once Merrill: New Philippine Melastomataceae 839 
ad oblongo-ovatis, 12 ad 15 mm longis; floribus infundibulifor- 
mibus, 5-meris, calycis glabris vel obscurissime furfuraceis, cir- 
citer 4 mm longis, 6 mm diametro. . 
A tree about 6 m high, ultimately glabrous, the very young 
growing parts prominently ferrugineous-furfuraceous. Branch- 
es brown, terete, rugose, about 6 mm in diameter. Leaves 
. subcoriaceous, green and of about the same color on both surfaces 
when dry, minutely and densely verruculose, dull or slightly shin- 
ing, oblong-elliptic, 20 to 25 cm long, 7 to 10 cm wide, narrowed 
below to the very prominently 3-nerved cuneate base, the apex 
rather abruptly and slenderly acuminate, the acumen obtuse, 
about 1 cm long, glabrous on both surfaces, or the nerves on 
‘the lower surface minutely and obscurely lepidote; lateral longi- 
tudinal nerves about as prominent as the midrib, the marginal 
pair about as distinct as are the transverse nerves and 2 to 
4 mm from the edge of the leaf; petioles stout, 5 to 6 mm long, 
narrowly winged, when very young somewhat furfuraceous, be- 
coming glabrous. Panicles terminal, peduncled, many fiowered, . 
about 8 cm long, sometimes branched from the base, sparingly 
appressed furfuraceous-lepidote. Flowers white or pink, crowd- 
ed at the apices of the branchlets, 5-merous, the subtending bracts 
conspicuous, oblong to oblong-ovate, 12 to 15 mm long, concave, 
subcoriaceous, dark-colored when dry, slightly lepidote or nearly 
glabrous. Staminate flowers funnel-shaped, the calyx-tube about 
4mm long, 6 mm in diameter, glabrous or very obscurely lepidote, 
the teeth 5, broad, blunt. Petals 5, orbicular-obovate, 5 to 6 
mm in diameter. 
- Luzon, Tayabas Province, Infanta-Siniloan trail, Bur. Sci. 29215 Ramos 
& Edano, June 12, 1917, in forests along small streams. 
The alliance of this species is manifestly with Astronia verruculosa Merr., 
from which it is readily distinguished by its very much larger leaves and 
smaller, glabrous or nearly glabrous flowers. 
ASTRONIA PACHYPHYLLA sp. nov. § Euastronia. 
Frutex 2 ad 4 m altus, glaber vel subglaber, ramis ramulisque 
incrassatis, obscure 4-angulatis vel subteretibus; foliis crasse 
coriaceis, ellipticis ad obovato-ellipticis, usque ad 9 cm longis, in 
siccitate utrinque minutissime verruculosis, olivaceis vel brunneo- 
olivaceis, concoloribus, basi cuneatis, prominente 3-nerviis, apice 
abrupte et brevissime apiculatis; paniculis terminalibus, usque 
ad 8 cm longis, pedunculatis; floribus plus minusve confertis, 
4-meris; bracteis oblongo-ovatis, obtusis, usque ad 9 mm longis; 
calycis circiter 4 mm longis et 5 mm diametro, glabris vel sub- 
glabris, dentibus late triangularibus, circiter 1.5 mm longis. 
A shrub 2 to 4 m high, nearly glabrous. Branches and branch- 
