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oblong-oblanceolate, slenderly acuminate leaves which are much 

 narrowed below and very shortly petioled; and by its cauline, 

 paniculate, rather dense inflorescences, the panicles being sub- 

 cylindric in outline. 



MEDINILLA HASSELTII Blume in Flora 14 (1831) 513; Cogn. in DC. 

 Monog. Phan. 7 (1891) 586. 



Panay, Capiz Province, Jamindan, Bur. Sci. 31215 Ramos & 

 Edano, May 19, 1918, in forests. 



Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, and Java; not previously 

 recorded from the Philippines. 



MEMECYLON Linnaeus 

 MEMECYLON RAMOSII sp. nov. 



Frutex glaber, circiter 2 m altus, ramis ramulisque teretibus; 

 foliis distincte 3-nerviis, oblongis, chartaceis ad subcoriaceis, 

 usque ad 20 cm longis, basi subacutis, apice tenuiter acuminatis ; 

 nervis lateralibus inter nervulos transversales plus minusve ar- 

 cuatis, distinctis, nervis transversalis utrinque circiter 14; pe- 

 tiolo 1.5 ad 2 cm jongo; infructescentiis axillaribus, cymosis, 

 circiter 3 cm longis; fructibus ovoideis vel subglobosis, 6 ad 7 

 mm diametro. 



An erect glabrous shrub about 2 m high, the branches and 

 branchlets terete, the latter pale when dry, about 1 mm in dia- 

 meter. Leaves oblong, chartaceous to subcoriaceous, 15 to 20 

 cm long, 4.5 to 6 cm wide, the upper surface olivaceous when 

 dry, the lower surface pale; marginal nerves distinct, more or 

 less arched between the tips of the transverse ones, the latter 

 about 14 on each side of the midrib, prominent on the lower sur- 

 face; petioles 1.5 to 2 cm long. Infructescences axillary, cy- 

 mose, about 3 cm long, branched from the base or several cymes 

 in a fascicle. Fruit ovoid to globose, 6 to 7 mm in diameter, um- 

 bellately arranged on the ultimate branchlets. 



Luzon, Ilocos Norte Province, between Bangui and Claveria, 

 Bur. Sci. 32962 Ramos, August 29, 1918, in forests at low alti- 

 tudes. 



This species belongs in the group with prominently nerved 

 leaves, somewhat arched marginal nerves, and terete branches 

 and branchlets. It is distinguished from all of the other Philip- 

 pine species of this group by its unusually long petioles. 



MEMECYLON STENOPHYLLUM sp. nov. 



Frutex erectus, circiter 1 m altus, glaber, ramis ramulisque 

 tenuibus, teretibus; foliis angustate-lanceolatis, subcoriaceis, 



