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THEACE^. 



THE A Linn. 

 Thea sp. 



In forests at 350 m. alt. (No. 4328 Mcrritt) Jime, 1900. Material very im- 

 perfect and with fruits only, the identity of the genus therefore not certain. 



TERNSTROEMIA Niitt. 

 Ternstroemia sp.? 



In forests at 1,()00 m. alt. (No. 4473 Mcrritt) June, 1900. Material very 

 scanty and with fiiiits only. 



ADINANDRA Jack. 



Adinandra sp. near A. duniusa. 



In forests 1,000 to 2,200 ni. alt. (Nos. 4410, 4453 Mcrritt) June, 1900. 



Adinandra sp. near A. hizonica Merr. 



In forests at 500 ni. alt. (No. 4344 Merritt) June, 1900. Material very 

 scanty and with undeveloped flowers only. 



Adinandra sp. ? 



In open lieaths at 2.400 m. alt. (No. 5745). 



EURYA Tliunb. 



Eurya japonica Tliunb. Fl. Jap. (1784) 191. /. 25. 



In forests 1.400 to 1,800 ni. alt. (Nos. 5671, 6188) ; also collected by Merritt 

 at 1,600 ni. alt. (No. 4431). 



On many of the higher mountains of the Philippines. 



Corea and Japan, China, central Asia, through Malaya to the Fiji Islands. 



Eurya acuminata Wall., var. euprista Dyer in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 1 



(1872) 285. 



In forests at and below 300 m. alt. (Nos. 5749, 0140). 



On many Philippine mountains. 



British India to Malaya and the Fiji Islands. 



RHIZOPHORACE^. 



GYNOTROCHES Blume. 



Gynotroches axillaris Blume l>ijdr. (1825) 219. 

 hi forests at 200 m. alt. (No. 4323 Mcrritt) June, 1900. 

 Widely distributed in the Pliilip])ines, but nowhere abundant. 

 Malayan Peninsuhi and Archipelago. 



MYRTA(n^LE. 



MEARNSIA Merrill n. gen. 



Calycis tiihus aiigiiste caiiipanulatus, ovario adiiatiis; limhi sciiiiiciita 4, 

 IKTsistentia. Pctala 4, calycis lobis loiioiora, patentia. Stamina 8, 1- 

 soriata, libera, filamentis elongatis, filiforniibiis ; antherae versatiles, locii- 

 lis parallelis longitudinaliter dchiscentibus. Ovarium in fnndo calycis 

 infcrnm, 2-lociilare; stylus filiformis, stigniato parvo; oviila in loculis 



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