XII, C, ¢ Merrill: New Philippine Melastomataceae 353 
all setose. Leaves subsessile, elliptic to elliptic-ovate, subco- 
riaceous, somewhat shining when dry, the lower surface a little 
paler then the upper one, 9 to 20 cm long, 5.5 to 11 cm wide, 
the base rounded or subacute, the apex abruptly and very shortly 
acuminate; petiole none or very short and stout; base 7- rarely 
9-plinerved, the inner two pairs reaching to the apex or nearly 
so, prominent, the reticulations obsolete. Panicles terminal, 
peduncled, the peduncles about 8 em long, the panicles ovoid, 
up to 15 cm long, the branches and branchlets whorled, the 
lower branches up to 7 cm in length, the upper ones gradually 
shorter. Flowers pink, 4-merous, their pedicels 4 to 7 mm 
long, the bracteoles linear or filiform, short, deciduous. Calyx 
somewhat urceolate-campanulate, about 3.5 mm long, truncate. 
Petals 4, obliquely obovate, 7 mm long, about 4 mm wide. 
Stamens 8, equal or subequal; filaments 4 mm long; anthers as 
long as the filaments, lanceolate, acuminate, the dorsal spur less 
than 0.5 mm long, the anterior basal appendages short, blunt, 
rather broad. 
CAMIGUIN DE MINDANAO, in forests on slopes of the volcano, Phil. Pl. 
1164 Ramos, March 24, 1912. 
A species closely allied to Medinilla myriantha Merr. M. confusa Merr. 
and allied forms, distinguished by its 7-plinerved leaves, small flowers, etc. 
MEDINILLA TENUIPES nom. nov. 
Medinilla gracilipes Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 8 (1913) Bot. 249, 
non M. gracilipes Merr. op. cit. 236. 
Inadvertently the same specific name was ued for two entirely distinct 
and unrelated species, both of which were published in the same paper. The 
second species published under the name Medinilla gracilipes is here renamed 
Medinilla tenuipes Merr. 
MELASTOMA Linnaeus 
MELASTOMA CULIONENSE sp. nov. . 
Frutex erectus, ramulis et foliis et calycis adpresse strigosis; 
foliis chartaceis, oblongo-lanceolatis, acuminatis, basi acutis, 5- 
nerviis, usque ad 9 cm longis, supra adpresse strigosis, subtus 
leviter strigoso-setulosis; floribus 5-meris, bracteatis, calycibus 
haud dense strigosis, tubo quam lobis paulo brevioribus, denticu- 
lis alternantibus ad setis reductis; antherarum majorum connec- 
tivum basi longe productum. 
An erect shrub, the branches brown, terete or nearly so, 
glabrous, the younger branchlets appressed-strigose, the scales 
not dense and 1 mm long or less. Leaves chartaceous, oblong- 
lanceolate, 6 to 9 cm long, 1.5 to 2.3 em wide, apex rather slen- 
derly and sharply acuminate, base acute, the upper surface 
olivaceous when dry, appressed strigose with scattered, very 
