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1915 
of fallen leaves, many-flowered. F'lowers yellow, their pedicels 
1.5 to 2.5 mm long, glabrous. Sepals glabrous, elliptic to oblong- 
obovate, obtuse, 5 mm long, 3 mm wide. Staminal-tube about 
2 mm long, the stamens 8, free portions of the filaments equaling 
the anthers; anthers ovoid, apiculate, about 1 mm long; the 
alternating staminodes oblong, obtuse, pubescent at the apex, 
about 1 mm long. Ovary and style pubescent, about 3 mm 
long, the ovoid ovary narrowed upward into the short stout style. 
Leyte, Buenavista, near Jaro, C. A. Wenzel 979, July 30, 1914, in forests, 
altitude about 500 meters. 
A species strongly characterized by its very prominently nerved leaves. 
MELASTOMATACEAE 
BECCARIANTH US Cogniaux [ 
BECCARIANTHUS 1C K I SI I Merr. var. SETOSUS var. nov. 
A typo differt foliis nerviis, ramulis paniculisque dense setosis. 
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Leyte, Buenavista, near Jaro, Wenzel 1015, July 13, 1914. In forests, 
altitude about 500 meters. A tree 10 m high, the trunk 20 cm. in diameter. | 
The striking character of this variety is its densely setose branc'nlets 
and inflorescence. The leaves are distinctly more furfuraceous than those 
of the species, and with more numerous nerves. j 
MEDINILLA Gaudichaud 
M EDI N I LLA LONGIPES sp. nov. § Eumedinilla. 
Frutex scandens circiter 3 m altus, ramulis petiolisque dense 
longe hirsuto-setosis ; foliis oppositis, petiolatis, lanceolatis, cau- 
dato-acuminatis, basi acutis, usque ad 14 cm longis, subtus ad 
costa nervisque parce hirsuto-setosis, pinnatinerviis, nervis 
utrinque 3; inflorescentiis lateralibus, simplicibus, globoso-um- 
bellatis, longissime pedicellatis, umbellis circiter 5 cm diametro, 
multifloris; floribus pedicellatis, ebracteolatis, 5-meris, calycibus 
urceolatis, circiter 4 mm longis, staminibus 10, subaequalibus. 
A scandent shrub about 3 m high, the branches slender, terete, 
rooting at the nodes, the internodes elongated, the younger ones 
and the petioles very densely hirsute-setose with spreading, 
pale brownish hairs up to 6 mm in length, similar but fewer 
hairs on the midrib and lateral nerves of the leaves on the lower 
surface and on the peduncles. Leaves opposite, lanceolate, 
chartaceous, pale greenish when dry, the upper surface quite 
glabrous, 12 to 14 cm long, about 3 cm wide, apex slenderly 
caudate-acuminate, base acute; lateral nerves pinnately ar- 
ranged, 3 on each side of the midrib, curved-ascending, rather 
distinct, the primary reticulations distinct, lax, subparallel ; pet- 
ioles 1.5 to 2 cm long. Infloi’escence lateral, simple, the 
