382 The Philippine Journal of Science 1914 
MELASTOMATACEAE 
ME DIN ILL A Gaudichaud 
M EDI N I LLA M I N I AT A sp. nov. § Eumedinilla. 
Frutex epiphyticus circiter 2 m altus, glaber, ramulis crassis, 
4-alatis, nodis dense setosis ; f oliis oppositis, sessilibus, coriaceis, 
oblongo-ovatis ad obovato-subellipticis, usque ad 33 cm longis, 
abrupte acuminatis, basi angustatis, 13-plinerviis, nervis pro- 
minentibus, arcuato-adscendentibus, reticulis obsoletis vel sub- 
obsoletis; paniculis terminalibus, longe pedunculatis, partibus 
floriferis circiter 10 cm longis, pyramidatis, ramis verticillatis, 
inferioribus circiter 4 cm longis, superioribus gradatim brevio- 
ribus ; bracteis rubris, persistentibus, elliptico-ovatis, acutis, 
chartaceis vel subcoriaceis, circiter 4 cm longis ; floribus 5-meris, 
confertis ; calycibus cupulatis, subtruncatis, circiter 6 mm longis ; 
petalis inaequlateraliter oblongis vel oblongo-obovatis, obtusis, 
15 mm longis, 5 mm latis ; staminibus 10, subaequalibus, antheris 
lanceolatis, acuminatis, 8 and 9 mm longis. 
Leyte, Buenavista, near Jaro, C. A. Wenzel 653, May 12, 1914, in forests, 
altitude about 500 m, May 12, 1914. 
A species manifestly allied to Medinilla magnified Lindl., but with smaller, 
much denser panicles, smaller bracts, and larger flowers. From the allied 
M. teysmannii Miq., it differs in its large persistent bracts and much 
smaller panicles. 
SYMPLOCACEAE 
SYMPLOCOS Jacquin 
SYMPLOCOS PHANEROPHLEBIA sp. nov. § Bobua. 
Arbor circiter 10 m alta subtus f oliis ad nervis petiolis in- 
florescentiisque plus minusve hirsutis vel pubescentibus ; foliis 
oblongis, chartaceis, usque ad 11 cm longis, acuminatis, basi 
rotundatis, serrato-crenatis, nervis utrinque circiter 6 , subtus 
valde prominentibus, arcuato-anastomosantibus ; inflorescentiis 
axillaribus, brevibus, paucifloris, floribus subfasciculatis vel 
in racemis brevibus dispositis; staminibus circiter 25, ovario 
3-loculare. 
A tree about 10 m. high, the branchlets, inflorescence, and 
lower surface of the leaves more or less hirsute or pubescent. 
Branches brownish, terete, pubescent, becoming glabrous or 
nearly so. Leaves chartaceous, green when dry, oblong, 8 to 11 
cm long, 2 to 4 cm wide, apex acuminate, base rounded, margins 
serrate-crenate, the teeth somewhat glandular, the upper surface 
glabrous, shining, the lower a little paler, sparingly hirsute on 
