ore MERRILL AND MERRITT. 
VACCINIUM Linn. 
1. V. barandanum Vid. Rev. Pl. Vase. Filip. (1886) 169; Merr. in Philip. 
Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 376. 
Common throughout the mossy forest, OC. M. Z. 16073, 18058, 18096. Ig., lusong. 
Higher mountains of the Benguet-Lepanto region, also on Mount Halcon, Min- 
doro; endemic. 
2. V. benguetense Vid. |. c. 168; Merr. 1. c. 376. 
In ravines, pine region, altitude about 1,200 m, C. M. Z. 18206. 
Medium altitudes in the Benguet-Lepanto region, and also on Mount Tapulao, 
Zambales, and in Mindoro; endemic. 
3. V. villarii Vid. 1. ec. 166; Merr, 1. ¢. 374. 
On rock outerdppings, open grass lands of the summit, C. M. Z. 16177. 
Common at higher altitudes on the mountains from northern Luzon to south- 
eastern Mindanao; endemic. 
MYRSINACEZ. 
MAESA Forsk. 
1. M. denticulata Mez in Engl. Pflanzenreich 9 (1902) 48. 
Stream depressions in the pine region, altitude about 1,400 m, C. M. Z. 18174. 
Common and widely distributed in the Philippines at low and medium alti- 
tudes; endemic. 
ARDISIA Sw. 
1. A. crispa (Thunb.) A. DC. in Trans. Linn. Soe. 17 (1834) 124, Prodr. 8 
(1844) 134; Mez l. ec. 144. 
Stream depressions in the pine region, altitude about 1,500 m, C. M. Z. 18170. 
Known in the Philippines only from the Benguet-Lepanto region; India to 
China and Japan, southward to Java, Sumatra, and Borneo. 
2. A. pardalina Mez in Engl. Pflanzenreich 9 (1902) 148. 
In the mossy forest above 2,250 m altitude, 0. M. Z. 18130, 18141, Merrill 
6556. 
At higher altitudes, Luzon to Mindanao; endemic. 
3. Ardisia curtipes Merrill sp. nov. § Pyrgus. 
Frutex vel arbor parvus, 3 ad 5 m altus, subglaber; foliis optime 
pseudo-verticillatis, elliptico-lanceolatis vel obovato-oblanceolatis, usque ad 
11 cm longis, subintegris vel leviter denticulatis, acutis vel acuminatis ; 
petiolo 5 ad 10 mm longo; paniculis plus minus exsertis, minutissime 
ferrugineo-puberulis, glabrescentibus. 
An erect shrub or small tree 3 to 5 m high, nearly glabrous throughout. 
Branches terete, striate, glabrous, brownish. Leaves pseudoverticillate, 
elliptic-lanceolate to obovate-oblanceolate, chartaceous, 6 to 11 cm long, 
1.8 to 4 em wide, glabrous, shining, the margins entire or minutely 
denticulate, the apex acute or acuminate, base narrowed, cuneate; nerves 
8 to 10 on each side of the midrib, distinct beneath, the reticulations, 
prominent; petioles 5 to 10 mm long. Panicles terminal, exceeding the 
leaves, bipinnate, at first very minutely ferruginous-puberulent, becoming 
