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MELASTOMATACEAE 991 
Sci. 4 (1909) Bot. 355, 402. The correct form of the Tagalog 
name is mananquil, not manananquil. 
Illustrative specimen from Mount Arayat, Pampanga Prov- 
ince, Luzon, February, 1915 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 
747). 
Myrtus tripinnata Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 421 (sp. nov.) =Myrtus subru- 
bens Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 294 (nom. nov.); ed. 3, 2 (1878) 
182=EUGENIA TRIPINNATA (Blanco) C. B. Rob. in Philip. Journ. 
Sci. 4 (1909) Bot. 357. 
Blanco’s. species was erroneously reduced by Fernandez- 
Villar to Hugenia cymosa Lam., a species that does not extend 
to the Philippines and one to which Blanco’s description does 
not apply. The change of name in the second edition was doubt- 
less due to the fact that Blanco realized his error in originally 
describing the leaves as “tres veces aladas’”, i. e., tripinnate, 
and this descriptive phrase is dropped from the description in 
the second edition. The species is widely distributed in Luzon 
and is also found in Mindoro and Mindanao. 
Illustrative specimen from Rizal Province, Luzon, January, 
1915 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No, 889). 
Eugenia glandulosa Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 417 (sp. nov.); ed. 2 (1845) 
291; ed. 3, 2 (1878) 176=EUGENIA sp.? 
Blanco’s material was from Tala, a few miles north of Manila. 
His description is very imperfect, and the species cannot be | 
definitely connected with actual specimens. As noted by Robin- 
son, Philip. Journ. Sci. 4 (1909) Bot. 403, the only Philippine 
species at all answering the description is Rhodomyrtus tomen- 
tosa Hassk.; but the known distribution of this species makes 
this reduction an impossible one, while further, had Blanco 
seen specimens of Rhodomyrtus tomentosa, he almost certainly 
would have added its striking characters to his description, such 
as the venation of its leaves, its pubescence, etc. Fernandez- 
Villar made no reduction of this species. 
MELASTOMATACEAE 
MELASTOMA Linnaeus 
Melastoma asperum Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 368, non Linn.=Melastoma 
obvolutum Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 259; ed. 3, 2 (1878) 117, non 
Jack=MELASTOMA POLYANTHUM Blume. ; 
' Melastoma malabathricum Blanco Fl, Filip. (1837) 367 (malabatrica) ; ed. 
+ 2 (1845) 258; ed. 3, 2 (1878) 115, non Linn. =MELASTOMA POLY- 
_ ANTHUM Blume. Ru : ase 
This species is common and widely distributed in the. Philip- 
pines and presents considerable variation; as a result several 
