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shaped, truncate, not at all toothed, 2 mm in diameter. Petals 
about 1.3 mm long. Buds obtuse or broadly and "obtusely 
apiculate. Berry broadly ovoid, obtuse. 
Basilan, Bur. Sci, 15401 Reillo (type), August, 1912, in forests, Hallier 
8, n., January, 1904 (sterile). 
A species very similar to and manifestly closely allied to Memecylon 
paniculatum Jack, as here interpreted, differing especially in its decidedly 
pale leaves which are minutely pustulate on the lower surface, not entirely 
smooth and brown as in the material referred to Jack's species. 
23. MEMECYLON CALDERENSE A. Gray Wilkes U. S. Explor. Exped. 
15 (1854) 574, pi 71; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 83. 
Leyte, Elmer 72U6. Mindanao, District of Zamboanga, Wilkes Expe- 
dition in U. S. National Herbarium, Hallier s. n., For. Bur. 9215 Whitford 
& Hutchinson. Basilan, Hallier s. n. 
This species, although manifestly allied to Memecylon paniculatum Jack, 
is certainly specifically distinct. It is readily distinguished by its much 
less prominently nerved leaves, the marginal nerves not at all prominent, 
and its terete, or obscurely sulcate but not 4-angled ultimate branchlets. 
It was reduced to Memecylon paniculatum Jack by Triana, in which he was 
followed by Cogniaux. The type was from the small settlement of Cal- 
dera a few miles north of Zamboanga, and between Zamboanga and San 
Ramon. 
24. MEMECYLON TERMIN ALIFLORUM Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 4 (1911) 
1198. 
Palawan, Elmer 1S060 (type collection). Doubtfully referable here 
are also For. Bur. 13700 Curran, from Negros, and Bur. Sci. 13105 Fox- 
worthy & Ramos, from Tayabas Province, Luzon. 
The species is similar in many respects to Memecylon pteropus Merr., 
but differs essentially in its much shorter inflorescences, the peduncles and 
branches grooved, not 4-angled, and not at all winged as in M, pteropus. 
25. MEMECYLON PTEROPUS sp. nov. 
Arbor parva, circiter 5 m alta, glabra; ramis teretibus, ramu- 
lis acute quadrangulatis, 4-aIatis; foliis coriaceis, nitidis, ob- 
longo-ovatis, brevissime petiolatis, basi late cordatis, apice 
acuminatis, usque ad 13 cm longis, 3-nerviis, nervis transversa- 
libus prominentibus, rectis, utrinque circiter 12; inflorescentiis 
terminalibus, paniculatis, rhachibus ramulisque prominenter 
4-alatis; fructibus globoso-ovoideis, purpureis, circiter 7 mm 
diametro. 
A small tree, quite glabrous, the branches terete, reddish- 
brown, the branchlets sharply 4-angled, narrowly 4-winged, the 
ultimate ones 2 to 3 mm in diameter. Leaves oblong-ovate, 
coriaceous, shining, subsessile, the petioles 2 mm long or less, 
the base broadly rounded-cordate, narrowed from the middle or 
the lower third upward to the acuminate apex, 7 to 13 cm long, 
3 to 13 cm wide; lateral longitudinal nerves distinct, slightly 
