107 
Jn leaf characters and inflorescence resembling Eugenia luzonensis, but belong- 
ing in a difi'erent section of the genus. Other specimens from various parts 
of Luzon apparently referable here: (1471 Ahern’s collector; 29!)4, 2940, 3007 
Merrill; 851 Maule.) 
19. E. whitfordii Merr. Govt. Lab. Publ. 35 (1906) 49. § Jamhosa. 
(468 Whitford) July; (1182 Borden) .Jmie. In forests at 600 m. Endemic. 
20. E. sp. § Jamhosa. 
(1227 Whitford) April. In forests at 500 m., fruiting specimen only. 
21. E. sp. § Jamhosa. ( ?) 
(2781 Meyer) February. In forests at 600 m., young Imds only. 
4. TRISTANIA R. Br. 
1. T. decorticata Merr. Govt. Lai). Publ. 35 (1906) 51. 
(1324 Whitford) May. On exposed ridges in the mossy forest 800 to 900 m. 
Endemic. The above specimen differs from the type of the species in its some- 
what pul)eseent inflorescence. 
5. LEPTOSPERMUM Foist. 
1. L. amboinense Blume; Duthie in Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 2 (1878) 464. 
(788, 2118 Borden) May, November; (3246 Merrill) October; (123 Whitford) 
May; (285 Copeland) January. On ex[)Osed ridges in the mossy forest from 
1,000 m. to the summit of the mountain, and on most of the higher mountains 
of the Philippines. Malaya and Australia. 
Leptospermum unnce Stein, described from specimens from Mount Apo, Min- 
danao, is represented in our herbarium by several numbers from the type locality 
and is apparently not distinct from the species here considered to represent 
typical L. amhoinen.se. 
M ELA STOM ATA OE.E. 
1. MELASTOMA Burm. 
1. M. fusca Merr. Govt. Lab. Publ. 17 (1904) 39. 
(204, 340 Barnes) January, February; (38, 106 Whitford) April; (1962, 
2709 Borde'n) October, February; (6634 Elmer) November; (2180, 2609 Meyer) 
December, February; (298 Copeland) January. In forests 100 to 800 m. 
Endemic. 
2. M. polyanthum Blume; Cogn. in DC. Monog. Phan. 7 (354) 1891. 
(6818 Elmer) November; (2100 Borden) November; (6037 Leiberg) July. 
Forests 700 to 900 m. British India to Malaya and Australia. 
2. MEDINILLA Gaud. 
1. M. amplifolia Merr. Govt. Lah. Publ. 29 (1905) 37. 
(1338 Borden) July. On ex]>osed I'idges in the mossy fore.sts at 1,000 m. 
Endemic. 
2. M. astronioides Triana ; Merrill, 1. c. 
(206 Whitford) May; (3007 Meyer) May; (3895 Merrill) August. In forests 
along streams 100 to 800 m. Endemic. 
3. M. coriacea Merr. 1. c. 35. 
(3121 Meyer) May; (228, 1159 Whitford) May, March. On exposed ridges 
in the mossy forest 900 to 1,000 m. Endemic. 
4. M. intermedia Blume; Merr. 1. c. 37. 
(125 Whitford) May; (2405 Meyer) January; (3965 Merrill) March. In 
the mossy fore.sts 900 to 1,000. Java. 
