140 MEUllILL. 



A \yvv about l" 111 lii,i;ii or K'ss. Uraiiclics terete. li<;lit-,uTa\\ ,L;laln'ous, 

 the l)ranclilels sli<iiitly liii'sute or siiltglahrous, g-landiilar. often slightly 

 compressed. Leaves opposite, simple, the |)etiole 1.") to ;) em long, the 

 peliojiile 1 to 1..") cm long, tlu' l)la(le 1-') to "i;! em long, (i to 11 cm wide, 

 olilong-clliptical or narrowly ohovale-elliptical. isuhcoriaceoiis, somewhat 

 shining, giahrous alio\c. somewhat i)iil)escent and \v\t\\ prominent glands 

 beneath, the apex rounded, sometimes ivtuse. tln' base cuneate; nerves 

 14 to 18 on each side of the midrib, prominent, anastomosing, the retic- 

 ulations distinct, lax. Panicles axillary, many flowered, 13 cm long 

 or less, sparingly ]iubescent. Pedicels al)out 1 mm long. Calyx 4-lobed, 

 broadly ovate, acute, about U.3 mm long. Petals 4. \alvate, the tip 

 inflexed, narrowly obhmg, 3 to 3.5 mm long, about 1 mm wide. Stamens 

 8, four with (ilaments 2.5 to 3.5 mm 'long, the altei'nating I'oui' with 

 filaments 1.5 to 'i mm long; anthers about O.G mm long. Ovary villous, 

 depressed-globose ; styles very short ; stigmas minute. Fruit of 2 to 4 

 dehiscent rugose cocci, each coccus about 3 mm in diameter. 



IMiXDANAO, l.akc Laiiiio. C';inip Koitliley, Mrs. Clemens .'/'Jl. April. l!)()(i. also 

 no. .'i09 bis, Mareli. liJOCi and without numbers, May and November, 1!)()G: 

 District of Cotabato. For. Bur. 3931 Hutchinson, Marc4i, 1!)()6. 



Apparently allied to Melicope hcJferi TTook. f., but distinct; a species well 

 characterized by its simple leaves. 



PARAMIGNYA Wight. 



Paramignya mindanaensis Merrill sp. nov. 



Scandens. glabra. I'amulis lioribus(pie exceptis; I'oliis oblongo-t'lli[)ticis, 

 9 ad 1'^ em longis, acuminatis; spinis solitariis, axillaribus, glabris, re- 

 cui'vis. ea. 1 cm longis; floribus axillaribus; solitariis vel binis, ca. 17 

 mm lougis: lilamentis ])lus minus pubescentibus. 



A scandent shrub, nearly glabrous, the branches terete, yellowish-green, 

 glabrous, slender, the branchlets slightly pul)escent. Loaves altei-nate. 

 oblong-elliptical, giabi'ous, subcoriaeeous. I) to \'l em long, 3 to (> cm 

 wide, shining, base i-ounded oi- acute, a])e\ acuminate; nerves not prom- 

 inent, aiuistomosing, scai'cely more distinct than are the secondary oiu's 

 and I'et icidations; petioles about 1 cm long; spines axillary, solitary, 

 rather stout, glabi'ous. sonu'what recur\'ed. about 1 em long. Plowers 

 axillary, solitary or in pairs, the slender |teilieels 1 to 1.5 i-m long, 

 ('alyx eupular. slightly pubescent, about 5 mm long and wide, the 5 

 teeth about 1.5 mm long. i'ounde(|. I'etals white, imbricate, oblong. 

 about \'t mm long, 5 mm wide, glabrous. Stamens 10; tilamenls 

 thickened, somewhat pubescent, about 7 mm long; anthers I mm long. 

 l)isk cylindi-ical, about 'I mm buig ami thick, ci'eiiulalc. ()\ary and style 

 about 10 mm loiii;'. MHiicwIial piibescciil. the o\ar\ 5-ani:'led, 5-cellcd, 



