302 MEKKILL. 



Luzon', Province of Sorsogon, Sua, For. Bur. Jf526 Zschokke. Masbate, For. 

 Bur. 12562, 12558 (type), 12583, 12597, 12814 Rosenbluth. Samar, For. Bur. 

 12611, 1287 Jf Nosenhluth. In forests up to 100 m altitude. 



A species well characterized by its four-winged fruits, the wings all the same 

 width, very thin, and the seed-bearing portion very narrow. All the specimens 

 cited bear the native name Toog. 



MELASTOMATACE.5^. 



MEDINILLA Gaudich. 



Med in ilia curranii sp. nov. 



Frutex scandens, glabra: raniis raiinilisque teretibiis ; foliis verticillatis, 

 qnaternis, elliptico-ovatis, aeiitis vel breviter aciiminatis, circiter 14 cm 

 longis, chartaceis vel snl:icoriaceis^ 5-plinerviis, petiolatis ; cymis axilla- 

 ribus, brevibus, paucifloris; lioi'ibns 4-ineris, circiter 3 cm longis. 



A scandent shrub, glabrous throughout. Branches and branchlets 

 terete, gray. Leaves verticillate, quaternate, elliptic-ovate, about 14 cm 

 long, 6 to 7 cm wide, chartaceous, or subcoriaceous, shining, the base 

 acute, the apex acute or very shortly acuminate; nerves 5, the middle 

 one prominent, the lowest pair leaving- the midrib near the base, the 

 upper pair at 2 or 3 cm above the base, reticulations obsolete; petioles 

 about 1.5 cm long. Cymes from the branches, in the axils of fallen 

 leaves, usually solitary, few-flowered, the peduncles about 1 cm long. 

 Flowers white and pink, nearly 3 cm long. Calyx cup-shaped, about 

 11 cm long, truncate. Petals 4, about 30 mm long, 9 mm wide above, 

 narrowly obovate, narrowed below. Stamens 8, unequal; filaments about 

 7 mm long; four anthers about 18 mm long, and four 10 to 12 mm 

 long, the anterior lobes two, about 1.5 mm long, the posterior one 

 club-shaped, 2 to 3 mm long, the short antlicrs relatively stouter than 

 the long ones. Style 11 mm long. 



Luzon, Province of Caniarines, Caramoan, For. Bur. 12289 Curran, June 27, 

 1908. 



A species allied to MediniUa verticilktta Morr., (lill'cring in its much larger 

 and 4-mcrous flowers. 



Medinilla mindorensis sp. nov. 



Frutex scandens, glabra; I'amis ramulisque tenuibus, terctibus; foliis 

 oppositis, petiolatis, ovatis, ellipticis, vel obovatis, acuminatis, subcoriaceis, 

 7 ad 11 cm longis, 3- vel 5-plinerviis, retieulis obsoletis; paniculis 

 terniinalibus, 15 ad 20 cm longis, dilTusis, pedunculatis; floribus 4-meris; 

 bracteis memhi-anaceis, rcticubitis, olioxatis. S nd JO mm longis. per- 

 sistentibus. 



A scandent sliriib glabrous throughout, liranclics and l)iamhlets 

 slender, terete, light-gray. Leaves opposite, ovate to elliptic, rarely 

 obovate, 7 to 11 cm long, 3.5 to cm wide, subcoriaceous, shining, the 

 base acute or acuminate, ilie a})ex ratlicr strongly acuminate; nerves three, 

 sometimes live, the ndditional pair, if pi-esent. faint, tlie Uiteral ones 



