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MEMECYLON Linn. 



Memecylon oligoneuron Blume .\lus. Bot 1 (1851) 353; Miq. Kl. Ind. Bat. 

 V (1855) 074: (oj.il. in DC. Monog. Phan. 7 (1891) [132; King, in Journ. As. 

 Soc. Bang. 69- ( 1 800) 7:(. 



Bhodamnia glabra Vidal Rev. I'l. Vase. Filip. (1886) 120; (Vim. Cat PI Herb 

 ( 1802) 7<>. 



Luzon, Province of Tayabas, Guinayangan, Vidal 782, in Serb. Kew (type of 

 Bhodamnia glabra Vid.): Province of Rial, Bur. 8d. ,111 \ Homos. June, 1007: 

 Province of Lacuna, For. Bur. Will Curran, February, 1008. 



Bhodamnia glabra Vid., was described from fruiting specimens, and in the 

 absence of flowers was placed by Vidal in the Myrtaeeae, Additional material 

 shows it to I).- Memecylon, and identical with I/, oligoneuron Blume. The genua 

 Bhodamnia must therefore be excluded from the Philippines. 



Perak, Penan-;-, Java and Borneo; not previously reported from the Philippines 



under its correct name. 



VACCINIUM Linn. 

 Vaccinium alvarezii ap. nov. 



Abuaeula glabra eirciter :) m aha: foliis oblongo-obovatis vel elliptico- 

 oblongis, coriaceis nitidis, integris, usque ad Hi cm lotto-is. breviter obtuse 

 acurninatia, aervis utrinque :> ve] <;, ascendentibua, tenuibus; raoemis 

 axillaribus, Bolitariis vol binia, foliis bevioribus; corolla cylindracea, 

 leviter inflata, eirciter 1 cm longaj Btaminibus KL antheris scaberulis, 

 dorao \i\ ariatatia, apice breviter productis appendicibus infundibuli- 

 formibu8, divaricatis, poria apicaliter dehiacentibus. 



A glabrous shrub about ;i m high. Branches reddish-brown, some- 

 what mottled with gray, terete, [.eaves oblong-ovate to elliptic-oblong, 



(! to 1(» cm long, 8.5 to 5.5 cm wide, entire, the apex shortly and obtusely 



acuminate, the base acute, margins slightly recurved, shining on both 



surfaces; nerves 5 or li on each side of the midrib, slender, not prominent, 



aacending, anastomoaing, the reticulations lax: petioles I to 6 mm long. 



Racemes axillary, solitary or in pairs, ;? to 5 cm long, the pedicels about 



l..-> cm long, articulated with the calyx. Calyx-tuhe short, the lobes 

 broadly ovate, obtuse, 1.5 to 2 mm long, each lobe gland-tipped. Corolla 

 pink, cylindric, 10 to 11 mm long, about 5 mm. in diameter, Blightly 

 inflated in the midle, the lobes erect, ovate, obtuse, 1.5 to 3 mm long. 

 Stamens 10; filaments d to 5 mm long, white-villous ; anthers 3 nun long, 



Bcaberuloua, not awned, the apex produced into two short, broad, funnel- 

 shaped divergent tidies, opening by terminal, orbicular pores. Disk 

 prominent crenate-undulate ; style l cm long. 



Luzon, Province of Cagayan, Daliaay River, For. Bur. ts>,<;t; Alvarez, March, 



1909, in forests, altitude about (>.")() m. 



Probably most closely allied to Vocoinium barandanum Vid, and V. benguetente 

 Vld., hut quite distinct from both. 



