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MYKTACE.E. 
RHODOMYRTUS DC. 
R. tomentosa (Ait.) Hassk. 
Camiguin, Jfl29 Fenix. 
Rare in the Philippines; southern China and Formosa to India and Malava 
EUGENIA Linn. 
Five species of the genus are represented in the collections of Fenix and Meunis, 
apparently mostly undescribed. Specific identifications have not been attempted 
at this time, as the Philippine species of tliis genus are now undergoing revision. 
DECASPERMUM Forst. 
D. paniculatum (Lindl.) Kurz. 
Sabtan, 37Jfl Fenix. 
Very common in the Philippines; tropical Asia to Malaya and Australia. 
MELASTOMATACE^E. 
ASTRONIA Blume. 
A. cumingiana Vidal. 
Batan, Mount Iraya, 3782 Femx. N. v., Busemcn, 
Widely distributed in the Philippines at higher altitudes; Celebes. 
MEDINfLLA Blume. 
M. magnifica Lindl. 
Batax, near the summit of Mount Iraya, S8^0 Fenix. Camiguin, /,1o1 F^nix, 
near the summit of the volcano. 
Widely distributed in the Philippines; endemic. 
MELASTOMA Linn. 
M. polyanthum Blume. 
Sabtan, SIJ/S Fenix, Babuyan, S92S Fenix. 
Common and widely distributed in the Pliilippines; India to southern China, 
Malaya, and northern Australia. 
Melastoma membranaceum Merrill sp. nov. 
Frutex erecta, 1 ad 1.5 m alta; ramis, ramnlis, foliis subtns ad nervos, 
pctiolisque sqiiamulis sparsis ovatis, rariter lanceolatis, adpressis obtectis; 
foliis ovato-lanceolatis, acinninatis, 9 ad 15 cm lougis, o-nerviis, inem- 
brana^eis, nitidis, supra glabris; calycis lobis tiibo longioribus, dentibus 
subulatis ciliatis apice penicillato-setosis alternantibus; calyce palcolis 
lanceolatis pauce ciliatis, non fasciculatis, adpressis, dense obtecto;florilnis 
5-meris, cireiter 4 cm longis. 
An undershnib 1 to 1.'3 m high, with few branches, the branches and 
bi-anchlets terete or somewhat compressed, light-gray or brownish, with 
few scattered ovate appressed scales. Tjeaves ovate-lanceolate, 9 to 15 
cm long, 4 to 6 cm wide, base acute or rounded, apex acuminate, 
membranaceous, somewliat sliining, beneath on the nerves with few ap- 
pressed ovate, rarely lanceolate scales, above glabrous; nerves 5, prominent 
