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ARDISIA Swartz: 
Ardisia elmeri Mez in Philip. Jmini. Sci. 1 (lOOG) Siippl. 273. 
Ill forests at 1,800 m. ait. (No. U138) ; also collected by Merritt in Junu, lOOG, 
ill forests 2,100 to 2,200 m. alt. (Nos. 4444, 4457). 
Pivviously kno\\'n only from northern Luzon. 
Ardisia racemoso-panniculata ilez 1. c. 271. 
In forests at 450 m. alt. (No. 4.134 Merritt), June, lUOO. 
Previously known only from Mount Apo, Mindanao. MerrifVs specimen is 
not (|uite typical and is very frujjmontary, but I consider it referable to this 
species. 
Ardisia saligna Mez in Engler's Pflanzenrcich 9 (1002) 143. 
In forests at 30U m. alt. (No. 55(i7}. 
Previously known from Luzon and Polillo. 
Ardisia boissieri A. DC; Mez I. c. 129. 
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In forests at 1,450 ni. alt. (No. 5600) ; also collected by Merritt at about 1,000 
m. alt. (Kos. 4371, 4355). 
Endemic in the Philippines and frt-tjueiitly confused with A. humilis. The 
specimens cited above are all with fruit and accordingly the identification must 
be considered as somewhat doublful. 
Ardisia serrata (Cav.) Pers. Syn. 1 (1805) 233; Mez 1. c. 137. 
In forests at 1,800 m. alt. (Nos. 5G75, 5732, 6145) ; also collected by Merritt 
in June, 1906, at 1,300 ni. alt. (No. 4372), 
Widely distributed in the Philippines. 
Borneo. 
Ardisia serrata (Cav.) Pers., var. brevipetiolata ^ferrill ii. var. 
Foliis brevitor (3 mm.) petiolatis, basi anguste rotumlato-eordatis. 
In forests at 550 m. alt. (No. 4346 Merritt) June, 1906. The type is No. 4049 
Mi niJl from the Baco Kiver, near the base of Ilalcon, March, 1005. ilore 
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abundant and better ujaterial may prove this form to be worthy of specific rank. 
Ardisia sp. ? 
An undershrub less than I ni. high, in forests at 250 m, alt. (No. 5743), 
specimens in fruit only, and possibly not this genus. 
LABISIA Lindl. 
Labtsia pumila (Hluine) F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1SS;J) 123; Mez in Engler's 
Pllanzenroieh 9 (1902) 171 ("Bunth. et Hook.") var. genuina Mez 1. c. 
In forests at 450 m. alt. (No. 4335 Merritt) June, 1906. 
A inonotypic genus extending from Cochin China and the Malayan Peninsula 
to Java, Sumatra and Borneo, the variety genuina in Java, Penang, Singapore and 
Cochin China, 
Reported from Luzon by F.-Villarj but not found in the Philippines by any 
other botanists or collector until discovered by Merritt. 
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