ALA15ASTUA PHILIPPI.NEXSIA, II. 207 
MELASTO.AJATACE.^.. 
DISSOCHAETA Blmiie. 
Dissochaeta celebica ]51ume Mus. Bot. Liulg.-Biil. 1 (1S40) 36. 
Collected at an elevation of 900 ui at Todaya, District of Davao, Miiidaiuio, 
by R. S. Williams, no. t-Til, in flower and fruit, April 4, iy05. Kative (Bogobo) 
name, Boyin, 
The specimen agrees almost perfectly witli the descriptions of Bhime and of 
King in his ^Haterials for a Flora of the IMalay Peninsula, the slight divergences 
being in the direction of D. inienned'm Bl. 
Now first reported from the Philippiues, hut of wide ^Malayan distribution, 
beins known from Celebes, Borneo, Bangka, and the IMalay Beninsula. 
MEDINILLA Gaiulich. 
Medinilla apoensis sp. nov. 
Frutcx; floribus paniculatis, teniiiiialibus vel subteiiaiiialibus, peiita- 
meris; bracteolis niagnis, cadueis, pediwllis articulatis, ealyce subtrun- 
cato; foliis ellipticis vel obloiigls, Y-nerviis, breviter petiolatis,' basi 
acutis, apice broviter acnmiinatis, coriaceis; nodis setosis. 
Flowers in terminal or subtemiina] panicles C-9 cm long, the ultimate 
flowering pedicels 3.5-4.5 mm long, elongating in fruit, having at their 
bases caducous membranaceous .ol)lanceolate bracteoles 12 mm long, 
conspicuously articulated with the flowers: calyx with a pseudostalk 
1.5 mm long, this also sul)sequently elongating, in all 6-7 mm long, 
broadly cup-shaped, projecting 1.5 mm beyond tlie ovary, its margm 
aiibtruncate, the 5 obscure lobes very shallow and rounded; petals 
probably 5, elliptic, 11 mm long, 4.5 mm wide, th<.ir apices very shortly 
and obtuselv acuminate, the margins involute; stamens 10, the filaments 
3 mm long", the anthers 2 mm long, the base of the connective with a 
spur 0.8 mm long and on each side a minute lobe; ovary 5-celled with 
numerous ovules, the stvle 7 nun long, gradually narrowed upwards, tbc 
sti-ma capitate, minute, but exceeding in width the apex of the style: 
fruit subglobose, 7 mm in diameter, rimmed at the top bv the persistent 
calyx attached bv a pseudostalk now attaining a length of 7 mm and 
a pedicel attaining mm, 5-celled, with numerous seeds; seeds concavo- 
convex in outline, 0.7 mm long, 0.5 mm wide, the testa white. 
A spreading bush 3 ni high, setose at the nodes, but otherwise 
glabrous, the bark of the ultimate branches gray, terete, slightly striate 
Ind lenticellate ; leaves borne on petioles 5-8 mm long the lamina 
coriaceous, bluish-green on the upper surface, elliptic or oblong, lO-.O 
cm long, 4.4-9.5 cm wide, acute and slightly decurrent at the base, 
shortly acuminate at the apex, 7-nerved, the outer nerve of each side less 
conspicuous than the others; primary lateral veins on each side of the 
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