94\xe2\x80\x9914, SW, C, SE), Docters van Leeuwen (1913, Salajar, etc.), Kaudern (1917\xe2\x80\x94\xe2\x80\x9920, SE, C, E, N), Bunnemeyer (1921, SW), Lam (1926, Talaud), Kjellberg (1929\xe2\x80\x94\xe2\x80\x9930, SW, SE), Eyma (1938, C, E) and Monod de Froideville (1937\xe2\x80\x94\xe2\x80\x9939, SW, C, SE).

Description: Planta parva. Caules erecti, tenues, basi tantum ramosi, basi radicantes, c. 23 cm longi, inferne vaginati, superne 3\xe2\x80\x944-foliati. Folia erecto-patentia, lanceolata, acuminata, acutissima, basi acuta, nervis 5 majoribus sicco subtus et etiam supra prominentibus pluribusque tenuibus, sicco membranacea, ad c. 8\xe2\x80\x9412 cm longa, 1.85\xe2\x80\x942.2 cm lata, ultimum multo angustius; vagina elongata, tubulosa, prominenter nervosa. Inflorescentia terminalis, erecta, simplex, densissime multiflora, quaquaversa, pedunculo c. 3 cm longo, inferne vagina folii ultimi incluso, superne vaginula lineari c. 3 cm longa donato, rachide c. 1.2 cm longa. Bracteae valde approximatae, patentissimae vel subpatentissimae, e basi triangula longe subulato-lineari-acuminatae, 5-nerviae, ad c. 0.7 cm longae, basi dilatata fere 0.3 cm longa 0.25 cm lata, superiores minores. Flores patentes, non resupinati, c. 0.75 cm longi, sepalis petalisque divergentibus. Sepalum dorsale cum ovario angulum obtusum faciens, incurvulum, oblongum, apicem versus angustatum, obtusum, concavum, parte inferiore dorso parce patentissime puberulum, 3-nervium, c. 0.65 cm longum, 0.225 cm latum. Sepala lateralia marginibus anticis c. 1/3 longitudinis connata atque rotundato-saccata, divergentia, 2/5 partibus superioribus recurvula, oblique oblonga, subsigmoidea, apice angustata, acutiuscula, valde concava, dorso nonnullis pilis brevibus inspersa, 3-nervia, costa media dorso incrassata, c. 0.64 cm longa, 0.2 cm lata. Petala oblique elliptica, subfalcatula, obtiuscula, canaliculato-concava, 3-nervia, costa media dorso valde incrassata inter sepala prominente et pilis raris inspersa, c. 0.6 cm longa, 0.25 cm lata. Labellum cum ovario angulum obtusum faeiens, gynostemio parallelum, valde concavum, 2/5 partibus superioribus valde recurvum, apice incurvulum, subtus alte sulcatum, intus valde 3-costatum, costa intermedia in 1/3 supra basin terminante, costis exterioribus intramarginalibus in bene 2/3 supra basin arcuato-incurvis et terminantibus, inexplanatum c. 0.475 cm longum, explanatum ambitu quinquangulari-ovatum, infra medium utrinque leviter obtusangule dilatatum, apice in laminam triangulam obtusam crenulatam contractum, 3-nervium, totum fere 0.6 cm longum, fere 0.4 cm latum, lamina 0.15 cm longa, 0.175 cm lata. Gynostemium cum ovario angulum obtusum faciens, rectum, apicem versus paulum incrassatum, dorso convexum, c. 0.375 cm longum, clinandrio concavo, subquadrangulo cum costa longitudinali. Anthera conspicua, cucullata, cordata, acuta, lobulis basilaribus brevissimis rotundatis, connectivo convexo-costiformi, fere 0.25 cm longa. Pollinia 2, clavata, sulcata, cum stipite longo lineari et glandula parva oblonga fere 0.3 cm longa. Rostellum porrectum, e basi lata acuminatum, acute bidentatum. Stigma margine inferiore semirotundatum productumque. Ovarium 6-sulcatum, pilis raris brevibus inspersum, c. 0.45 cm longum.\nSoemba: In the eastern part, Maoemaroe, in forest. (Iboet n. 425, 7 May 1925; \xe2\x80\x9cflowers white\xe2\x80\x9d).

Description: 1. The literature gives various methods to compile a universal scheme for the classification and identification of wood species. To attain this object a new method is now given possessing various advantages over the methods that have been used so far. 2. The wood structure is subsequently described using decimal indices. Each of five sections of features are divided into four groups, and these again in subgroups, which have been worked out by means of indices. In the treatment of various features literature data are discussed.\nThe classification of wood species aims at obtaining a grouping which, as far as possible, links up with the botanical groupings according to natural systems. 3. On the grounds given in the introduction and the discussion, the classification has been applied to features which can be perceived both with the unaided eye and a hand lens. The desirability and the possibility of classifying microscopic features in a similar way are dealt with briefly. 4. On the classification scheme an identification method is based employing loose cards. In this way, the number of woods included can be extended at will. Drawbacks attaching to the loose-card methods, used so far, have been obviated. 5. It is suggested that the decimal indexing of features should be normalized internationally.\nThe authors should greatly appreciate to receive any remarks and suggestions that might improve and supplement the classification system described.\nAmsterdam/Delft, August 1944.

Description: In Januari 1944 was ik in de gelegenheid om het Orthopteramateriaal, aanwezig in het Laboratorium voor Entomologie te Wageningen, te bestudeeren. Aan Prof. Dr. W. Roepke, directeur van genoemd Laboratorium, wil ik hier mijn dank brengen voor zijn medewerking en voor de in zijn laboratorium genoten gastvrijheid.\nBehalve het materiaal in de studiecollecties voor de toegepaste entomologie is thans ook tijdelijk de particuliere verzameling van Ir. P. A. Blijdorp in dit laboratorium ondergebracht. Vooral deze laatstgenoemde verzameling bevat mooi materiaal. Het is betrekkelijk nog pas kort geleden verzameld, voor het meerendeel door Mevr. M. E. Walsh, in W.-Java en Z.-Sumatra. Hoewel misschien de meeste soorten niet tot de groote zeldzaamheden behooren, is het vermelden toch de moeite waard, daar het aantal in de literatuur genoemde exemplaren en vindplaatsen tamelijk gering is. Ik heb het daarom nuttig geoordeeld om alle exemplaren van de Pterophyllinae uit de beide genoemde verzamelingen in de hier volgende lijst op te nemen.\nDe exemplaren van het Laboratorium voor Entomologie zijn met W. aangeduid, die uit de verzameling van Ir. Blijdorp met B.\n\nPTEROPHYLLINAE\n\nPSEUDOPHYLLINI\nChloracris prasina Pictet & Sauss., 1892 W.: 2 \xe2\x99\x80\xe2\x99\x80, vindplaats onbekend.\nB.: 1 \xe2\x99\x82, West-Java, 1935, leg. M. E. Walsh.\nChloracris brullei Pictet & Sauss., 1892 B.: 2 \xe2\x99\x80\xe2\x99\x80, Sumatra, Benkoelen, Kota, 3 I 1935 en III 1935, leg. F. W.

Description: Falco peregrinus anatum Bonaparte Adult (evidently \xe2\x99\x80), Surinam.\nWing 363, tail 170, tarsus 53, culmen from cere 24 mm.\nTogether with other Surinam bird-skins, the specimen was sent to Harlem (Holland) in 1899 for exhibition at the "Koloniale Westindische Tentoonstelling". It is now in the collection of the Colonial Institution at Amsterdam.\nThe North-American Peregrine Falcon has not yet been recorded from all three Guyanas: Chubb (1916) does not mention it from the British Colony, nor the brothers Penard (1908) from Surinam, nor Von Berlepsch (1908) from Cayenne. As the bird has been recorded several times from Trinidad (off the coast of Venezuela) (cf. Roberts, 1934) and a juvenile specimen from Brazil is preserved in the Zoological Museum at Berlin (Kleinschmidt, 1927, p. 112: "Amazonasmundung"), occasional migratoryrecords do not come unexpected. Besides, Von Berlepsch lists the Peregrine Falcon among the Falconidae that are "not yet recorded from Cayenne", but are "likely to be found there" (p. 289).\nThe North-American Peregrine Falcon has a wide-spread winter-range and is recorded from several other localities in South-America (Ecuador, Matto Grosso; Chile?), but usually does not go farther south than Panama.\nCatoptrophorus semipalmatus inornatus (Brewster) In a relatively large collection of old stuffed birds, made in the Dutch Colony of Surinam, and received at Amsterdam in 1859, there are three specimens of the Willet (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus (Gm.)). All three birds are in winterdress. One of these birds shows remarkably large