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MERRILL. 
Luzon, Province of Sorsogon, Sua, For. Bur. 4526 Zschokke. Masbate, For. 
Bur. 12562, 12558 (type), 12583, 12597, 12814 Rosenbluth. Samar, For. Bur. 
12617, 1287 4 Rosenbluth. In forests up to 100 m altitude. 
A species well characterized by its four-winged fruits, the wings all the same 
width, very thin, and the seed-bearing portion very narrow. All the specimens 
cited bear the native name Toog. 
M E LA ST O M A T A C E2E . 
ME DIN ILL A Gaudicli. 
Medinilla curranii sp. nov. 
Frutex seandens, glabra : ramis ramulisque teretibus ; foliis verticillatis, 
quaternis, elliptico-ovatis, aeutis vel breviter acuminatis, circiter 14 cm 
longis, chartaceis vel subcoriaceis, 5-plinerviis, petiolatis ; cymis axilla- 
ribus, brevibus, pancifloris ; floribus 4-meris, circiter 3 cm longis. 
A scandent shrub, glabrous throughout. Branches and branchlets 
terete, gray. Leaves verticillate, quaternate, elliptic-ovate, about 14 cm 
long, 6 to 7 cm wide, chartaeeous, or subcoriaceous, shining, the base 
acute, the apex acute or very shortly acuminate; nerves 5, the middle 
one prominent, the lowest pair leaving the midrib near the base, the 
upper pair at 2 or 3 cm above the base, reticulations obsolete; petioles 
about 1.5 cm long. Cymes from the branches, in the axils of fallen 
leaves, usually solitary, few-flowered, the peduncles about 1 cm long. 
Flowers white and pink, nearly 3 cm long. Calyx cup-shaped, about 
11 cm long, truncate. Petals 4, about 20 mm long, 9 mm wide above, 
narrowly obovate, narrowed below. Stamens 8, unequal; filaments about 
7 mm long; four anthers about 18 mm long, and four 10 to 12 mm 
long, the anterior lobes two, about 1.5 mm long, the posterior one 
club-shaped, 2 to 3 mm long, the short anthers relatively stouter than 
the long ones. Style 11 mm long. 
Luzon, Province of Camarines, Caramoan, For. Bur. 12289 Curran, June 27, 
1908. 
A species allied to Medinilla verticillata Merr., differing in its much larger 
and 4-merous flowers. 
Medinilla mindorensis sp. nov. 
Frutex seandens, glabra ; ramis ramulisque tenuibus, teretibus ; foliis 
oppositis, petiolatis, ovatis, ellipticis, vel obovatis, acuminatis, subcoriaceis, 
7 ad 11 cm longis, 3- vel 5-plinerviis, reticulis obsoletis; paniculis 
terminalibus, 15 ad 20 cm longis, diffusis, pedunculatis ; floribus 4-meris ; 
bracteis membranaceis, reticulatis, obovatis, 8 ad 10 mm longis, per- 
sistentibus. 
A scandent shrub glabrous throughout. Branches and branchlets 
slender, terete, light-gray. Leaves opposite, ovate to elliptic, rarely 
obovate, 7 to 11 cm long, 3.5 to 6 cm wide, subcoriaceous, shining, the 
base acute or acuminate, the apex rather strongly acuminate ; nerves three, 
sometimes five, the additional pair, if present, faint, the lateral ones 
