422 1'he Philippine Journal of Science 1922 



MAESA Forsk&l 

 MAE8A MEGALOBOTRYA sp. nov. 



Frut^x scandens, inflorescentiis obscure puberulis exceptis 

 glaber, ramis circiter 5 mm diametro, brunneis, lenticellatis ; 

 foliis ovatis, chartaceis, 14 ad 16 cm longis, acuminatis, basi 

 late rotundatis, margine grosse crenatis ; inflorescentiis termina- 

 libus, paniculatis, circiter 50 cm longis, multifloris; floribus 5- 

 meris, calycis lobis ovatis, integris, circiter 0.8 mm longis, baud 

 lineatis, glabris, corolla 1.5 mm longa, lobis late orbiculari-ovatis, 

 usque ad ^ connatis, rotundatis, baud lineatis; bracteolis ovatis, 

 acutis vel acuminatis, 1 mm longis. 



A scandent shrub, glabrous except the obscurely puberulent 

 inflorescences. Branches about 5 mm in diameter, terete, dark 

 brown, lenticellate. Leaves ovate, chartaceous, pale olivaceous 

 when dry, somewhat shining, the lower surface brownish, 14 to 

 16 cm long, 8 to 9 cm wide, acuminate, the acumen minutely 

 apiculate, base broadly rounded, margins coarsely crenate; lat- 

 eral nerves 7 or 8 on each side of the midrib, rather prominent, 

 the reticulations not distinct; petioles about 2 cm long. Pani- 

 cles terminal, about 50 cm long, the lower branches 20 to 30 cm 

 long, the lowermost ones subtended by reduced leaves, these from 

 4 to 8 cm in length. Flowers very numerous, racemosely dis- 

 posed on the ultimate branchlets, their pedicels about 1 mm long, 

 in fruit up to 2 mm in length, the bracts ovate, 1.5 mm long, 

 slenderly and conspicuously acuminate, slightly puberulent, the 

 bracteoles broadly ovate, acute or acuminate, 1 mm long. Calyx 

 lobes 5, ovate, acute, 0.8 mm long, not at all lineate, entire, 

 glabrous, their margins not ciliate. Corolla about 1.5 mm long, 

 the lobes broadly orbicular-ovate, rounded, extending about one- 

 half to the base of the corolla, not lineate. Stamens inserted 

 near the base of the corolla, the filaments less than 1 mm long. 

 Immature fruits subellipsoid, about 2.5 mm long, not glandular. 



Palawan, Tstytay, Merrill 9176, April, 1913. In thickets at 

 an altitude of about 10 meters. 



A species well characterized by its unusually large terminal 

 panicles. It is apparently closest to Maesa paniculata A. DC. 

 and among the Philippine forms belongs in the group with Maesa 

 cumingii A. DC, although remote from the latter species. 



MAE8A UNDULATA sp. nov. 



Frutex scandens, inflorescentiis obscure puberulis exceptis gla- 

 ber, ramis brunneis, lenticellatis ; foliis ovatis, brunneis, distincte 

 reticulatis, chartaceis, nitidis, 9 ad 13 cm longis, acuminatis, basi 



