304 MERRILL. 



MEMECYLON Liiiii. 



Memecylon oligoneuron r.lr.ni.' .Miis. Bot. 1 (1S51) 3.33: Miq. Fl. liid. Bat. 

 V (1S55) 574; (-'o<,mi. in DC. .Moiiog. I'lian. 7 (]S!)]) 11;52; Kin-;, in .(<mrn. As. 

 Soc. Beng. 69- (1000) 7.3. 



Rhodaitniia (jlnhyn \"i<lal Kev. PL Vase. Filip. (18«()| 12<J; Ceion Cat. I'l. llcil). 

 (1892) 7!). 



Lvzox, Province of Tayabas, Guinayangan, Yidal 782, in Herb. Kew (type of 

 Rhodamnia glabra Vid.) : Provinr-e of Rizal, Bur. Sci. SSl.'f Bauios, .Tune, 1907: 

 Province of Laguna, For. Bur. till 11 Curran, February, 1908. 



Rhoilnninia glabra Vid., was described from fruiting specimens, and in tlie 

 absence of flower.s was placed by Vidal in the Myrtaceae. Additional material 

 shows it to be Memecylon, and identical with M. oligoneuron Blume. Tlie genus 

 Rhodamnia must therefore be excluded from the Pliilip])ines. 



Perak, Penang, Java and Borneo; not previously icpDrtt-d from the Pliilippines 

 under its correct name. 



VACCINIUM Linn. 



Vaccinium alvarezii sp. nov. 



Abuscula glabra circiter 3 m alta; foliis oblongo-obovatis vel elliptico- 

 oblongis, coriaceis nitidis^, integris, usque ad 10 cm longis, breviter obtuse 

 acuminatis, nervis utrinquc 5 vel 6, ascendentibus, tenuibus; racemis 

 axillaribus, • solitariis vel binis, foliis bevioribus : corolla cvlindracea, 

 leviter inflata, circiter 1 cm Tonga; staininibus 10, antheris scaberulis, 

 dorso vi.v aristatis. apicc breviter productis appendicibus infundibuli- 

 forniil)Us, divarieatis, poris apicaliter dehiseentibus. 



A glabrous slu'iib about o in high. Branches reddish-brown, some- 

 what mottled with gray, terete. Leaves oblong-ovate to elliptic-oblong, 

 G to 10 cm long, 2.5 to 5.5 cm wide, entire, the apex shortly and obtusely 

 acuminate, the base acute, inargins slightly recurved, shining on l)oth 

 surfaces; nerves 5 or G on each side of the midrib, slender, not prominent, 

 ascending, anastomosing, ihe icticulaiions lax; petioles 4 to G mm long. 

 Racemes axillary, solitary or in pairs, 3 to 5 cm long, the pedicels about 

 1.5 cm long, articulated witli the calyx. Calyx-tube short, the lobes 

 broadly ovate, obtuse, 1.5 to 2 mm long, each lol)e gland-tip|)ed. Corolla 

 pink, cylindric, 10 jo 11 mm long, about 5 mm. in diameter, slightly 

 inflated in the midle, the lobes erect, ovate, ol)tuse, 1.5 to 2 mm long. 

 Stamens 10; lilameiits 1 to 5 mm long, \vhi(e-\ illoiis : aiitliers ;> mm Imi^. 

 scaberulous, not awne<l, (be a])i'x ])i-oduced into two sboi't, broad, runnel- 

 shaped divergent tul)es, o|)ening l)y terminal, orbicular pores. Disk 

 promim-nt crenate-undulate ; style 1 cm long. 



Li'zox. I'rovince of Cagayan, Dalisay River, For. liur. IS'idd .Mmrez. ^fareli, 

 1909, in forests, altitude about (>.")() m. 



Prol)al)ly mo.st clo.sely allied to ]'(ieciuiuui honnuhiuuiu \"u\. and \ . hi)iguclcn.<ie 

 Vid., but (piile distinct from ])oth. 



