VIII, c, 4 Merrill: Philippine Melastomataceae, I 233 
acute acuminatis, 7-plinerviis ; paniculis axillaribus, longe pe- 
dunculatis, usque ad 40 cm longis ; floribus 4-meris. 
An epiphytic glabrous shrub, the branchlets 4 to 5 mm thick, 
somewhat 4-angled, narrowly 4-winged, the nodes very densely 
setose. Leaves opposite, oblong-elliptic, about 20 cm long, 8 
to 9 cm wide, coriaceous, somewhat shining when dry, of the 
same color on both surfaces or the upper surface paler, narrowed 
at both ends, base acute, apex shortly and sharply acuminate; 
midrib very prominent at the base, the nerves 7, as prominent 
as the upper part of the midrib, the inner pair leaving the 
midrib 2.5 to 3 cm above the base and reaching the apex of the 
leaf, the next outer pair leaving the midrib about 1.5 cm below 
the upper pair, reaching about three-fourths to the apex, there 
becoming obsolete or very faint, the outer pair fainter, not 
reaching beyond the middle of the leaf, reticulations obsolete; 
petioles stout, about 8 mm long. Inflorescence lateral, from 
the axils of fallen leaves, solitary, pendulous, the peduncle about 
20 cm long, the panicle proper about as long as the peduncle, 
the branches verticillate, about 4-nate, the lower ones 10 cm 
long or less, verticils distant, the branches of the panicle sub- 
tended by ovate, acuminate, 7 to 8 mm long bracts. Flowers 
pink, 4-merous. Calyx urceolate, truncate, about 6 mm long, the 
limb produced above the ovary, marked on the outside by 4 
minute projections corresponding to teeth. Petals obliquely 
obovate, 13 mm long. Stamens 8, equal; filaments 6 mm long; 
anthers lanceolate, acuminate, 7 mm long, the dorsal appendage 
slender, 0.5 mm long, the anterior ones ovoid, stout, blunt, 
about 1.4 mm long. 
Mindanao, District of Zamboanga, Sax River Mountains back of San 
Ramon, Merrill 8292, November 28, 1911, epiphytic, in forests, altitude 
about 1,100 m. 
A species well characterized by its ternate leaves, narrowly winged 
branchlets, and lateral, very long-peduncled panicles. It has no close allies 
among the Philippine species with verticillate leaves and lateral inflores- 
cence. 
LEAVES OPPOSITE (SPECIES 7-12) 
7. MEDINILLA CAM I GU I N ENSIS sp. nov. 
Frutex ut videtur scandens M. vanoverberghii affinis, differ! 
nodis baud setoso-barbatis, foliis sessilibus, apice breviter 
abrupteque acuminatis vix rotundatis, basi 7-plinerviis. 
Apparently a scandent shrub, glabrous throughout. Branches 
terete, light-gray, about 6 mm in diameter, the nodes gla- 
brous. Leaves opposite, chartaceous, sessile, broadly elliptic to 
