VIII. c. 4 Merrill: Philippine Melastomataceae, I 235 
leaves, few-flowered, usually fascicled, about 1 cm long, appar- 
ently ebracteate. Fruit red, very soft and fleshy, when dry 
about 8 mm long, ovoid, truncate, 4-celled. 
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Basilan, Cumalarang, Bur. Scl 16145 Reillo, August 22, 1912, in forests. 
A very characteristic species, at once distinguishable by its sessile leaves, 
a character very unusual in the genus. 
9. MEDINILLA WEBERI sp. nov. 
Frutex erectus, glaber, circiter 1 m altus ; ramulis gracilibus, 
teretibus; foliis oppositis, subsessilibus, usque ad 12 cm longis, 
oblongo-ovatis, valde acuminatis, margine superne distanter den- 
ticulatis, basi cordatis, 5-plinerviis, nervis exterioribus tenuibus; 
floribus 4-meris, axillaribus et in axillis defoliatis, in cymis 
abbreviatis congestis dispositis. 
An erect glabrous shrub about 1 m high. Branches slender, 
terete, usually with thin, reddish-brown, somewhat papery and 
flaky bark. Leaves opposite, subsessile, 8 to 12 cm long, 3 to 5 
cm wide, subcoriaceous, dull when dry, of about the same color 
on both surfaces, the base rounded and somewhat cordate, the 
apex narrowly subcaudate-acuminate, the acumen blunt, the 
margins, especially above the middle, with distant, small, sub- 
glandular teeth; nerves 5, leaving the midrib just above the 
base, the inner pair prominent, reaching the apex of the leaf, 
the outer pair faint, sometimes nearly wanting, not reaching 
above the middle of the leaf; petiole stout, 2 mm long or less. 
Cymes axillary and in the axils of fallen leaves, usually solitary, 
few-flowered, congested, short, less than 1 cm long; bracts 
narrowly lanceolate, acuminate, 3 mm long; bracteoles similar 
but only 2 mm long. Flowers unknown. Berry globose or ovoid, 
red, about 5 mm in diameter, 4-celled, the calyx-limb slightly 
produced, 4-toothed, the teeth narrowly lanceolate, sharply acumi- 
nate, 1 to 1.2 mm long. 
Mindanao, Butuan Subprovince, Mount Hilong-Hilong, Weber 1009, 
March 28, 1911, growing in rocky soil in forests, altitude about 400 m. 
A species similar and allied to Medinilla cardiophylla Merr., M. rami- 
fiora Merr., and M. myrtiformis Triana, but distinguished from all by its 
congested, very short cymes. 
10. MEDINILLA PINNATINERVIA sp. nov. 
Frutex ut videtur scandens, ramulis longissime ciliato-setosis 
exceptis glaber; foliis oblongis ad oblongo-ellipticis, chartaceis 
vel subcoriaceis, oppositis, in paribus subaequalibus, acutis vel 
acuminatis, basi acutis, petiolatis, usque ad 25 cm longis, pen- 
ninerviis, nervis utrinque 4, prominentibus, distantibus, curvato- 
