VIII, c. 6 Merrill: Philippine Melastomataceae, II 351 
A small tree, about 10 m high. Branches light-gray or some- 
what brownish, terete or nearly so, glabrous, the branchlets 
minutely appressed-lepidote, the scales deciduous. Leaves op- 
posite, oblong-elliptic, coriaceous, 7 to 13 cm long, 2 to 4.5 cm 
wide, about equally narrowed to the acuminate apex and to the 
somewhat decurrent-acuminate base, the upper surface glabrous, 
shining, brownish-olivaceous, the lower pale-gray, very densely 
and minutely lepidote with appressed scales, the base 3-nerved, 
or the nerves following the midrib a short distance above the 
base and hence appearing obscurely 3-plinerved, the transverse 
nervules straight, prominent; petioles 1 to 2 cm long. Panicles 
terminal, pyramidal, 5 cm long or less, sparingly lepidote, the 
branches few, the lower ones about 3 cm long. Flowers small, 
5-merous, somewhat crowded toward the ends of the branch- 
lets. Calyx cup-shaped, obscurely 5-toothed, about 2 mm in 
diameter. Capsules depressed-globose, glabrous or nearly so, 
about 3 mm in diameter. 
Luzon, Subprovince of Benguet, Mount Ugo, For. Bur. 10851 Curran 
(type), For. Bur. 1800i Merritt, December 16, 1908, in small valleys forested 
with broad-leaved trees in the pine region, altitude about 2,000 meters. 
Manifestly allied to Astronia pulchra Vid., from which it is distinguished 
by its pale-gray, not ferruginous indumentum, and its nearly glabrous 
calyces. 
21. ASTRONIA PARVIFOLIA sp. nov. 
Arbor parva, polygamo-dioica ; foliis submembranaceis vel 
chartaceis, ovato-elipticis ad oblongo-lanceolatis, 6 ad 10 cm 
longis, junioribus subtus minutissime cinnamomeo-lepidotis gla- 
brescentibus, longe acuminatis, basi acutis vel acuminatis, 3- 
nerviis vel obscure 3-plinerviis ; paniculis terminalibus, pauci- 
floris, circiter 2 cm longis. 
A polygamo-dioecious tree 4 to 10 m high, the older parts quite 
glabrous, the branchlets, younger petioles and inflorescences 
sparingly pale ferruginous-lepidote or somewhat furfuraceous. 
Branches terete, light-gray. Leaves ovate-elliptic to oblong- 
lanceolate, submembranaceous or chartaceous, 6 to 10 cm long, 
2 to 4 cm wide, narrowed above to the prominently and long- 
acuminate apex, the acumen blunt or acute, about 1.5 cm long, 
straight or somewhat falcate, the base acute or slightly decur- 
rent-acuminate, 3-nerved or obscurely 3-plinerved, the lateral 
nerves leaving the very base of the leaf, or following the midrib 
closely for 2 to 3 mm before leaving it, the upper surface green, 
glabrous, somewhat shining, the lower in young leaves minutely 
cinnamomeous-lepidote, soon becoming quite or nearly glabrous 
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