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COMBRETACEAE 
TERMINALIA Linnaeus 
TERM IN ALIA SURIGAENSIS sp. nov. § Diptera. 
Arbor parva, glabra, ramulis incrassatis, 1 ad 1.5 cm diametro, 
cicatricibus multis instructis; foliis numerosis, confertis, coria- 
ceis, anguste oblongo-obovatis ad oblanceolatis, 10 ad 14 cm longis, 
basi cuneatis, apice obtusis ad rotundatis, nervis utrinque circiter 
10, tenuibus; inflorescentiis simplicibus, 7 ad 13 cm longis; fruc- 
tibus 2-alatis, late ellipticis, 1.5 ad 1.8 cm longis et latis, apice 
retusis apiculatisque. 
A glabrous tree, about 6 m high, the ultimate branchlets 
thickened, 1 to 1.5 cm in diameter, marked with numerous 
crowded scars of fallen leaves. Leaves densely crowded at the 
tips of the branchlets, narrowly oblong-obovate to oblanceo- 
late, 10 to 14 cm long, 2 to 5 cm wide, coriaceous, shin- 
ing, yellowish-green or brownish when dry, gradually narrowed 
to the cuneate base, the apex obtuse to rounded; lateral nerves 
about 10 on each side of the midrib, slender; petioles 1 to 1.5 
cm long, usually with 2 rather conspicuous glands. In- 
florescences axillary, simple, 7 to 13 cm long. Flowers reddish. 
Calyx funnel-shaped, glabrous, about 5 mm long, the teeth 5, 
triangular, acute. Fruits 2-winged, including the wings broadly 
elliptic, 1.5 to 1.8 cm long and nearly as wide, the apex retuse 
and reticulate, base rounded, the seed-bearing portion of the 
fruit plane on one side and somewhat keeled on the other, the 
wings coriaceous. 
Mindanao, Surigao Province, Bur. Sci. 34-711 (type), 34600, 
Ramos & Pascasio, April 25 and June 15, 1919, along streams 
at low altitudes ascending to 350 meters. 
A species very similar in appearance and very closely allied 
to Terminalia clarlingii Merr., from which it is distinguished 
by its smaller leaves and fruits. 
MELASTOMATACEAE 
MEDINILLA Gaudichaud 
M EDI N ! LLA CAPITATA sp. nov. 
Frutex epiphyticus, scandens, ramis ramulisque teretibus, part- 
ibus junioribus stellato-pubescens; foliis oppositis, subsessilibus, 
penninerviis, obovato-ellipticis, usque ad 13 cm longis, acuminatis, 
basi rotundatis vel obscure cordatis, nervis utrinque 3 ; inflo- 
rescentiis lateralibus, solitariis, 2 ad 2.5 cm longis, subglobosis 
ad ovoideis, densis; floribus 5-meris, raeemosis; bracteis ovatis- 
obovatis ad spatulatis, 10 ad 13 mm longis. 
