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2. VACCINIUM Linn. 



1. V. cumingianum Yidal, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1888) 167. 



(281 Merrill) Decades Philip. Forest FL, March; (24."), 459 Whit ford) May, 

 July; (1330, 1585 Borden) July, August; (2849 Meyer) February. Mossy forests 

 on exposed ridges above 1,000 ni. Endemic. 



2. V. jagori Warb. in Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1905) 174. 



(282 Merrill) Decades Philippine Forest Fl.. March, distributed as I . sub- 

 sessile Merr. ; (2(12.'} Meyer) February; (145, 1101 Whit ford) May, February; 

 ( 7020 Elmer) November. With the preceding. Endemic. 



PRIMULALES. 



MYRSINACEiE. 



1. MAES A Forsk. 



1. M. cumingii Mez. in Engler'a Pflanzenreicb 9 (1902) 4!t. 



(2518, 3711 Merrill) dune, January; (480 Whitford) duly; (0084 Leibery) 

 July; (2257 Meyer) December. In forests and thickets 50 to 000 m. Endemic. 



2. M. denticulata Mez. 1. c. 48. 



(2701 Meyer) February; (1128 Whitford) March. In forests 800 to 1,100 m. 

 Endemic 



3. M. haenkeana Mez. 1. c. 32. 



(205 liarnes) January; (1258, 1031, 2300 Borden) dune, January; (11, 190, 

 105!) Whitford) April, January; (2508 Meyer) January; (7030 Elmer) No- 

 vember; (2528 Merrill) June. In forests and thickets 20 to 350 in. Endemic. 



2. AEGICERAS Qaertn. 



1. A. corniculatum (Linn.) Blanco; Mez. 1. c. 55. 



(2314 Meyer) December; (2355, 2717 Borden} January, February: (136 

 Merrill) Decades Philip. Forest FL, coll. .[hern's collector, duly. Strand forests, 

 widely distributed in the Philippines. Seashores of tropical Asia. Malaya, and 

 Australia. 



3. ARDISIA Swart*. 



1. A. boissieri A. DC; Mez. I. c. 12!). 



(2594, 2776 Meyer) February; (1228, 1252, 1000 Borden) June, September; 



( 148 liarnes) January; (284 Copeland) January; (102 Whitford) April; (6636 

 Elmer) November. In forests 500 to 900 m., a tree reaching a height of 12 m. 

 Endemic. 



Strongly resembling the widely distributed Ardisia humilis Vahl, but the latter 

 as it is found in the Philippines usually grows near the seashore and is a shrub 

 1 to 4 or 5 m. high. 



2. A. marginata Plume; Mez. 1. c. 108. 



(135 Barnes) January; (3237 Meyer) June; (1080, 1310 Whitford) February. 

 June. In forests 700 to 800 m. Java. 



3. A. philippinensis A. DC; Mez. 1. c. 100. 



(2853 Meyer) March. In forests at 000 m. Endemic. 



4. A. saligna Mez. 1. c. 143. 



(3807 Merrill) August; (0048 Leibery) duly. On exposed ridges in the mossy 

 forest at 1,000 m. Endemic. 



5. A. sp. 



(3720 Merrill) January. Exposed ridges at 1,100 m., fruiting specimen only. 



