302 MERRILL. 



Luzon, Province of Sorsogon, Sua, For. Bur. 7/5.26' Zschokke. Masbate, For. 

 Bur. 12562, 12558 (type), 12583, 12591, 1281 Jt Kosenbluth. Samar, For. Bur. 

 tig 17, 1287J, RoaettMuth. In forests up to 100 in altitude. 



A species well characterized by its four-winged fruits, the wings all the same 

 width, very thin, and the seed-bearing portion very narrow. All the specimens 

 cited bear the native name Toog. 



MBLASTOMATACEiB. 



MEDINILLA Gaudich. 



Medinilla curranii sp. nov. 



Frutex scandens, glabra; ramis ramulisque teretibus; foliis verticillatis, 

 quaternis, elliptico-ovatis, acutis vol breviter acuminatis, circiter 14 cm 

 longis, chartaceis vel subcoriaceis, 5-plinerviiB, petiolatis: cymis axilla- 

 ribus, brevibus, paucifloris; floribus 4-meris, circiter 3 cm longis. 



A BCandent shrub, glabrous throughout. Brandies and branch lets 

 terete, gray. Leaves verticillate, quatcrnate, elliptic-ovate, about 14 cm 

 long, 6 to 7 cm wide, chartaceous, or snbeoriaceous, shining, tbe base 

 acute, tbe apex acute or very shortly acuminate; nerves 5, tbe middle 

 one prominent, tbe lowest pair leaving the midrib near tbe base, the 

 upper pair at 2 or 3 cm above tbe base, reticulations obsolete; petioles 

 about 1.5 cm long. Cymes from the branches, in the axils of fallen 

 leaves, usually solitary, few-flowered, the peduncles about 1 cm long. 

 Flowers white and pink, nearly 3 em long. Calyx cup-shaped, about 

 11 cm long, truncate. Petals 4, about 20 mm long, 9 mm wide above, 

 narrowly obovate, narrowed below. Stamens 8, unequal ; filaments about 

 7 mm long; four anthers about 18 mm long, and four 10 to 12 mm 

 long, the anterior lobes two, about 1.5 mm long, the posterior one 

 club-shaped, 2 to 3 mm long, the short anthers relatively stouter than 

 the long ones. Style 11 mm long. 



Luzon, Province of Camarines, Caramoan, For. Bur. 12289 Curran, June 27, 

 1908. 



A species allied to Medinilla verticillata Merr., differing in its much larger 

 and 4-merous flowers. 



Medinilla mindorensis sp. nov. 



Frutex scandens, glabra ; ramis ramulisque tenuibus, teretibus ; foliis 

 oppositis, petiolatis, ovatis, ellipticis, vel obovatis, acuminatis, subcoriaceis, 

 7 ad 11 cm longis, 3- vol 5-plinerviis, reticulis obsoletis; paniculis 

 terniinalibus, 15 ad 20 cm longis, diffusis, pedunculatis ; floribus 4-meris; 

 bracteis membranaceis, reticulatis, obovatis, 8 ad 10 mm longis, per- 

 sistentibus. 



A scandent shrub glabrous throughout. Branches and branehlets 

 slender, terete, light-gray. Leaves opposite, ovate to elliptic, rarely 

 obovate, 7 to 11 cm long, 3.5 to 6 cm wide, snbeoriaceous, shining, the 

 base acute or acuminate, the apex rather strongly acuminate; nerves three, 

 sometimes five, the additional pair, if present, faint, the lateral ones 



