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MYRSINACEAE 273 



Embelia viridifolia Scheff.; Mez in Engl. Pflanzenreich 9 (1902) 327. 



Mez mentions a sterile specimen collected by Warburg in northern 

 Luzon as possibly representing this species. 



10. RAPANEA Aublet 



RAPANEA APOENSIS Elm. Lean. Philip. Bot. 2 (1910) 669. 



Mindanao (Davao), Elmer 10629. On ridges in the mossy forest, 

 altitude about 2,250 m. Endemic. 



Local name: Marintok (Bag.). 



RAPANEA ANGUSTI FOLIA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 20 (1922) 429. 



Luzon (Ilocos Norte), B. S. 33243 Ramos. On forested slopes, altitude 

 1,000 m. Endemic. 



RAPANEA AVENIS (Blume) Mez in Engl. Pflanzenreich 9 (1902) 357; 

 Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 275. 

 Ardisia avenis Blume Bijdr. (1825) 691. 

 Myrsine avenis A. DC. in Trans. Linn. Soc. 17 (1834) 107, Prodr. 



8 (1844) 96. 

 Rapanea fastigiata Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 2 (1910) 670. 

 Luzon (Benguet, Ifugao, Abra, Camarines), Negros, Mindanao (Bukid- 

 non, Davao), Elmer 5811, 6539, 11447, B. S. 19646 McGregor, 31782, 31995 

 Santos, 5579 Ramos, 318494 Ramos & Edano, Merrill 6,998, Phil. PI. 1524, 

 1525. In the mossy forest, altitude 1,400 to 2,400 m. Java, Celebes. 



Local names: Aribangib (Neg.) ; berig (Neg.) ; paspas (Buk.) ; tariba- 

 bau (Neg.); tongog (Bag.). 



RAPANEA GLANDULOSA Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 8 (1915) 2784. 



Mindanao (Agusan), Elmer 14148. Epiphytic in the mossy forest on 

 exposed ridges, altitude about 1,350 m. Endemic. 



Local name: Nagas (Mbo.). 



RAPANEA MINDANAENSIS Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 2 (1910) 671. 



Mindanoo (Davao), Elmer 11332, 11820. On ridges in the mossy forest, 

 altitude about 1,300 m. Endemic 



Local names: Baliuk (Bag.); tongog (Bag.). 



RAPANEA OBLONGIBACCA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 20 (1922) 429. 



Luzon (Ilocos Norte), B. S. 33256, 33311 Ramos. On forested slopes, 



altitude 1,000 m. Endemic. 



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RAPANEA PHILIPPINENSIS (A. DC.) Mez in Engl. Pflanzenreich 9 



(1902) 364; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 113, Philip. 



Bureau Forestry Bull. 1 (1903) 46. 

 Myrsine philippinensis A. DC. Prodr. 8 (1844) 94; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 



2 (1859) 1014. 

 Myrsine capitellata F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 122; Vidal Sinopsis 



Atlas (1883) 30, t. 61, f. C, Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 123, Rev. 



PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 173, non Wall. 



Northern Luzon to Mindanao, in most islands and provinces, occurring 

 in thickets and forests from sea level to at least 1,600 m altitude; variable. 

 Endemic. 



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