VIII. c, 4 Merrill: Philippine Melastomataceae, I 233 
acute acuminatis, 7-plinerviis ; paniculis axillaribus, longe pe- 
dunculatis, usque ad 40 cm longis ; floribus 4-nieris. 
An epiphytic glabrous shrub, the branchlets 4 to 5 mm thick, 
somewhat 4-angled, narrowly 4-winged, the nodes very densely 
setose. Leaves opposite, oblong-elliptic, about 20 cm long, 8 
to 9 cm wide, coriaceous, somewhat shining when dry, of the 
same color on both surfaces or the upper surface paler, narrowed 
at both ends, base acute, apex shortly and sharply acuminate; 
midrib very prominent at the base, the nerves 7, as prominent 
as the upper part of the midrib, the inner pair leaving the 
midrib 2,5 to 3 cm above the base and reaching the apex of the 
leaf, the next outer pair leaving the midrib about 1.5 cm below 
the upper pair, reaching about three-fourths to the apex, there 
becoming obsolete or very faint, the outer pair fainter, not 
reaching beyond the middle of the leaf, reticulations obsolete; 
petioles stout, about 8 mm long. Inflorescence lateral, from 
the axils of fallen leaves, solitary, pendulous, the peduncle about 
20 cm long, the panicle proper about as long as the peduncle, 
the branches verticillate, about 4-nate, the lower ones 10 cm 
long or less, verticils distant, the branches of the panicle sub- 
tended by ovate, acuminate, 7 to 8 mm long bracts. Flowers 
pink, 4-merous. Calyx urceolate, truncate, about 6 mm long, the 
limb produced above the ovary, marked on the outside by 4 
minute projections corresponding to teeth. Petals obliquely 
obovate, 13 mm long. Stamens 8, equal; filaments 6 mm long; 
anthers lanceolate, acuminate, 7 mm long, the dorsal appendage 
slender, 0.5 mm long, the anterior ones ovoid, stout, blunt, 
about 1.4 mm long. 
Mindanao, District of Zamboanga, Sax River Mountains back of San 
Ramon, Merrill 8292 y November 28, 1911, epiphytic, in forests, altitude 
about 1,100 m. 
A species well characterized by its ternate leaves, narrowly winged 
branchlets, and lateral, very long-peduncled panicles. It has no close allies 
among the Philippine species with verticillate leaves and lateral inflores- 
cence. 
LEAVES OPPOSITE (SPECIES 7-12) 
7. MEDINILLA CAM IGUINENSIS sp. nov. 
Frutex ut videtur scandens M. vanoverberghii affinis, differt 
nodis baud setoso-barbatis, foliis sessilibus, apice breviter 
abrupteque acuminatis vix rotundatis, basi 7-plinerviis. 
Apparently a scandent shrub, glabrous throughout. Branches 
terete, light-gray, about 6 mm in diameter, the nodes gla- 
brous. Leaves opposite, chartaceous, sessile, broadly elliptic to 
