PLANTS. FROM BATANES AND BABUYANES ISLANDS. 423 



MYKTACE.E. 



RHODOMYRTUS DC. 



R. tomentosa (Ait.) Hassk. 



Camiguin, 4129 Fenix. 



Rare in the Philippines; southern China and Formosa to India and Malaya. 



EUGENIA Linn. 



Five species of the genus are represented in tlie collections of Fenix and ISIearns, 

 apparently mostly imdescribed. Specific identifications have not been attempted 

 at this time, as the Philippine species of this genus are now undergoing revision. 



DECASPERMUM Forst. 



D. paniculatum (Lindl.) Kurz. 



Sabtan, SlJfl Fenix. 



Very coTumon in the Philippines; tropical Asia to Malaya and Australia. 



MELASTOMATACE^. 



ASTRONIA Blume. 

 A. cumingiana Vidal. 



Batan, Mount Iraya, 3782 Fenix. N. v., Btisensen. 

 Widely distributed in the Philippines at higher altitudes; Celebes. 



MEDINILLA Blume. 

 M. magnifica Lindl. 



Batax, near the summit of Mount Iraya, 3820 Fenix. Camiguin, 4151 Fenix, 

 near the summit of the volcano. 



Widely distributed in the Philippines; endemic. 



MELASTOMA Linn. 

 M. polyanthum Blume. 



Sabtan, 3743 Fenix. Babuyan, 3923 Fenix. 



Common and widely distributed in the Philippines; India to southern China, 

 Malaya, and northern Australia. 



Melastoma membranaceum Merrill sp. nov. 



Fnitex erecta, 1 ad 1.5 m alta ; ramis, ramulis, foliis subtus ad nervos, 

 petiolisque squamulis sparsis ovatis, rariter lanceolatis, adpressis obtectis ; 

 foliis ovato-lanceolatis, acuminatis, 9 ad 15 cm longis, 5-nerviis, meni- 

 branaceis, nitidis, supra glabris; calycis lobis tubo longioribus, dentibus 

 siibnlatis ciliatis apice penicillato-setosis alternantibus ; calyce paleolis 

 lanceolatis pauce ciliatis, non f asciculatis, adpressis, dense obtecto ; floribus 

 5-meris, circiter 4 cm longis. 



An nndershriib 1 to 1.3 m liigli, Avitli few brandies, the branches and 

 branchlets terete or somewhat compressed, light-gray or brownish, with 

 few scattered ovate appressed scales. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, 9 to 15 

 cm long, 4 to 6 cm wide, base acute or rounded, apex acuminate, 

 membranaceous, somewhat shining, beneath on the nerves with few ap- 

 pressed ovate, rarely lanceolate scales, above glabrous ; nerves 5, prominent. 



