20,4 Merrill: Noteworthy Philippine Plants, XVII 42] 
MYRSINACEAE 
Mez® has recently proposed numerous new species of Myrsi- 
naceae, but most of those based on Philippine material had pre- 
viously been amply described. Of the twenty-four species 
described from Philippine material I unhesitatingly reduce the 
following eighteen. In a number of cases Mez’s type specimen is 
of the same collection as the types of previously described forms. 
Additional study may show that Ardisia macropus Mez is not 
sufficiently distinct from A. saligna Mez, and that Jubilaria 
radlkoferi Mez is not distinct from E'mbelia porteana Mez. The 
following reductions must be made: 
Maesa grossedentata Mez in Fedde Repert. 16 (1920) 309 = M. laxa 
Mez. 
Maesa piscatorum Mez 1. c. = M. gaudichaudii A. DC. 
Maesa lobuligera Mez op. cit. 310 = M. megaphylla Merr. in Philip. 
Journ. Sci. 12 (1917) Bot. 158. 
Ardisia cincta Mez op. cit. 312 = A. marginata Blume. 
Ardisia milleflora Mez op. cit. 410 = A. diffusa Merr. in Philip. Journ. 
Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 216. 
Ardisia lanaensis Mez op. cit. 411— A. clementis Elm. Leafi. Philip. 
Bot. 2 (1910) 665. 
Ardisia negroénsis Mez 1. ¢. = A. squamulosa Presl. 
Ardisia glauca Mez op. cit. 412 = A. geissanthoides Mez l. c.! 
Ardisia magnifica Mez op. cit. 413 = A. romanii Elm. Leafi. Philip. 
Bot. 5 (1918) 1820. 
Ardisia palawanensis Mez 1. c. =A. palawanensis Merr. in Philip. 
Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 220. 
Ardisia dataénsis Mez op. cit. 414 = Ardisia curtipes Merr. in Philip. 
Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 372. 
Ardisia membranifolia Mez op. cit. 415 = Ardisia warburgiana Mez. 
Ardisia reptans Mez 1. c. = A. reptans Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 
(1910) Bot. 416. 
Discocalyx dolichopus Mez op. cit. 417 = D. montana Elm, Leafi. Philip. 
Bot. 2 (1908) 443. 
Discocalyx crenulatus Mez op. cit. 418 = D. montana Elm, 
Jubilaria magnolifolia Mez op. cit. 421 = Loheria bracteata Merr. in 
Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 374. 
Embelia latifolia Mez op. cit. 422 = Embelia nigropunctata Merr. in 
Philip. Journ. Sci. 7 (1912) Bot. 326. 
Rapanea peregrina Mez op. cit. 424 = Rapanea venosa Elm. Leaf. 
Philip. Bot. 2 (1910) 672. 
*Mez, C., Additamenta monographica 1919. III Myrsinaceae, Fedde 
Repert. 16 (1920) 309-312; 410-425. 
