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orbicular, 5 nun. in diameter. Stamens 10; filaments Btrap-shaped, 1 



nun. long, 1 nun. wide; anthers dolabriform, 2 mm. long. Style about, 

 (i mm. long. 



Luzon. Province of Laguna, Mount Maquiling 15144 Merrill) .March 17. 1 !)()(!. 

 Rather common in the mossy forest at an altitude of about 1,100 in. A species 

 apparently related l<> Astronia macrophylla Blume, differing from thai Bpecies 

 in its smaller leases and niticli larger flowers, 



MEDINILLA Gaudich. 



Medinilla bolsteri Merrill sp. nov. 



An erect glabrous shrub, "2 to 3 in. high, with opposite, petioled, 5- 

 tierved leaves, the transverse aerves evident, and fascicled or solitary lax 

 cymes Id to 1 5 em. long from tubercles on the trunk, the flowers 5-merous. 

 Branches light gray or greenish, glabrous, terete. Leaves membranous 

 or chartaceous, elliptical to oblong-elliptical, short acuminate, the base 

 acute. 13 to 20 cm. long, 7 to 9 cm. wide, 5-nerved, the exterior sub- 

 marginal aerves from the base, the inner pair from the midrib 2 to 3 

 cm. above the base, the transverse nerves somewhat prominent. Pe- 

 duncles to the cymes slender. I to 5 cm. long, the branches slender, 

 opposite or whorled, divaricate, the llowers mostly subumbellately dis- 

 posed at the tips of the branchlets, the pedicels 0.5 to 1 cm. long, 

 ebracteolate. Flowers pink. Calyx eup-shaped. I nun. long, Bubtruncate 

 or with 5 shallow teeth. Petals 5, obtuse, irregularly obliquely oblong 

 obovate, 8 to 9 mm. long. 3 to 3.5 mm. wide. Stamens 10, subequal : 

 filaments 4 mm. long: anthers .'5 mm. long, acuminate. Style slender, 

 glabrous. 7 mm. long. 



Luzon, Province of Ki/.al. Bosoboso (3262 A.Hem'% collector), August 21, 1905 



(type): Province of ('a»ayan. Tabug (17."! F. //. Holster) August L5, 1905. In 

 shaded thickets by streams at about 250 m. 



Medinilla dolichophylla Merrill sp. nov. 



A glabrous shrub 3 to 5 m. high with 4-merous llowers, terminal and 

 lateral long peduncled inflorescence, and lanceolate leaves '20 to 35 cm. 

 long, the lateral longitudinal nerves faint. Branches quadrangular, the 

 younger ones strongly L-winged, the wings not undulate. Leaves mem- 

 branous to subcoriaceous, 4 to 5.5 cm. wide, pale, shining, gradually nar- 

 rowed above to the somewhat acuminate apex, the base acute, dectirrent ; 

 midrib stout, the lateral longitudinal nerves four, scarcely more prom- 

 inent than the distant transverse nerves, the reticulations lax: petioles 

 about 1.5 cm. long. Cymes pendulous, terminal and from the branches 

 below the leaves, the peduncles 15 to '20 cm. long, \\'\\ flowered, ebrac- 

 teolate. Calyx I to 5 nun. long, truncate, cylindrical or subcampanulate. 

 Petals 4, white, irregularly obovate. narrowed below, about 1 I mm. long. 

 8 nun. wide. Stamens 8, subequal ; filaments 6 nun. long; anthers 6 

 Id ~t nun. long, linear, tips purplish, base white, the middle portion yellow. 

 the dorsal basal spur 1 mm. long, anteriorly 2-tuberculate. Style about 



