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ARDISIA Swartz. 
Ardisia elmeri Mez in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 273. 
In forests at 1,800 m. alt. (No. 6138) ; also collected by Merritt in June, 1906, 
in forests 2,100 to 2,200 m. alt. (Nos. 4444, 4457). 
Previously known only from northern Luzon. 
Ardisia racemoso-panniculata Mez 1. c. 271. 
In forests at 450 m. alt. (No. 4334 Merritt), June, 1906. 
Previously known only from Mount Apo, Mindanao. Merritt’s specimen is 
not quite typical and is very fragmentary, but I consider it referable to this 
species. 
Ardisia saligna Mez in Engler’s Pflanzenreich 9 (1902) 143. 
In forests at 300 m. alt. (No. 5567). 
Previously known from Luzon and Polillo. 
Ardisia boissieri A. DC.; Mez 1. c. 129. 
In forests at 1,450 m. alt. (No. 5669) ; also collected by Merritt at about 1,000 
m. alt. (Nos. 4371, 4355). 
Endemic in the Philippines and frequently confused with A. humilis. The 
specimens cited above are all with fruit and accordingly the identification must 
be considered as somewhat doubtful. 
Ardisia serrata (Cav.) Pers. Syn. 1 (1805) 233; Mez 1. c. 137. 
In forests at 1,800 m. alt. (Nos. 5675, 5732, 6145) ; also collected by Merritt 
in June, 1906, at 1,300 m. alt. (No. 4372). 
Widely distributed in the Philippines. 
Borneo. 
Ardisia serrata (Cav.) Pers., var. brevipetiolata Merrill n. var. 
Foliis breviter ( 3 mm. ) petiolatis, basi anguste rotundato-cordatis. 
In forests at 550 m. alt. (No. 4346 Merritt) June, 1906. The type is No. 4049 
Merrill from the Baco River, near the base of Halcon, March, 1905. More 
abundant and better material may prove this form to be worthy of specific rank. 
Ardisia sp. ? 
An undershrub less than 1 m. high, in forests at 250 m. alt. (No. 5743), 
specimens in fruit only, and possibly not this genus. 
LABI SI A Lindl. 
Labisia pumila (Blume) F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 123; Mez in Engler’s 
Pflanzenreich 9 (1902) 171 (“Benth. et Hook.”) var. genuina Mez 1. c. 
In forests at 450 m. alt. (No. 4335 Merritt) June, 1906. 
A monotypic genus extending from Cochin China and the Malayan Peninsula 
to Java, Sumatra and Borneo, the variety genuina in Java, Penang, Singapore and 
Cochin China. 
Reported from Luzon by F.-Villar, but not found in the Philippines by any 
other botanists or collector until discovered by Merritt. 
