215 
12 mm. long. Fruit ovoid, aliout 1 vm. long. Scuds ol)Iong, rounded 
at the apc.x, about 1.5 mm. long. 
Luzo.x, I’l'oviiico of P.oiig'uet, Baguio (4.S.S2 Merrill) (tctoljer 22, 1905; (44 
Topjiiug) F(4)i'uary, 19U.3. 
A slinil) cliaraetorizod l>y its (‘loiigatrd. faintly lU'n'cd leaves and pendnimis 
inilorescenee, growing in damp sliaded ravines along small streams at an altitnde 
of al)ont 1,500 m. 
Medinilla myriantha .Merrill sp. nov. 
■ V shrub 4 to 5 lu. high, ((ttite glabrous throughout, with opposite, T 
to !)-nerved sessile leaves and terndnal many Howered ])anieles, the tlow(‘rs 
l-merous. Branches terte, ration' slender, the vounger ones ohseurelv 
angled, the nodes densely harhellate. Leaves suheoriaeeous, elliptical 
ovate, h to 13 cm. long, 5.5 to 7 cm. wide, the a]>e.x; ahru])tly short 
acuminate, the base cordate, often broadly so; lon'ves 7, proudnent, 
sometimes with an additional }>air of outer short nerves at the base. 
I’anicles K) to 20 cm. long, ])ink, many llowered, the branches verticillate, 
the lower ones about !) cm. long, gradually shorter upwards, the bracts 
minute, subulate. Flowers numerous, ])ink. C'aly.x urceolate-cylindrical, 
4 mm. long, truncate. Petals 4, obli(pie, al)out <S mm. long. Stamens 
<S, subequal; tilameiits 4 mm. long; anthers nearly 5 mm. long, the spin- 
less than 1 mm. long. 
Luzox. I’rnviiiee of Lagtma. (Mount (Maijniling (5121), oBl.'l Merrill) (March 17, 
llHKi. .Abundant in the mossy forest !K)() to 1.100 m. A species ajiparently 
related to Medinilla iiilennedia Blnine, dilVering from that species in its more 
nnineronsly nerved, sessile, coi'date leaves and larger llowers. 
Medinilla teysmanni Mi((. Ann. .Mns. Bot. L\igd. Bat. 1 (1804) 217; C'ogn. in 
DC. Alonog. Phan. 7 (1891) 59,‘5. 
AIinuanao, Cani]i Keithley, Lake Lanao (1 .l/r.s. (deiiiens) Deeeinher. 1905. 
A species jnevionsly known only from Celebes and New (ininea, the specimen 
cited above differing from the species, as desci'ibed, in its somewhat larger flowers 
hut in no essential chaiacters so far as I can detect. 
PACHYCENTRIA Blnine. 
Pachycentria formicaria Alerrill sp. nov. 
A glabrous or nearly glabrous e])iphytic shrub 50 cm. high or less wilh 
3-nerved leaves, the transverse nerves very obscure or obsolete, short 
petioles, and terminal corymbose inflorescence, the roots with oblong to 
ovoid thickened bulb-like swellings 1 to 3 cm. in diameter. Branclu's 
light gray to brownish, terete, glabrous or the younger branchlets 
minutely furfuraceous. Leaves coriaceous, oblong to elliptical or ovate 
oltlong, })ale when dry, dull, (i to 12 cm. long, 1.5 to 4.5 cm. wide, entii'ie 
the base acute, the ape.x shortly acuminate, the lateral basal nei'tcs 
slender, ascending, submarginal, not reachitig the ape.x ; ])otioles 3 to 10 
mm. long. Corymbs about 5 cm. long, nearly as wide, many tlowered, 
glabrous or nearly so, the bracteoles minute. Flowers piidvu t'aly.x 
narrow, urceolate, about 4 mm. long, constrictetl above the ovary, the 
