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MERRILL. 
MEMECYLON Linn. 
Memecylon oligoneuron Blume Mus. Bot. 1 (1851) 353; Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. 
I 1 (1855) 574; Cogn. in DC. Monog. Phan. 7 (1891) 1132; King, in Journ. As. 
Soc. Beng. 6S 2 (1900) 73. 
Rhodamnia glabra Yidal Rev. Pl. Vase. Filip. (1886) 129; Ceron Cat. PI. Herb. 
(1892) 79. 
Luzon, Province of Tayabas, Guinayangan, Vidal 782, in Herb. Kew (type of 
Rhodamnia glabra Vid.) : Province of Rizal, Bur. Sci. 33 14 Ramos, June, 1907: 
Province of Laguna, For. Bur. 10111 Curran, February, 1908. 
Rhodamnia glabra Vid., was described from fruiting specimens, and in the 
absence of flowers was placed by Vidal in the Myrtaceae. Additional material 
shows it to be Memecylon, and identical with M. oligoneuron Blume. The genus 
Rhodamnia must therefore be excluded from the Philippines. 
Perak, Penang, Java and Borneo; not previously reported from the Philippines 
under its correct name. 
ERICACEAE. 
VACCINIUM Linn. 
Vaccinium alvarezii sp. nov. 
Abuscula glabra circiter 3 m alta; foliis oblongo-obovatis vel elliptico- 
oblongis, coriaceis nitidis, integris, usque ad 10 cm longis, breviter obtuse 
acuminatis, nervis utrinque 5 vel 6, ascendentibus, tenuibus; racemis 
axillaribus, solitariis vel binis, foliis bevioribus; corolla cylindracea, 
leviter inflata, circiter 1 cm longa; staminibus 10, antheris scaberulis, 
dorso vix aristatis, apice breviter productis appendicibus infundibuli- 
formibus, divaricatis, ports apicaliter deliiscentibus. 
A glabrous shrub about 3 m high. Branches reddish-brown, some- 
what mottled with gray, terete. Leaves oblong-ovate to elliptic-oblong, 
6 to 10 cm long, 2.5 to 5.5 cm wide, entire, the apex shortly and obtusely 
acuminate, the base acute, margins slightly recurved, shining on both 
surfaces ; nerves 5 or 6 on each side of the midrib, slender, not prominent, 
ascending, anastomosing, the reticulations lax; petioles 4 to 6 mm long. 
Racemes axillary, solitary or in pairs, 3 to 5 cm long, the pedicels about 
1.5 cm long, articulated with the calyx. Calyx-tube short, the lobes 
broadly ovate, obtuse, 1.5 to 2 mm long, each lobe gland-tipped. Corolla 
pink, cylindric, 10 to 11 mm long, about 5 mm. in diameter, slightly 
inflated in the midle, the lobes erect, ovate, obtuse, 1.5 to 2 mm long. 
Stamens 10 ; filaments 4 to 5 mm long, white-villous ; anthers 3 mm long, 
scaberulous, not awned, the apex produced into two short, broad, funnel- 
shaped divergent tubes, opening by terminal, orbicular pores. Disk 
prominent crenate-undulate ; style 1 cm long. 
Luzon, Province of Cagayan, Dalisay River, For. Bur. 18466 Alvarez, March, 
1909, in forests, altitude about 650 m. 
Probably most closely allied to Vaccinium barandanum Vid, and V. benguetense 
Vid., but quite distinct from both. 
