VIII, c, 4 Me7’rill: Philippine Melastomataceae, 1 217 
and smaller flowers. Among the extra-Philippine species its place appears 
to be with Memecylon violaceum Cogn., of Borneo, and M. garcinioid.es 
Blume of Sumatra. ^ A specimen from Camiguin de Mindanao, Bur. Sci. 
H683 Ramos, is very similar to M. brachybotrys, but has subglobose or 
ovoid rather than ellipsoid fruits. 
9. MEMECYLON APOENSE Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 4 (1911) 1199. 
Mindanao, District of Davao, Elmer 11697 (type collection). 
The species is rather characteristic and is certainly distinct from Meme- 
cylon edule Roxb., and its allied forms. It is characterized by its unusually 
large flowers, which are described as having the calyx 5 mm long and 
wide and the petals 6 mm long. In my material of the type collection, 
however, the calyx scarcely exceeds 3 mm in length and 4 mm in diam- 
eter, while the petals are at most 5 mm in length. Even with these cor- 
rected measurements, the flowers still are rather large for the genus. 
10. MEMECYLON BASILANENSE sp. nov. 
Arbor parva, glabra, ramis ramulisque teretibus; foliis sub- 
ellipticis, utrinque angustatis, 9 ad 18 cm longis, basi acutis, 
apice crasse obtuseque acuminatis, crassissime coriaceis, in sicci- 
tate pallidis, nitidis, penninerviis, nervis utrinque circiter 10, 
indistinctis, vix anastomosantibus ; cymis axillaribus, solitariis 
vel fasciculatis, pedunculatis, laxis, circiter 5 cm longis, multi- 
floris; calycibus truncatis, 4 mm diametro; petalis latissime 
ovatis, apiculatis, circiter 3.5 mm longis. 
A small glabrous tree, the branches and branchlets terete, 
light-gray, or the latter somewhat brownish. Leaves subelliptic 
to broadly elliptic-ovate, thickly coriaceous, 9 to 18 cm long, 
5 to 9 cm wide, rather pale yellowish-green when dry, some- 
times subolivaceous, shining, the lower surface often a little 
paler than the upper, narrowed at both ends, the base acute, 
the apex with a stout, blunt acumen 1 cm long or less; lateral 
nerves about 10 on each side of the midrib, slender, indistinct, 
not anastomosing, the reticulations obsolete; petioles stout, 2 to 
3 mm long. Cymes axillary, solitary or fascicled, 4 to 6 cm 
long, the peduncles and branches obscurely 4-angled, the former 
2 to 3 cm long. Flowers numerous, rather laxly disposed, their 
pedicels 3 to 4 mm long. Calyx broadly urceolate-scutelliform, 
truncate, not toothed, 4 mm in diameter, about 3 mm long. 
Petals orbicular-ovate, abruptly apiculate-acuminate, 3.5 to 4 
mm long. Filaments 3.5 mm long; anthers 1.5 mm long. 
Basilan, Bur. Sci. 16H6 Reillo (type), September, 1912, For. Bur. 
18915 Miranda, September, 1912. 
A species pi-obably most closely allied to Memecylon grande Retz., al- 
though not referable to that species, judging from the descriptions avail- 
able. It might conceivably be placed in the division indicated by Cog- 
niaux with 1-nerved leaves, that is, those forms with the lateral nerves 
obsolete or nearly so, in which case its alliance would be with M. inter- 
