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MYRSINACEAE 



Mez 8 has recently proposed numerous new species of Myrsi- 

 naceae, but most of those based on Philippine material had pre- 

 viously been amply described. Of the twenty-four species 

 described from Philippine material I unhesitatingly reduce the 

 following eighteen. In a number of cases Mez's type specimen is 

 of the same collection as the types of previously described forms. 

 Additional study may show that Ardisia macropus Mez is not 

 sufficiently distinct from A. saligna Mez, and that Jubilaria 

 radlkoferi Mez is not distinct from Emhelia porteana Mez. The 

 following reductions must be made : 



Maesa grossedentata Mez in Fedde Repert. 16 (1920) 309 = M. laxa 



Mez, 

 Maeaa piscatorum Mez 1. c. = M. gaudichaudii A. DC. 

 Maesa lobuligera Mez lop. cit. 310 = M. megaphylla Merr. in Philip. 



Journ. Sci. 12 (1917) Bot. 158. 

 Ardisia cincta Mez op. cit. 312 = A. marginata Blume. 

 Ardisia milleflora Mez op. cit. 410 = A. diffusa Merr. in Philip. Journ. 



Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 216. 

 Ardisia lanaensis Mez op. cit. 411=^4. dementis Elm. Leafl. Philip. 



Bot. 2 (1910) 665. 

 Ardisia negroensis Mez I. c. = A. squamulosa Presl. 

 Ardisia glauca Mez op. cit. 412 = A. geissanthoides Mez 1. c. ! 

 Ardisia magnifica Mez op. cit. 413 = A. romanii Elm. Leafl. Philip. 



Bot. 5 (1913) 1820. 

 Ardisia palawanensis Mez 1. c. = A. palawanensis Merr. in Philip. 



Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 220. 

 Ardisia dataensis Mez op. cit. 414 = Ardisia curtipes Merr. in Philip. 



Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 372. 

 Ardisia mevtbranifolia Mez op. cit. 415 = Ardisia warburgiana Mez. 

 Ardisia reptans Mez 1. c. = A. reptans Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 



(1910) Bot. 416. 

 Discocalyx dolichopus Mez op. cit. 417 = D. montana Elm. Leafl. Philip. 



Bot. 2 (1908) 443. 

 Discocalyx crenulatus Mez op. cit. 418 = D. montana Elm. 

 Jubilaria magnolifolia Mez op. cit. 421 = Loheria bracteata Merr. in 



Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 374. 

 Embelia latifolia Mez op. cit. 422 = Embelia nigropunctata Merr. in 



Philip. Journ. Sci. 7 (1912) Bot. 326. 

 Rapanea peregrina Mez op. cit. 424 = Rapanea venosa Elm. Leafl. 



Philip. Bot. 2 (1910) 672. 



•Mez, C, Additamenta monographica 1919. Ill Myrsinaceae, Fedde 

 Kepert. 16 (1920) 309-312; 410-425. 



