178 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS se 
characters apparently appertain to Uvaria, but the description of the fruit 
does not appertain to any anonaceous plant. It is suspected that Blanco’s 
description was based on material of two entirely different and perhaps 
not even closely allied species. Blanco’s specimens were from Bauang, 
Batangas Province, Luzon; the Tagalog name is given as soal. 
MYRISTICACEAE 
1. MYRISTICA Linnaeus 
MYRISTICA AGUSANENSIS Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 8 (1915) 2775. 
Luzon (Sorsogon), Mindanao (Agusan, Bukidnon), Elmer 13284, 16010 
(M. sorsogonensis Elm.), F.:B. 10556 Curran, B. S. 26011 Fénix, 38971 
Ramos & Edafio. In forests at low and medium altitudes. Endemic. 
Local names: Balai (Bik.) ; dugdan (Mbo.). 
MYRISTICA CAGAYANENSIS Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 17 (1920) 255. 
Luzon (Cagayan), fF’. B. 24277 Bernardo. In primary forests at low 
altitudes. Endemic. 
Local name: Ngab-ngab (Neg.). 
MYRISTICA CUMINGII Warb. in Nov. Act. Akad. Naturf. 68 (1897) 442, 
t. 18, f. 1-2; Merr. in Philip. Bureau Forestry Bull. 1 (1903) 21. 
Myristica iners A. DC. Prodr. 14 (1857) 190, quoad Philip.; F.-Vill. 
Novis. App. (1880) 177; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 139, 
non Blume. 
Mindoro, Cuming 1570, F. B. 6884, 3780 Merritt. In forests at low 
altitudes. Endemic. 
Local names: Dugtian (Tag.); malatalang (Tag.). 
MYRISTICA GUATTERIAEFOLIA A. DC. in Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. IV 4 
(1855) 30, Prodr. 14 (1857) 193; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1* (1858) 61; 
F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 177; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. 
(1885) 139, Rev. Pl. Vasc. Filip. (1886) 221; Warb. in Nov. Act. 
Akad. Naturf. 68 (1897) 412, t. 13, f. 1-4, Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. 
(1904) 49; Merr. in Philip. Bureau Forestry Bull. 1 (1903) 21, 
Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 407; Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 3 
(1911) 1062. 
Babuyan Islands and northern Luzon (Cagayan) to Palawan and 
Mindanao. Common in forests at low and medium altitudes; very closely 
allied to Myristica philippensis Lam. Borneo, Labuan. 
Local names: Alanagni (Sul.); barakbak (Neg.); dagaun (S. L. Bis.) ; 
dalihagan (Neg.) dogéan (S. L. Bis.); doguan (Tag., P. Bis.); dugan 
(Tag., P. Bis.); dughan (P. Bis.); dugian (Tag., Bik.); kamas (Sul.); 
lago (Tagb.); laho (Kuy.); talang-bindok (Tag.); tugan (Tag.). 
MYRISTICA LANCIFOLIA nom. nov. 
Gymnacranthera lanceolata Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) 
Suppl. 55; Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 3 (1911) 1058, non Myristica 
lanceolata Wall. 
Luzon (Cagayan, Bataan, Rizal), Sibuyan, F. B. 3236 Meyer, 17202 
Curran, Ahern 758, Elmer 12587, Loher 6716. In forests at low and 
medium altitudes. Endemic. 
Local name: Malatalang (Tag.). 
