A PRELIMINARY REVISION OF PHILIPPINE MYRTACE^E. 337 



Local names, Digotnalit, (II.), Pangasinan; Ualisualisan, (Tag.), Zambales. 



A small tree or a shrub: fruit edible. 



Endemic: altitudinal range from sea level to mountain tops. 



2. Decaspermum paniculatum Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal 46 2 (1877) 



61. 



Nelitris paniculata Lindl. Collect. Bot. (1821) 10. 



N. urvillaei Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. 2 (1843) 220, quoad philip- 

 pinensis; non DC. Prodr. 3 (1828) 231. 



? Lcgnotis lanccolata Blanco Fl. Eilip. (1837) 445. 



? Metrosideros pictipetala Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 295. 



Batanes Islands, Sabtan Island, Savidog, Bur. Sci. 37)1 Fcnix. Luzon, 

 Province of Benguet, Sablan, Elmer 61SS, Williams 1384; Baguio, For. Bur. 507 4 

 Curran; Mount Santo Tomas, For. Bur. 927 Barnes, Elmer 5807; Mount Pulog, 

 For. Bur. 18101 Curran, Merritt d Zschokkc: Province of Bataan, Mount Mari- 

 veles, Lamao River, Merrill 3S61, Whitford J/55, Elmer 6992, Leiberg 60J,1, For. 

 Bur. 1332, 1589 Borden: Province of Rizal, Bosoboso, For. Bur. 3364 Ahem's 

 collector, Bur. Sri. 1506 Ramos; Antipolo, Merrill Dec. Philip. For. Fl. 52 Ahem's 

 colector, Bur. Sci. 3363 Ramos; Tanay, Merrill 2347: Province of Laguna, Ma- 

 jaijai, For. Bur. 8054 Curran <f- Merritt: Province of Tayabas, Cuming 821; 

 Tinuan River, Whitford 804; Lucban, Elmer 7818; Mount Banajao, Whitford 

 984; Polo Island, For. Bur. 1)15 Klcmme. Leyte, Palo, Elmer 7325. Boiiol, 

 Cuming 1824. Palawan, Puerto Princes*, For. Bur. 3527 Curran. Dinagat, 

 Ahem 465, 475. Mindanao, Province of Misamis, Mount Malindang, For. Bur. 

 4580 Mearns & Hutchinson: Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mrs. Clemens 557, 

 66'i, $. n.: District of Cotabato, Malabang, Mrs. Clemens s. n. : District of Zam- 

 boanga, Port Banga, For. Bur. 9068, 9476 Whitford c£- Hutchinson; Sax River, 

 Williams 2107. Basilax. Hallier s. n. 



Local names reported: Salingsingang, (Ig.), Benguet; Tayomtayom, (Tag.), 

 Rizal; Dugayon, SaUUhan, Dinagat; Cansilay, Zamboanga; Malaruhat, Macaasin, 

 (Tag.), Tayabas, the two last more properly applied to species of Eugenia. 



The identification of Blanco's species, called by different names in the two 

 editions, is fairly probable, as all of his statements can be made to apply to 

 dried specimens of D. paniculatum, except that relating to the color of the petals. 



Distribution: Bengal to Formosa and Australia. 



9. RHODOMYRTUS (DC.) Reiclib. 



Rhodomyrtus tomentosa Hassk. in Flora (1842) Beibl. 2: 35; Benth. in 

 Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. 2 (1843) 220. 



Myrtus tomentosa Ait. Hort. Kew. 2 (1789) 159. 



Batanes Island, Camiguin Island. Bur. Sci. ^129 Fenix. Luzon, Province 

 of Iloeos Norte, Cuming 1253. 



The transfer of Aiton's specific name to Rhodomyrtus has been ascribed to 

 different authors, partly owing to the confusion due to the use of the name 

 first as a subgenus, and finally as a genus. I have been unable to check the 

 reference to Hasskarl. 



Judged by description only, this is the nearest species yet known to Eugenia 

 glandulosa Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 417, as indicated by the structure ascribed 

 to the ovary of the latter, which suggests rather than agrees with that of the 

 former. Rhodomyrtus seems to be confined in the Philippines to the extreme 

 north, Blanco's plant grew at Malinta, within ten miles of Manila: nothing 

 corresponding to it has appeared in recent collections, including those made on 

 a trip to Malinta, in the hope of deciding the question. 



India to Japan, southward to Malaya. 



