422 The Philippine Journal of Science. 1922 
MAESA Forskal 
MAESA MEGALOBOTRYA sp. nov. 
Frutex scandens, inflorescentiis obscure puberulis exceptis 
glaber, ramis circiter 5 mm diametro, brunneis, lenticellatis; 
foliis ovatis, chartaceis, 14 ad 16 cm longis, acuminatis, basi 
late rotundatis, margine grosse crenatis; inflorescentiis termina- 
libus, paniculatis, circiter 50 cm longis, multifloris; floribus 5- 
meris, calycis lobis ovatis, integris, circiter 0.8 mm longis, haud 
lineatis, glabris, corolla 1.5 mm longa, lobis late orbiculari-ovatis, 
usque ad 4 connatis, rotundatis, haud lineatis; bracteolis ovatis, 
acutis vel acuminatis, 1 mm longis. 
A scandent shrub, glabrous except the obscurely puberulent 
inflorescences. Branches about 5 mm in diameter, terete, dark 
brown, lenticellate. Leaves ovate, chartaceous, pale olivaceous 
when dry, somewhat shining, the lower surface brownish, 14 to 
16 cm long, 8 to 9 cm wide, acuminate, the acumen minutely 
apiculate, base broadly rounded, margins coarsely crenate; lat- 
eral nerves 7 or 8 on each side of the midrib, rather prominent, 
the reticulations not distinct; petioles about 2 cm long. Pani- 
cles terminal, about 50 cm long, the lower branches 20 to 30 cm 
long, the lowermost ones subtended by reduced leaves, these from 
4 to 8 cm in length. Flowers very numerous, racemosely dis- 
posed on the ultimate branchlets, their pedicels about 1 mm long, 
in fruit up to 2 mm in length, the bracts ovate, 1.5 mm long, 
slenderly and conspicuously acuminate, slightly puberulent, the 
bracteoles broadly ovate, acute or acuminate, 1 mm long. Calyx 
lobes 5, ovate, acute, 0.8°mm long, not at all lineate, entire, 
glabrous, their margins not ciliate. Corolla about 1.5 mm long, 
the lobes broadly orbicular-ovate, rounded, extending about one- 
half to the base of the corolla, not lineate. Stamens inserted 
near the base of the corolla, the filaments less than 1 mm long. 
Immature fruits subellipsoid, about 2.5 mm long, not glandular. 
‘PALAWAN, Taytay, Merrill 9176, April, 1913. In thickets at 
an altitude of about 10 meters. 
A species well characterized by its unusually large terminal 
panicles. It is apparently closest to Maesa paniculata A. DC. 
and among the Philippine forms belongs in the group with Maesa 
cumingii A. DC., although remote from the latter species. 
MAESA UNDULATA sp. nov. 
Frutex scandens, inflorescentiis obscure puberulis exceptis gla- 
ber, ramis brunneis, lenticellatis; foliis ovatis, brunneis, distincte 
reticulatis, chartaceis, nitidis, 9 ad 13 cm longis, acuminatis, basi 
