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nerves arising from the base, of which only the midrib is pro- 

 duced to the tip. Flowers generally solitary at the end of the 

 branclilets on a short peduncle. Calyx brown, glabrous, cam- 

 panulate, -fe in. in diain., with an obscurely lobed narrow erect 

 limb. Corolla glabrous, conical in bud, bright red-purple ; fully- 

 developed petals oblong-spathulate, $-$ in. long. Stamens equal, 

 as long as the petals ; filaments as long as the linear-oblong 

 anthers, which have a single pore at the top, and are obscurely 

 spurred on the back at the base by the produced connective. 

 Capsule globose, | in. in diam., split down to the base into 4-5 

 oblong rigid valves, girt at the base by the persistent truncate cup- 

 shaped coriaceous brown calyx. — Baron 1314, in fruit ! Also 

 Humblot 535, in flower ! Allied to Veprecella and Rousseauxia, 

 but in habit resembling one of the Brazilian Microlicieae. 



MEJrECYLON OLE^FOLIUM, n. Sp. 



Glabrum, ramosissiumm, foliis subsessilibus rigidulis oblongis obtusis 

 obscure penninerviis basi deltoideis dorso nigro punctatis, cvrois axillaribus 

 paucifloris pedunculatis, pedicellis brevibus, calyeis tubo campanulato 

 limbo lato obscure dentato, petalis ovatis, stamiuibus inclusis, antheris 

 basi acutis, stylo elongate 



A much-branched erect shrub, glabrous in all its parts. Leaves 

 contiguous, nearly sessile, 1-1| in. long, deltoid at the base, rigid 

 in texture, brownish above when dried, bright green beneatli 

 with copious minute immersed black dots, with a distinct midrib 

 from base to apex, and obscure erecto-patent parallel secondary 

 veins. Cymes copious, axillary, shortly peduncled, 3-5-flowered ; 

 pedicels glabrous, -jV-jj in. Calyx brown, glabrous, coriaceous, 

 with a campanulate" tube and a broad coriaceous obscurely 

 toothed collar-like limb |in. in diam. Bud conical ; petals greenish, 

 ovate, acute, ^ iu. long. Stamens 8 ; filaments filiform. Anthers 

 curved, acute at the base. Style filiform, \ in. long.— Baron 

 2233 ! 3195 ! Allied to M. Elceagni, Blume. 



Medinilla leptophylla, n. sp. 



Glabra, ramulis gracilibus, foliis sessilibus oblougis acuminatis mem- 

 brauaceis trinervatis, cymis Iaxis paucifloris pedunculatis, pedicellis 

 elongatis bracteolatis, calveis tubo campanulato limbo integro, petalis 

 oblongo spathulatis pallide rubris, staminibus inclusis antheris basi cal- 

 caratis. 



A shrub, glabrous in all its parts, with slender woody branch- 

 lets, with a few lenticels. Leaves sessile, about 2 in. long, under 



