VIII, C, 5 
Merrill: Philippine Melastomataceae, II 
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rotundatis, prominente 5-nerviis; paniculis brevibus, floribus 3 
5-meris, calycibus in alabastro cupulatis, 5-dentatis, circiter 3 mm 
diametro. 
A tree about 10 m high, Avith rather stout branches. Leaves 
elliptic to oblong-elliptic, coriaceous, about 20 cm long, 8 to 10 
cm 'wide, when dry pale-green or yellowish-green on both sur- 
faces, the upper surface glabrous, the lower with numerous, 
small, scattered, brown, lepidote scales, the base rather broadly 
rounded, the apex apparently acuminate; nerves 5, prominent, 
all basal, the transverse nervules almost as prominent as the 
primary nerves on the lower surface; petioles about 4 cm long, 
the upper side channeled, the margins more or less scurfy-appen- 
diculate. Panicles small, terminal, sparingly lepidote or nearly 
glabrous. Flowers few, only staminate ones observed, the calyx 
cup-shaped, minutely and sparingly lepidote, about 3 mm in 
diameter, shortly 5-toothed. 
Mindanao, Province of Misamis, Mount Malindang, For. Bur. U689 
Mearns & Hutchinson, May, 1906, in forests, altitude about 1800 m. 
A species well characterized by its pale-green, prominently 5-nerved, 
elliptic leaves which are rounded at the base. It is manifestly very closely 
allied to Astronia lagunensis Merr., differing especially in its differently 
shaped leaves. 
3. ASTRONIA LAGUNENSIS Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 
213. 
Luzon, Province of Laguna, Mount Maquiling, Loher 6267, 7310, Baker 
253, Camus s. n., Merrill 51Uk, Bur. Sci. 97kh Robinson, For. Bur. 7763 
Curran & Merritt, Phil. PI. 1013 Ramos. 
A very characteristic species known only from Mount Maquiling, Prov- 
ince of Laguna, Luzon, where it is abundant in forests from 700 to 1050 
meters altitude. The polygamo-dioecious character of this species is 
strongly marked, the male flowers being characterized by their cup-shaped 
calyces, while the perfect ones, which are borne in separate panicles and 
presumably on separate trees, are characterized by their urceolate calyces. 
4. ASTRONIA LOHERI sp. nov. 
Ut videtur arbor parva; ramis subteretibus, crassis; foliis 
anguste ellipticis, coriaceis, circiter 15 cm longis, in siccitate 
utrinque pallide viridibus, subtus parce lepidotis, basi acutis, 
prominente 5-nerviis ; paniculis terminalibus, pyramidatis, dense 
brunneo-setosis, calycibus in alabastro 5 ad 7 mm diametro, ferru- 
gineo-lepidotis, prominente urceolatis, 5-dentatis. 
Apparently a small tree, the branches terete, thick. Leaves 
narrowly elliptic, coriaceous, about 15 cm long, 6 to 7 cm wide, 
narrowed below to the acute base and above to the somewhat 
acuminate apex, when dry uniformly pale-green on both surfaces, 
the upper one glabrous, the lower with distinct, scattered, brown, 
