XIV, < Merrill: Noteworthy Philippine Plants, XV 431 
Tristania decorticata Merr. It differs remarkably from that 
species in its densely pubescent, larger flowers and its stamens 
being arranged in phalanges of about 7 each, not in groups of 
threes. 
MELASTOMATACEAE 
MEDINILLA Gaudichaud 
MEDINILLA OBLANCEOLATA sp. nov. 
Frutex, ramulis et inflorescentiis et foliis subtus ad costa ner- 
visque perspicue setoso-ciliatis ; foliis ternatis, breviter petio- 
latis, chartaceis, oblongo-oblanceolatis, usque ad 38 cm longis, 
tenuiter acuminatis, deorsum valde angustatis, penninerviis, 
nervis utrinque circiter 6, perspicuis; inflorescentiis lateralibus, 
circiter 10 cm longis, pedunculatis, cylindraceo-paniculatis, ramis 
numerosis, circiter 2 cm longis, patulis, dichotomis; floribus 
4-meris, petalis oblongo-obovatis, circiter 13 mm longis, stami- 
nibus aequalibus. 
A shrub, the stems about 2 cm in diameter, the young branch- 
lets, inflorescences, and the midrib and nerves on the lower sur- 
face more or less setose-ciliate with long, spreading, pale-brownish 
hairs, the ciliae up to 5 mm in length. Leaves verticillate, 3 at 
each node, chartaceous, oblong-oblanceolate, 35 to 38 cm long, 
about 10 cm wide, the apex slenderly acuminate, narrowed in 
the lower one-half or two-thirds to the abruptly obtuse base 
which is 1 cm wide or less; lateral nerves about 6 on each side 
of the midrib, distant, ascending, somewhat curved, the primary 
reticulations subparallel, distant, distinct; petioles very stout, 1 
cm long or less. Inflorescences lateral from the trunks, about 10 
cm long, solitary, peduncled, paniculate the primary branches 
numerous, densely arranged, spreading, about 2 cm long, dichot- 
omous, sparingly ciliate, the bracteoles oblong, about 2 mm long. 
Flowers 4-merous, red, their pedicels about 5 mm long, petals 
oblong-obovate, 13 mm long. Stamens 8, equal, their filaments 
8 mm long; anthers lanceolate-acuminate, 7 mm long, the dorsal 
appendage less than 1 mm long, the anterior ones short, curved. 
Fruit fleshy, glabrous, ovoid or obovoid, truncate, about 1 cm 
long. 
Panay, Capiz Province, Mount Madiaas, B 2 ir. Sci. 30703 
Ramos & Edaho, May 14, 1918. 
This species is entirely distinct from all hitherto described 
forms and is strongly characterized by its elongated, ciliate- 
setose indumentum, which is dense on the young branchlets and 
scattered on the midrib and nerves; by its ternate, elongated. 
