98(S ^FEHRILL. 



Medinilla microphylla ^ronill ii. sp. 



Fnitox st-andeiis ; raiiiis raiiuilis petiolis l)racteis calyeibus foliisqnc 

 praeeipiio ad ncrvos stollato-toiiientosis; ramis t('retil)us; foliis oppositis, 

 oblongo-ovatis. 5-nervis, 2 ad 4.5 cm. longis; t-vinis tcnniiialilms. ])au(i- 

 floribus, l)racteis roseis porsistenti1)u? ; tioril)Us 4-nieris. 



Sc-andent along tree trunks, tlie steins and branches terete, slender, the 

 younger parts densely stellate-])! uiuosc-toiuentose. Tjcaves subiueinl)ran- 

 ous. oblong-ovate, 2 to -t.;") cm. long, 1 to 2 cm. wide, nearly glal)rous al)ove, 

 beneath densely stellate-plumose-tomentose on tlie n(>rves, base acute, a])ex 

 short-acuminate; nerves .") ; petioles 0..") mm. long, oi- less. Infloresct-nce 

 terminal, usually reduced to a single flower subtended by about (i pink- 

 bracts. Bracts narrowly elli])tical-ovate, base and ajiex acute, ,3-nerved, 

 stellate-pubescent, l.S cm. long, 1 cm. wide. Fruit subglobose, somewhat 

 stellate-jnibescent, nearly 1 cm. long, the calyx persistent. (I mm. long, the 

 tid)e 2 mm., the lobes ovate, acute, 4 mm. long. 



In forests at !)00 ni. alt. (No. o.^OO). 



Medinilla sp. 



In forests at 1 .SOO ni. alt. (Xo. .KitiT ) , specimens in fruit only. 



Medinilla s|). 



In forests at !)00 ni. alt. ( Xo. 4;5().S Merrill) .June. 10()(i, material in i)oor 

 condition. 



Medinilla sp. 



In forests at 1..3(»n m. alt. (Xo. 43S2 Merrill) .lune. l!)0(i. The last three 

 species enumerated are all distinct from each othei- and (lill'ciciit from anj" of 

 the species represented at present in our herbarium, liut the spcciiiicns are incom- 

 ])]ete and aic aecMndini^l y not desei'ilx'd liere. 



ASTRONIA lihune. 



Astronia meyeri Merr. in (;ovt. Lab. I'uhl. 35 (1000) ;!!. 

 In forests at onO m. alt. (No. 4;U7 Merrill) .Inue. lOOii. 

 Previously known from Mount .Mariveles. Luzon. 



MEMECYLON Linn. 



Memecylon preslianum Triana in Trans. Linn. Soe. 28 (IS71) If)?. 



ill tnivsis :it 100 m. alt. ( Xo. r)(i04 ) . 



\\ idi'ly ili-<tiiliiiteil in Ihr I'liilippiiies. Liidcmic. 



HALORRHAGIS I'orst. 



Halorrhagis halconensis Mcnill ii. sji. 



riaiiLi rol.iista miIViiiI icosn crt'cLi ad CD cm. alia : foliis ojiposilis 



vol ad I'amos juiiiorcs \ci'l icillat is. dliiit i(<i-ii\al is. ail ;! cm. longis. 



1 nil ].."• cm. latis: intlorcsccnt iac .id ii|iiccs canlis dense I'accmoso-pani- 



