Ardisia humilis Vahl

* = A. WmUv'S L'ozbze 2-5)
ill:
PEC IES BLANCOANAE *&0,
k- to* Ardisia drupaoea (Blanoo)
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WilBeghbeia drupaoea Blanoo
Ardisia boissieri A* M*
a	FL Filip* (1837> 132 (SP- nov.); ed. 2 (1845)
. ’ J C187T) 173, t. ^P=ARDISIA DRUPACEA (Blanco) comb,
nov* (Ardisia boissieri A. DC.).
Blanco's species was reduced by Fernandez-Villar to Ardisia
obovata ISiximo—Ardisia kumilis Valh var. obovata (Blume) Mez,
a species that Jias been credited to the Philippines and one to
which Ardisia* boissieri is certainly very closely Allied. Ardisia
drupácea (A. boissieri) is an inland form and is consistently
a tree, not a shrub. It should be noted that King & Gamble
differ from Mez in interpreting Ardisia kumilis Vahl and retain
the name Ardisia littoralis Andr. (1811) for the Malay Penin-
sula form (including A. obovata Blume), % with the comment
that Ardisia littoralis Andr. “seems to be a coast shrub only.”
The species, whatever specific name be adopted for it, is widely
* distributed in the Philippines at low and medium altitudes.
Illustrative specimen from Angat, Rizal Province, Luzon,
December, 1914 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 60).
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