MYRSINACEAE 299 
Fernandez-Villar first thought that this was an apocynaceous 
plant, but did not suggest a reduction for it. Later, in the 
Addenda to the Novissima Appendix, he definitely referred it 
to Garcinia ovalifolia var. spicata Hook. f. - Neither reduction 
is a possible one, as Blanco’s description conforms neither to 
the Apocynaceae nor to the Guttiferae. I know of no Philippine 
species that combines the characters of Willughbeia multilocu- 
laris Blanco and am constrained to believe that the species was 
based on flowering specimens of one species, apparently an Ardt- 
sia, and fruiting specimens of an entirely different one. The 
description of the flowers and inflorescence conforms closely 
to Ardisia, perhaps Ardisia boissiert A. DC.=A. drupacea 
(Blanco) Merr. The native name malabatoan cited by Blanco 
is valueless in determining the identity of the species. 
AEGICERAS Gaertner 
AEGICERAS CORNICULATUM Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 79; ed. 2 (1845) 
59; ed. 8, 1 (1877) 112, t. 38. 
Bianco correctly interpreted Rhizophora corniculata Linn., and 
was correct in transferring the specific name to Aegiceras. The 
species is common along the seashore throughout the Philippines. 
Illustrative specimen from Manila, Luzon, March, 1914 (Mer- 
rill: Species Blancoanae No. 508). 
EMBELIA Burman 
Rhamnus lando Llanos Frag. Pl. Filip. (1851) 57 (sp. nov.) ; F.-Vill. & 
Naves in Blanco. Fl. Filip. ed. 3, 4* (1880) 41=EMBELIA PHILIP- 
PINENSIS A. DC. 
Rhamnus lando was reduced by Fernandez-Villar to Bridelia 
retusa Muell.-Arg., a species that does not occur in the Philip- 
pines and one to which Llanos’s description does not at all apply. 
In Index Kewensis it is entered under Rhamnus with the addi- 
tion of “quid.” The identification of Rhamnus lando with 
Embelia philippinensis A. DC. is certainly correct, as Llanos’s 
description applies fully to Embelia philippinensis; the Tagalog 
name of de Candolle’s species is lando; the older stems are spiny; 
the acid leaves are used by the natives as a substitute for vinegar; — 
and the time of flowering in the provinces near Manila is that 
indicated by Llanos. Without the data given by Llanos as to 
the native name and uses of the plant, it is doubtful if the 
proper reduction of the species could have been effected. 
Illustrative specimen from Antipolo, Rizal Province, Luzon, 
January, 1914, there known as lando (Merrill: Species Blan- 
coanae No. 732). . 
