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MYRISTICACEAE 179 



MYRISTICA LAXI FLORA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 17 (1920) 254. 



Basilan, Tinago, B. S. 15498 Reillo, Ahem 421. In primary forests at 

 low altitudes. Endemic. 



MYRISTICA MINDORENSIS Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 13 (1918) Bot. 

 281. 

 Mindoro, F. B. 3698 Merritt. In forests at low altitudes. Endemic. 



MYRISTICA NEGROSENSIS (Elm.) comb. nov. 



Gymnacranthera negrosensis Elm. Lean. Philip. Bot. 2 (1909) 576, 

 3 (1911) 1057. 

 Negros, Sibuyan, Elmer 12414, 10133. In forests up to an altitude of 

 1,200 m; the bracteolate flowers clearly remove this from Gymnacranthera. 

 Endemic. 



Local names: Dugan (P. Bis.); kalau (C. Bis.). 



MYRISTICA NITIDA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 13 (1918) Bot. 282. 



Luzon (Nueva Ecija, Laguna, Tayabas, Camarines, Sorsogon), Samar, 

 Ticao, Negros, Mindanao (Surigao, Zamboanga), F. B. 22199 Alvarez, 

 24099 Contreras, 12523 Rosenbluth, 23029 Ponce, 24935 Bawan, 27411 

 Alambra, 21141 Miranda, 10224 Curran, 23709, 22046 Alvarez, B. S. 23322, 

 24147, 22046 Ramos, Merrill Phil. PI. 1015, 1542. In forests at low and 

 medium altitudes; closely allied to Myristica ctimingii Warb., but with 

 much larger fruits. Endemic. 



Local names: Dugang (C. Bis.); duguan (Bik.) ; mala-ambalinad (S. 

 L. Bis.); malabakau (C. Bis.); ugau (Bik.). 



MYRISTICA NIVEA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 191. 



Mindanao (Zamboanga), Basilan, B. S. 37070 Ramos & Edano, F. B. 

 3454 Hutchinson, Williams 2145, Copeland. In forests at low altitudes. 

 Endemic. 



Local names: Kanon (Sub.); uyat-uyat (Yak.). 



MYRISTICA PALAWAN ENSIS Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 13 (1918) 

 Bot. 283. 



Palawan, Merrill 9253, F. B. 4737 Manalo. In forests at low altitudes. 

 Endemic. 



MYRISTICA PHILIPPENSIS Lam. Act. Paris (1788) 161, Encycl. 4 (1797) 



387; Willd. Sp. PI. 4 2 (1805) 870; Spreng. Syst. 3 (1826) 65; 



Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 2 (1858) 60; Baill. in Bull. Soc. Linn. Paris 



1 (1885) 455; Warb. in Nov. Act. Akad. Naturf. 68 (1897) 386, 



t. 12, f. 1-8; Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 49; Merr. in Philip. 



Bureau Forest. Bull. 1 (1903) 20, Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) 



Suppl. 55, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 151. 

 Myristica luzonica Blanco Fl Filip. (1837) 664, ed. 2 (1845) 462, 



463, ed. 3, 3 (1879) 69, 70; A. DC. Prodr. 14 (1857) 207; Miq. 



Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 2 (1858) 72. 

 Myristica commersonii Blume Rumphia 1 (1835) 181; Miq. Fl. Ind. 



Bat. 1 2 (1858) 61. 

 Myristica macrocarpa Blume op. cit. 185; A. DC. Prodr. 14 (1857) 



207; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 178. 

 Myristica brac+enfa A. DC. (incl. var. longifolia A. DC.) in DC. 



Prodr. 14 (1857) 192; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 177; Vidal Phan. 



Cuming. Philip. (1885) 139, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 221. 



