248 MERRILL. 



4. .3 mm long^ (5 opposite the sepals with (iiauients '^.~^ mm long; authers 

 0.7 mm long. Ovary inferior, 1-celled; ovules l'.^ on a central placenta, 

 pendulous from the inner u]ipef angle; style slender, 7 mm long; 

 stigma small, diseifoi'in. Fi iiit unknown, hut the ealyx acereseent, in the 

 immature sj)eeiinens l.'^ cui long, when mature })rohahly niiuh longer. 



.MiXDAX.vo. District of Z;inil)o;uij;a. Mort I'.aiiga, For. liiir. Hill Wliilforil d 

 Hiilrliinsun, Decenihor !), l!>()7, in tiie iliplciociirp forost at an altitude of about 

 20 m above the sea. 



A curious genus well characterized by its strongly sagittate petals, from which 

 tlie generic name is taken, these being long-clawed and irregularly lacerate-fini- 

 briate, its 0-nierous flowers, 12 stamens, of which the G opposite tlio petals are 

 longer than the opposite the sepals, and its 1-celled ovary with 12 ])endulous 

 ovules. It is apparently closely allied to Cmyillid \n\t seems to be generically 

 distinct. 



MELASTOMATACE.l^. 



MEMECYLON Linn. 



Memecylon densiflorum sp. nov. 



Ramulis acute tetragonis, non alatis; foliis ovato-ohlongis, coriaceis, 

 nitidis, 4 ad 5.5 em lougis, 1-nerviis, nervulis transversalihus ohsoletis, 

 apice hreviter ol)S('ure aeuminatis, acuuiinihns ohtusis, hasi euneatis; 

 cyjnis axillarihus, suhsessilihus vel hreviter peduiu-ulatis, faseiculatis, 

 sul)eapitatis, densis, ea. 1.3 cm diain. 



Erect, glabrous, the branches brown or grayish, slender, terete, the 

 branchlets 4-angled. Leaves coriaceous, shining, ovate-oblong, 4 to 5.5 

 cm long, 1.5 to 2.5 cm wide, base acute, apex shortly obscurely acuminate, 

 the acumen blunt, sometimes subobtuse; inidrib prominent, the lateral 

 nei-ves obsolete; petioles slender, 5 mm long or less. Cymes axillary, 

 fasciculate, subsessile or with peduncles 2 to ;! uiiii long densely many- 

 Howered, fonning subca])itate heads about l.;! cm in diameter, the 

 })edicels ebracteolate, about "i mm long. Calyx funnel-shaped, l.S mm 

 long ami wiilc. t i-uncalc JN'tals ovate, acuminate, ahout 'i mm litng, 

 I.V mm wide. I-'ilamciits ;'. mm long; anthers l.'i nnu long. 



Mi.NKA.NAO, I'l-ovince of Siii igao. liolslrr .UiS. October. lllUt;-. Ah(rii -ll'i, 

 I'ebruary-May, 1!)UI, \'., liiibafiinn. 



A species allied to Mriiirci/loii cii in i tn/in iiinn i'l'csl, bnl reailily distinguished 

 i)y its dense capitale inlloreseenee ; a]ipai-eiil ly also allie(l to 1/. ixi inifhinnii 

 I'luine. 



MEDINILLA lUnine. 



Medinilla philippensis (Cliain. \ Schleeht.) coinb. mo\ . 



A.ranllHK j>liilii>i><„si.s CUiwu. & Schleeht. in Litniaea 4 (lS2!)i l!i;{. 



IjI'/on, witluMit locality given, but from ('a\ite i'loxjiiee between the town of 

 Cavile and Taal Lake. CIkiihInno. in llcib. Herol. (ty)>e|: Trovinee of Cavile, 

 Mende/. Nunez, liiir. Sri. I.t',1 M nuiiiiUnt . Angnst. litOtl. 



This interesting spi-cies wa^ l)a>e<l on viiy fragmentary material, the type, 

 wliieli I have examined in the llcilin 1 leriiarinni. consisting of a single delacdied 



