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COMBRETACEAE 



TERMINALIA Linnaeus 

 TERMINALIA SURIGAENSIS sp. nov. § Diptera. 



Arbor parva, glabra, ramulis incrassatis, 1 ad 1.5 cm diametro, 

 cicatricibus multis instructis; foliis numerosis, confertis, coria- 

 ceis, anguste oblon^o-obovatis ad oblanceolatis, 10 ad 14 cm longis, 

 basi cuneatis, apice obtusis ad rotundatis, nervis utrinque circiter 

 10, tenuibus ; inflorescentiis simplicibus, 7 ad 13 cm longis ; f ruc- 

 tibus 2-alatis, late ellipticis, 1.5 ad 1.8 cm longis et latis, apice 

 retusis apiculatisque. 



A glabrous tree, about 6 m high, the ultimate branchlets 

 thickened, 1 to 1.5 cm in diameter, marked with numerous 

 crowded scars of fallen leaves. Leaves densely crowded at the 

 tips of the branchlets, narrowly oblong-obovate to oblanceo- 

 late, 10 to 14 cm long, 2 to 5 cm wide, coriaceous, shin- 

 ing, yellowish-green or brownish when dry, gradually narrowed 

 to the cuneate base, the apex obtuse to rounded; lateral nerves 

 about 10 on each side of the midrib, slender; petioles 1 to 1.5 

 cm long, usually with 2 rather conspicuous glands. In- 

 florescences axillary, simple, 7 to 13 cm long. Flowers reddish. 

 Calyx funnel-shaped, glabrous, about 5 mm long, the teeth 5, 

 triangular, acute. Fruits 2-winged, including the wings broadly 

 elliptic, 1.5 to 1.8 cm long and nearly as wide, the apex retuse 

 and reticulate, base rounded, the seed-bearing portion of the 

 fruit plane on one side and somewhat keeled on the other, the 

 wings coriaceous. 



Mindanao, Suriga'o Province, Bur. Sci. 34711 (type), 34600, 

 Ramos & Pascasio, April 25 and June 15, 1919, along streams 

 at low altitudes ascending to 350 meters. 



A species very similar in appearance and very closely allied 

 to Terminalia da^dingii Merr., from which it is distinguished 

 by its smaller leaves and fruits. 



MELASTOMATACEAE 

 MEDINILLA Gaudichaud 

 MEDINILLA CAPITATA sp. nov. 



Frutex epiphyticus, scandens, ramis ramulisque teretibus, part- 

 ibus junioribus stellato-pubescens; foliis oppositis, subsessilibus, 

 penninerviis, obovato-ellipticis, usque ad 13 cm longis, acuminatis, 

 basi rotundatis vel obscure cordatis, nervis utrinque 3; inflo- 

 rescentiis lateralibus, solitariis, 2 ad 2.5 cm longis, subglobosis 

 ad ovoideis, densis; floribus 5-meris, racemosis; bracteis ovatis- 

 obovatis ad spatulatis, 10 ad 13 mm longis. 



