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orbicular, b mm. in diameter. Stamen^; U) ; filaments stra])-shaped, 4 
mm. long, 1 mm. wide; anthers dolabriform, 2 mm. long. Stvle about' 
(i mm. long. 
fjUZON. Pvoviuer of Lacuna, blouiit blacjuiliiig (.5144 Merrill) ilarcli 17, 10(Hi. 
Ralher coiiinion in tlie mossy forest at an altitnile of ahont 1,100 in. A species 
a]iparently related to Aslruiiia. iiiacropin/lla. Blnine, dillering from that sjieeies 
in its smaller leaves and much larger llowers. 
MEDINILLA Gaudieli. 
Medinilla bolster! Merrill sp. nov. 
An erect glalirous shruli, 2 to 3 m. high, with opposite, petioled, 5- 
nei’ved leaves, the transverse nerves evident, and fascicled or solitary lax 
cymes 10 to 15 cm. long from tuliereles on the trunk, the dowers 5-merous. 
branches light gray or greenish, glabrous, terete. Leaves memliranous 
or chartaceous, elli}itical to oldong-elliptical, short acuminate, the base 
acute, 13 to 20 cm. long, 7 to 9 cm. wide, 5-nerved, the exterior sub- 
marginal nerves from the base, the inner pair from the niidril) 2 to 3 
cm. above the base, the transverse nerves somewhat prominent. Pe- 
du mdes to the cymes slender, 4 to 5 cm. long, the branches slender, 
opposite or whorled, divaricate, the flowers mostly subumbellately dis- 
|)osed at the tips of the branchlets, the pedicels 0.5 to 1 cm. long, 
ebracteolate. Flowers pink, t'alyx cip.i-shaped, 4 mm. long, snlitruncate 
or with 5 shallow teeth. Petals 5, olduse, irregularly obli(|uely ol)long 
obovate, S to 0 mm. long, 3 to 3.5 mm. wide. Stamens 10, suliecjual ; 
lilaments 4 mm. long; anthers 3 ]um. long, acuminate. Style slender, 
glalirous, 7 mm. long. 
Iaizon, fO civinee of Rizal, Bo.soboso (32(12 Ahern's collcclor) , August 21. lOUo 
(type) : Bvoviuee of (,'agayaii. Tabug (173 H. Holster) August 15, 1905. In 
shaded thickets by streams at about 250 ui. 
Medinilla dolichophylla blenill sp. nov. 
A glabrous shrid) 3 to 5 m. high with 4-nierous tlowers, terminal and 
lateral long peduncled inflorescence, and lanceolate leaves 20 to 35 cm. 
long, the lateral longitudinal nerves faint. Branches (piadrangular, the 
younger ones strongly 4-winged, the wings not undulate. Leaves mem- 
branous to subcoriaceous, 4 to 5.5 cm. wide, ])ale, shiidng, gradually nar- 
rowed above to the somewhat acuminate apex, the base acutel decurrent; 
midrib stout, tlu* lateral longitudinal nerves four, scarcely more prom- 
inent than the distant transverse nerves, the reticulations lax; petioles 
about 1.5 cm. long. Chymes })endulous, terminal and from the branches 
below the leaves, the ])eduncles 15 to 20 cm. long, few Howered, ebrac- 
teolate. t'alyx 4 to 5 mm. long, truncate, cylindrical or subcampanulate. 
Petals 4, white, irregularly obovate, narrowed below, about 14 mm. long, 
S mm. wide. Stamens <S, s(d)e(|ual; filaments (> mm. long; anthers (i 
in' 7 mm. long, linear, ti]vs purplish, base white, the middle portion yellow, 
the dorsal basal s]}ur 1 mm. long, anteriorly 2-tuberculate. Style about 
