PLANTS, FROM BATANES AND BABUYANES ISLANDS. 
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MYRTACE2E. 
RHODOMYRTUS DC. 
R. tomentosa (Ait.) Hassk. 
Camiguin, Jfl29 Fenix. 
Rare in the Philippines; southern China and Formosa to India and Malaya. 
EUGENIA Linn. 
Five species of the genus are represented in the collections of Fenix and Mearns, 
apparently mostly undescribed. Specific identifications have not been attempted 
at this time, as the Philippine species of this genus are now undergoing revision. 
DECASPERMUM Foist. 
D. paniculatum (Lindl.) Kurz. 
Sabtan, 371/1 Fenix. 
Very common in the Philippines; tropical Asia to Malaya and Australia. 
MELASTOMATACE2E. 
ASTRONIA Blume. 
A. cumingiana Vidal. 
Batan, Mount Iraya, 3782 Fenix. N. v., Busensen. 
Widely distributed in the Philippines at higher altitudes; Celebes. 
M EDI N I LLA Blume. 
M. magnifica Lindl. 
Batan, near the summit of Mount Iraya, 3820 Fenix. Camiguin, 4151 Fenix, 
near the summit of the volcano. 
Widely distributed in the Philippines ; endemic. 
MELASTOMA Linn. 
M. polyanthum Blume. 
Sabtan, 3743 Fenix. Babuyan, 3923 Fenix. 
Common and widely distributed in the Philippines; India to southern China, 
Malaya, and northern Australia. 
Melastoma membranaceum Merrill sp. nov. 
Frutex ereeta, 1 ad 1 .5 m alta ; ramis, ramulis, foliis subtus ad nervos, 
petiolisque squamulis sparsis ovatis, rariter lanceolatis, adpressis obtectis ; 
foliis ovato-lanceolatis, acuminatis, 9 ad 15 cm longis, 5-nerviis, mem- 
branaceis, nitidis, supra glabris ; ealycis lobis tubo longioribus, dentibus 
subnlatis ciliatis apice penicillato-setosis alternantibus ; calyce paleolis 
lanceolatis pauce ciliatis, non f asciculatis, adpressis, dense obtecto ; floribus 
5-meris, circiter 4 cm longis. 
An undershrub 1 to 1.3 m high, with few branches, the branches and 
branchlets terete or somewhat compressed, light-gray or brownish, with 
few scattered ovate appressed scales. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, 9 to 15 
cm long, 4 to 6 cm wide, base acute or rounded, apex acuminate, 
membranaceous, somewhat shining, beneath on the nerves with few ap- 
pressed ovate, rarely lanceolate scales, above glabrous ; nerves 5, prominent. 
