I NOVEMBER 29, 1911] NEW MELASTOMATACEAE 1219 
glabrous, somewhat dilated, similarly colored; anthers smooth and 
glabrous, fully as long, curved toward the apex, gradually taper- 
ing from base to apex, the dorsal spur short and blunt, the 
ventral pair thick and united, the basal portion light yellow, 
balanee wash blue or bluish purple; style also glabrous, subterete, 
2 em. long, only slightly curved, deep red, bearing a minute 
n capitate stigma. 
jl Type specimen 12417, A. D. E. Elmer, Magallanes (Mt. 
Giting-giting), Province of Capiz, Sibuyan, May, 1910. 
Discovered upon seepage cliffs along the Pauala river at 
1500 feet altitude. The local Visayan call it *Maverde-na-eahoy." 
The leaves of this are triplinerved as in the next species, 
yet they average shorter and are blunter. The buds are sharply 
pointed, ealyx urceolate, with larger floral organs whose anthers 
are entirely smooth. 
Medinilla merrillii Elm. n. sp. 
| Epiphytie shrub; stems few or several, 2 m. long, 3 em. 
a S thick; wood reddish toward the center, rather soft, without odor 
or taste; bark grayish brown, thinly checked; branchlets lax, 
with ascendingly curved glabrous and subterete tips. Leaves 
upon ascending petioles, rotately spreading, thickly coriaceous, 
dull deep green above, much lighter beneath, greenish brown on 
both sides when dry, entire, severally verticellate, leaving large 
scars about the thickened joints, frequently appearing a trifle ine- 
quilateral, gradually acute, base obtuse or cuneate, the larger 
blades nearly 1 dm. long, fully 2.5 cm. wide across the middle, 
triplinerved, cross bars none; petiole nearly 2 em. long, glabrous, 
shallowly grooved or flattened on the upper side. Inflorescence 
from the branches, pendulous; peduncle 2 dm. long or less, red, 
glabrous, verticellately branched toward the distal end only; 
branches 1 to 2 cm. long, strict; flowers few and umbellately 
clustered at the distal end of the branches or short branchlets; 
pedicels terete, 7.5 mm. long, gradually thickened toward the top; 
light. pink; calyx 4 mm. long, 3 mm. across, with a spreading 
truncate rim 1 mm. deep, similar in color, more or less cup shaped ; 
petals pink, 4, oblongish, nearly 1 em. long, 6 mm. wide across 
the middle, one side above the middle strongly oblique, veiny, 
thin; stamens 8, inserted upon the inner portion of the calyx 
