1 52 MERRILL. 



MELASTOMATA( ^ILK. 



MEDINILLA Gaudi.li. 

 Medinilla monantha .\rciiill sp. nov. 



Friitex opiphytica, glabra: floribiis axillarihiis, solitiiriis, longe tciiui- 

 ter pedicellatis, 4-meris; foliis oppositis, sessilibus, acumiuatis, lanceo- 

 latis, valde 3-nervis. 



A glabrous epiphj'tic shrul). Braiu-hes slender, terete, reddish -brown 

 or grayish. Leaves opposite, sessile, lanceolate, snbcoriaceons, 3 to 4.5 

 cm long, 8 to 12 mm wide, base acnte, apex long-acnniinate, acnmen 

 rather slender, blnnt, the margins somewhat revolute ; nerves 3, very 

 prominent, extending from the base to the apex of the leaf. Flowers 

 axillary, solitary, on very slender 10 to 14 mm long pedicels, each pedicel 

 bearing two pairs of linear 1 to 1.5 mm long bracteoles. Calyx cup- 

 shaped, about 3 mm long and wide, with 4 linear, acuminate, 1 mm 

 long teeth, contracted abruptly below into a 3 mm long pseudostalk, one 

 pair of bracteoles at the base of the pseudostalk, one between these and 

 the base of the pedicel. Petals and stamens not seen. Style 5 mm 

 long. Fruit ovoid, about 4.5 mm long, 4 mm thick, glabrous, the calyx 

 teeth persistent. 



Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keitliley, Mrs. Clemens 1136, July, 1907, also, 

 without number, September, 1907. 



A very striking species, characterized by its small lanceolate 3-nervecl leaves, 

 and long-pedicellate, solitary, axillary flowers, the pedicels being supplied with 

 two pairs of bracteoles, indicating that apparently the inflorescence is a reduced 

 cyme. Allied to Medinilla inyrtifomiis Triana. but very distinct from tliat 

 species. 



Medinilla bicolor ]\Icrrill sp. nov. 



Frutex erectus vel scandens; raiinilis paniculis et subtus foliis plus 

 minus ferrugineo-plunioso-stollato-tomentosis; foliis oblongis, 20 ad 30 

 cm longis, breviter acuniinatis, oppositis, 5-nerviis; paniculis axillaribus, 

 tenuibus, 13 ad 20 cm longis; floribus 4-meris. 



An erect or scandent shrub, the branches gray, glabrous, terete, the 

 branchlets more or less ferruginous-])lnmose-stenate-toinentose. Leaves 

 opposite, oblong, short-acuminaU', Ibe base sul)a(iit(' oi- rt)un(led, 20 to 

 30 cm long, 5.5 to 7 ciii wide, subcoriaceous, when i\v\ |iale above and 

 reddish-brown beneatb, ghdjrous above, benealb laibcr densely ferru- 

 ginoiis-stellate-plumose-tomentose; nerves 5, ])r(iiiiiii(iil bnunith, the in- 

 nei" ])air extending to tbc apex nf ibc leaf, the oiilci' \r.\w to about the 

 ujjper three-fourths, I'diciihit ions obsolete ; petioles stout, 1 to l.r)cm long, 

 ferruginons-pul)escent wbcii young. Panicles axillary, slender. Ibe rai-his 

 and braiiebes ratliei- densely stellate-tonienlose. Ibe hairs soiiiewbat |>in- 

 niose, si)i'i'adiug, tlie raehis very slender, its bi'anelies spreading, slender, 

 1 to 1.5 cm long, eacb bearing about llnve llnweis, ibe brandies nsually 



