VIII, c. 4 Merrill: Philippine Melastomataceae, I £31 
A glabrous shrub, apparently erect, terrestrial. Branches 
and branchlets slender, terete. Leaves whorled, 4 at each node, 
subcoriaceous, oblong-elliptic, 3.5 to 5 cm long, dull when dry, 
of about the same color on both surfaces or the upper surface 
somewhat olivaceous, the lower brownish, base narrowed, acute, 
apex shortly acuminate; nerves 3, the lateral pair leaving the 
midrib about 2 mm above the base, continuing to the apex, 
reticulations obsolete; petioles 5 to 8 mm long. Inflorescence 
from the axils of fallen leaves, slender, few flowered, ebracteo- 
late, the peduncles very slender, 2 to 2.5 cm long; pedicels 5 
mm long. Flowers 5-merous. Calyx cup-shaped, truncate, 
minutely 5-denticulate, about 6 mm long. Petals 5, obliquely 
obovate, 15 mm long. Stamens 10, subequal; filaments 5.5 mm 
long; anthers lanceolate, somewhat curved, acuminate, 6 mm 
long, dorsal spur slender, curved, nearly 1 mm long, the anterior 
appendages stout, thickened, incurved, about 1.2 mm long. 
Negros, Mount Silay, Whitford 1500, May, 1906, common on exposed 
ridges at an altitude of about 1100 m. 
A species well characterized by its verticillate, small, 3-plinerved leaves, 
and comparatively large, 5-merous flowers. Dedicated to Mr. R, A. Rolfe 
of the Kew Herbarium who has done much work on the Philippine Flora. 
4. MEDINILLA MIRANDAE sp. nov. 
Frutex glaber, ut videtur erectus, ramis ramulisque teretibus ; 
foliis verticillatis, quarternis, oblongo-ellipticis vel anguste 
oblongo-ovatis, usque ad 18 cm longis, 3-, rariter 5-plinerviis, 
basi acutis, apice breviter acuminatis; inflorescentiis lateralibus, 
brevibus, paucifloris, pedunculis baud 1 cm longis; fructibus 
ampulliformibus, 1.5 cm longis, truncatis, 5-locelIatis. 
A glabrous shrub, apparently erect, the branches and branch- 
lets terete. Leaves verticillate, 4 at each node, chartaceous or 
subcoriaceous when dry, apparently much thicker when fresh, 
slightly shining, the lower surface a little paler than the upper, 
oblong-elliptic to narrowly oblong-obovate, 11 to 18 cm long, 
4 to 7 cm wide, narrowed below to the acute base, the apex 
rather abruptly and shortly acuminate; nerves 1, rarely 2 pairs, 
prominent, leaving the midrib at from 1.5 to 3 cm above the 
base, anastomosing with the midrib below the apex, the addi- 
tional outer pair, when present, much fainter, disappearing at 
about the middle of the leaf, reticulations none, or very indis- 
tmct; petioles 1 to 3 cm long. Inflorescence at the nodes on 
the branches below the leaves, the peduncles less than 1 cm long, 
bearing a few umbellately arranged flowers at the apex. 
Flowers not seen. Fruit more or less urceolate, pink, about 1.3 
