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not possibly belong. I am of the opinion that it is nothing but 
Alangium chinense (Lour.) Rehder, very poorly and imperfectly 
described, a species that is common in the vicinity of Calauan 
where the material on which Llanos’s species was based was 
collected; Blanco definitely states that the description was by 
Llanos, not by himself. . Guettarda jasminiflora Blanco is mani- 
festly the same as Alangium chinense (Lour.) Rehder. It is 
widely distributed in Luzon at low and medium altitudes. 
Alangium begoniifolium Baill. is a synonym. 
Illustrative specimens from Batangas Province, Luzon, August, 
1914 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 73); Mount Maquiling, 
Laguna Province, Luzon, comm. F. W. Foxworthy, September, 
1916 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 1009). 
CLETHRACEAE 
CLETHRA Linnaeus 
7 Clethra alnifolia Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 259; ed. 3, 2 (1878) 117, 
A non Linn-=CLETHRA LANCIFOLIA Turcz. 
This species is widely distributed on the mountains of Luzon. 
Turczaninow’s species was based on an erroneously localized 
specimen collected by Lobb, which was from Luzon, not from 
Singapore. - 
Illustrative specimen from Mount Maquiling, Laguna Province, 
Luzon, May, 1914, comm. N. Catalan (Merrill: Species Blanco- 
anae No. 23). 
- MYRSINACEAE 
MAESA Forskal 
ea Maesa membranacea Blanco FI. Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 590; ed. 3, 1 (1877) 
. 164, non A. DC.=MAESA DENTICULATA Mez. 
Blanco’s Maesa membranacea was reduced by Fernandez- 
Villar to Maesa indica A. DC. var. coriacea A. DC., but the 
Philippine form referred by A. de Candolle to Maesa indica 
has been considered by Mez as a distinct species, Maesa laxa 
Mez. Blanco’s description, however, unmistakably applies to 
Maesa denticulata Mez, and the species is accordingly here so 
reduced. My previous reduction of Maesa membranacea Blanco 
to Maesa cumingiana Mez is entirely wrong, as Blanco distinctly 
describes his plant as having the flowers in axillary racemes. 
The species is common and widely distributed in the Philippines 
at low and medium altitudes. 
: Illustrative specimen from Angat, Bulacan Province, Luzon, 
- December, 1914 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 701). 
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