Musaceæ--Musa paradisiaca, M. sapientum 227-228 Zingiberaceæ--Zingiber officinale, Curcuma longa, Elettaria Cardamomum 228-231 Amaryllidaceæ--Crinum Asiaticum 231-232 Liliaceæ--Aloes Barbadensis, Allium sativum, A. Cepa 232-234 Palmæ--Areca Catechu, Cocos nucifera, Nipa fruticans 234-238 Cyperaceæ--Cyperus rotundus 239 Gramineæ--Zea Mays, Andropogon Schoenanthes, Saccharum officinarum, Oriza 240-243 Bambuseæ 243-244 EXPLANATION. For the common words of the different Filipino dialects I have adopted the orthography which in my various treatises on those dialects I have demonstrated to be the easiest, most rational and convenient. I should be inconsistent as to my own theories and convictions if I continued to follow the old form of spelling. For the benefit of those who are not familiar with the matter I will state that the consonants are pronounced as follows: g always as in get. h gutturalized aspirate. k as in English. w always as initial w in English, win, wan. ng as ng in sing, hung, etc. ABBREVIATIONS. Bic.--Bicol. Eng.--English. Iloc.--Ilocan. Indo-Eng.--Indo-English. Pam.--Pampango. Pan.--Pangasinan. Sp.--Spanish. Sp.-Fil.--Spanish-Filipino. Tag.--Tagalog. Vis.--Viscayan. MEDICINAL PLANTS OF THE PHILIPPINES DICOTYLEDONOUS, POLYPETALOUS. DILLENIACEÆ. _Tetracera macrophylla, Vall._ (_T. monocarpa_, _T. sarmentosa_, Blanco.) Nom. Vulg.--_Malakatmón_, Tag. Uses.--The wood of _malakatmón_ is one of the best known and popular drugs of the Binondo [1] market place. It is used as an infusion internally in the hæmoptysis of consumptives, and externally in the treatment of sore throat, its action being due to the large amount of tannin it contains. It is also employed in Malabar in the form of an infusion of the leaves of the species, _T. Rheedi_, to treat sore throat, mixing it with a decoction of rice called _cange_. The Filipinos do not distinguish this species from the _T. Assa_. Both are called _malakatmón_, and are employed indiscriminately to accomplish the same results. The silicious concretion obtained from the leaves is used as a polish in the form of polish paper. Dose.--In infusion for internal use, 4 grams of wood to 1 liter of water; as a gargle, 10 to 15 grams to the liter. Botanical Description.--A shrub with leaves alternate, oval, serrate, finely dentate with very short and stiff hairs. Flowers of a strong, rather agreeable odor, axillary, in panicles. Calyx, 4 sepals. Corolla, 4 petals. Stamens indefinite, expanding at the upper end and bearing 2 anthers. Carpels 3, with ovules indefinite in two series. Seeds with red arils. Habitat.--In the vicinity of Manila. Blooms in July. MAGNOLIACEÆ Magnolia Family. _Illicium anisatum, L._