215 



I'i mm. loiiii'. Fruii Dvoid, ;il)<)ut 1 em. loii^i,'. Sct'ds oblong, r()uiuk'(l 

 at the ajH'-V. about 1.5 nun. long. 



Ja'Zox, Province of Benguet, Baguio (4.332 MrrrlU) October 22, 1!)05: (44 

 Topping) February, 1903. 



A shrub cliaracterized by its elongated, faintly ner\-e(l leaxcs and jiendulous 

 inflorescence, growing in dami) sliaded ravines along small streams at an altitude 

 of about 1,500 m. 



Medinilla myriantha .Merrill sp. nov. 



.\ shrub 4 to o ni. high, (juite glabrous tlii'ougliotit. with o])])osite, T 

 to I)-ncrved sessile leaves and terminal many tiowercd panieles, the llowt'rs 

 4-nierous. Branches terte, rather slemU'r. the younger ones obscurely 

 angled, the nodes densely barbellate. l^eaves subcoriaceous, elliptical 

 ovate, 9 to 13 cm. long, 5.5 to T cm. wide, the apex abruptly short 

 acuminate, the base cordate, often broadly so; nerves 7, pronunent, 

 sometimes with an additional pair of outer short nerves at the base. 

 Panicles 10 to 20 cm. long, pink, many flowered, the branches verticillate, 

 the lower ones about 9 cm. long, gradually shorter upwards, the bracts 

 minute, subulate. Flowers numerous, pink. Calyx urceolate-cylindrical, 

 4 mm. long, truncate. Petals 4, oblique, about 8 mm. long. Stamens 

 <S, subequal; filaments 4 mm. long; anthers nearly 5 mm. long, the spur 

 less than 1 mm. long. 



Luzox, Province of Laguna, Mount Maquiling (5129, 5133 Merrill) Marcli 17, 

 190(). Abundant in the mossy forest 900 to 1,100 m. A species apparently 

 related to Medinilla intermedia Blume, differing from that species in its more 

 numerously nerved, ..sessile, cordate leaves and larger flowers. 



Medinilla teysmanni Mi(j. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. 1 (1864) 217; Cogn. in 

 DC. Monog. Phan. 7 (1891) 593. 

 Mindanao, Camp Keithley, Lake Lanao (1 J/r.s. Clemens) December, 1905. 

 A species pi-eviously known only from Celebes and New Guinea, the specimen 

 cited above difl"ering from the species, as described, in its somewhat larger flowers 

 but in no essential characters so far as I can detect. 



PACHYCENTRIA Blume. 



Pachycentria formicaria Merrill sp. nov. 



A glabrous or nearly glabrous epiphytic shrul) 5() em. liigh or less with 

 3-nerved leaves, the transverse nerves very obscure or obsolete, short 

 })etioles, and terminal corymbose inflorescence, the roots Avith oblong to 

 ovoid thickened bulb-like swellings 1 to 3 em. in diameter. Branches 

 light gray to brownish, terete, glabrous or the younger branchlets 

 minutely furfuraceous. Leaves coriaceous, oblong to elliptical or ovate 

 oblong, pale when dry, dull, (3 to 13 cm. long, 1.5 to 4.5 em. wide, entire, 

 the base acute, the apex shortly acuminate, the lateral basal ner\'es 

 slender, ascending, submarginal, not reaching the a])ex ; ])etioles 3 to 10 

 mm. long. Corymbs about 5 em. long, neai'ly as wide, many flowered, 

 glabrous or nearly so, tin- bi'aeteoles minute. P4owers pink. (*alyx 

 narrow, urceolate, about 4 mm. long, constricted above the o\ary, the 



