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COMBRETACEAE 

 TERM IN ALIA 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 oblongo-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; fruc- 

 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-obova'te 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, Surigao 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 darlingii 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. 



