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2. VACCINIUM Linn. 
1. V. cumingianum Vidal, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (188(!) 107. 
(281 Merrill) Decades Philip. Forest FI., March; (245, 459 Whitford) May, 
July; ( 1330, 1585 Rorde/i ) July, August; (2049 Peyer) February. Mossy forests 
on expo.sed ridges above 1,000 ni. Endemic. 
2. V. jagori Warh. in Perk. Frag. FI. Philip. ,( 1905) 174. 
(282 Merrill) Decades Philippine Forest FI., March, distributed as V. sub- 
sessile Merr.; (2023 Meyer) February; (145, 1101 Wliifford) May, February; 
(7020 Elmer) November. With the preceding. Endemic. 
PRIMULALES. 
MYKSINACE.Il 
1. MAES A Forsk. 
1. M. cumingii Mez. in Engler’s Pllanzenreich 9 (1902) 49. 
(2518, 3711 Merrill) June, January; (480 Whitford) July; (0084 Leihery) 
July; (2257 Meyer) December. In forests and thickets 50 to 900 m. Endemic. 
2. M. denticulata Mez. 1. c. 48. 
(27()1 Meyer) February; (1128 Whitford) March. In forests 800 to 1,100 m. 
Endemic. 
3. M. haenkeana Mez. 1. c. 32. 
(205 Barnes) January; (1258, 193], 2390 Borden) June, January; (11, 190, 
1059 Whitford) April, January; (2508 Meyer) .Januaiy; (7030 Elmer) No- 
vember; (2528 Merrill) June. In forests and thickets 20 to 350 m. Endemic. 
2. AEGICERAS tlaertn. 
1. A. corniculatum (Linn.) Blanco; Mez. 1. c. 55. 
(2314 Meyer) December; (2355, 2717 Borden) .January, February; (130 
Merrill) Decades Philip. Forest FL, coll. Ahern’s collector, .July. Strand forests, 
widely distributed in the Philippines. Seashores of tropical Asia, Malaya, and 
Australia. 
3. ARDISIA Swartz. 
1. A. boissieri A. DC.; Mez. 1. c. 129. 
(2594, 2770 Meyer) February; (1228. 1252. 1900 Borden) -June, September; 
{14S Barnes) .January; (284 Copeland) .Jaimary; (102 Whitford) April; (0(i30 
Elmer) November. In forests 500 to 900 m., a tree reaching a height of 12 m. 
Endemic. 
Strongly resembling the widely distrilmted Ardisia humilis Vahl, hut the latter 
as it is found in the Philippines usually grows near the seashore and is a shrub 
1 to 4 or 5 m. high. 
2. A. marginata Blume; Mez. 1. c. 108. 
(135 Barnes) .January; (3237 Meyer) June; (1080, 1310 Whitford) J’ebruary, 
June. In forests 700 to 800 m. .Java. 
3. A. philippinensis A. DC.; Mez. 1. c. JOO. 
(2853 Meyer) March. In forests at 000 m. Endemic. 
4. A. saligna Mez. 1. c. 143. 
(3807 Merrill) August; (0048 Leihery) .July. On exposed ridges in the mossy 
fore.st at 1,900 m. Endemic. 
5. A. sp. 
(3720 Merrill) .January. Exposed ridges at J,100 m., fruiting specimen only. 
