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branches 1 to 3 clustered and subsessile; calyx 7 mm. long, 
elongated, densely covered with yellowish brown hairs, its 
5 persistent segments acute or acuminate, glabrous on the 
inner surface, 1.5 mm. long or frequently one of them de- 
veloped into a conspicuous ovate yellowish white bract; co- 
rola yellow, 3 cm. long, tubular, broadest across the top, 
exterior pubescent, lanose on the interior; its 5 segments 
broadly ovate, apex abruptly terminated by a short acu- 
men, puberulous on the upper surface strigose, below, rotate, 
4 mm. in length; stamens inserted upon the tube; the 
baccate fruit crowned by the persistent calyx teeth, 2-celled, 
1 em. long, 6 mm. in diameter, pubescent; seeds very nu- 
merous, embedded in a pulpy mass, cubical, 5 mm. in dia- 
meter, pitted. 
Type specimen 817, E. D. Merrill, Point Separation, Pro- 
vinee of Paragua, Paragua, February, 1903. 
* * Calyx segments linear, acuminate, not persistent. 
+ Leaves and young branches subglabrous. 
2. M. grandiflora (Mey.) Rolfe. 
+ Leaves and young branches hirsute pilose. 
++ Leaves elliptic, broadly ovate or oblanceolate, longer than 
10 em. 
3. M. anisophylla Vid. 
++ ++ Leaves oblong or ovate acuminate, the larger ones not 
exceeding 10 cm. in length. 
4. M. benguetensis n. sp. A lax shrub, 2 to 4 m. 
high. Leaves mainly clustered toward the ends of the dense- 
ly ferruginous pubescent twigs, easily falling, 6 to 10 cm. 
long including the 6 mm. long pubescent petiole, 2.5 to 4 
em. wide, ovate or oblong, acute or acuminate, base rounded 
or abruptly cuneate, the 8 to 10 pairs of ascending nerves 
prominent beneath, adpressed strigose on both sides but es- 
pecially dense beneath; stipule subpersistent, pubescent on 
the outside, nearly glabrous on the inner face, brown, sub- 
coriaceous, 8 mm. long, the broad base gradually tapering 
into 2 sharply acuminate teeth. Inflorescence terminal, barely 
exceeding the foliage, subcorymbose; branches erect, brown 
