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Luzon (Benguet), Negros, Mindanao (Davao), Merrill 4762, Phil. Pi. 

 243, Elmer 11389, Loher 3784, Copeland 1040, 1419, De Vore & Hoover 313, 

 379, F. B. 14443 Darling. On exposed ridges on the higher mountains, 

 altitude 2,000 to 2,700 m. Endemic. 



Local names: Gaing (Bag.); sadumdum (Bag.). 



EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Leucopogon javanicus De Vriese; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1883) 353. 



Leucopogon malayanus Jack; Vidal Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 173; 

 F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1883) 353. 



VidaPs record was based on a specimen collected by Lobb and labeled 

 as Philippine; the specimen certainly came from the Malay Peninsula, Java, 

 or Borneo, not from the Philippines. 



MYRSINACEAE 



1. MAESA Forskal 



MAESA BRUNNEA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 13 (1918) Bot. 321. 



Catanduanes, B. S. 30308, 30500 Ramos. In damp primary forests at 

 low or medium altitudes. Endemic. 



MAESA CUM IN Gil Mez in Engl. Pflanzenreich 9 (1902) 49; Merr. in 

 Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 112. 

 Maesa membranacea A. DC. in Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. II 16 (1841) 79, 

 Prodr. 8 (1844) 78 p. p. (quoad Philip.) ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 2 

 (1859) 1007 p. p.; F.-Vill. App. (1880) 122; Vidal Phan. Cuming. 

 Philip. (1885) 123, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 173. 



Luzon (Abra, Bontoc, Benguet, Pangasinan, Zambales, Nueva Ecija, 

 Bulacan, Rizal, Bataan, Laguna, Tayabas, Camarines), Mindoro, Palawan, 

 Romblon, Mindanao (Surigao, Lanao, Zamboanga, Davao). In forests 

 and thickets at low and medium altitudes; common. Endemic. 



Local names: Katiput (Tag.); malalapi (Sbl.) ; patipol (Tag.); pati- 

 pot (Sbl., Tag.); sulinau (Tag.). 



MAESA DENTICULATA Mez in Engl. Pflanzenreich 9 (1902) 48; Merr. 

 in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 425, 5 (1910) Bot. 372, Sp. 

 Blancoanae (1918) 297; Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 2 (1910) 666. 

 Maesa membranacea Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 590, ed. 3, 1 

 (1877) 164, non A. DC. 



Batan Islands and northern Luzon to Palawan and Mindanao, incl. El- 

 mer 14966 as M. vulcanica Elm. In most or all islands and provinces at 

 low and medium altitudes, ascending to 1,200 m, in thickets, secondary 

 forests, and in openings in primary forests; common. Endemic. 



Local names: Burobalatong (P. Bis.); dagangdang (Sul.) ; kalikot 

 (Tag.) ; katikot (Tag.) ; logut (Tag.) ; magutata (Sul.) ; malabulik (Neg.) ; 

 malatiotis (S. L. Bis.) ; nukud (Tagb.) ; ototai (Ig.) ; palang (Tag.) ; pa- 

 tipat (Tag.); saan-kabayo (Pamp.) ; solinau (Tag.); tablong (Sbl.). 



MAESA ELMERI Mez in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 271, Fedde 

 Repert. 3 (1906) 97. 

 Luzon (Bontoc, Benguet), Elmer 5925, 8438, Williams 1217, Merrill 

 Phil. PI. 818, B. S. 31939, 31881 Santos, 12558 Fenix, 5377 Ramos, 37632, 



