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Scandent, glabrous throughout; branches light gray, torotCj the ulti- 
mate oues brownish, slender. Leaves opposite, elliptical-ovate, abruptly 
short caudate-acuminate, the base broad, rounded, coriaceous, 11 to 15 
^ cm. long, 6 to 9 cm. wide; nerves 7, prominent, the transverse nervules 
distinct; petioles 2.5 cm. long. Cymes solitary or fascicled on the bran- 
ches below the leaves, the peduncle about 1 cm. long, bearing 3 subsessile 
flowers. Flowers about 2 cm. long, 5-merous. Calyx campnnulatc, trun- 
I cate, nearly 1 em. long, 0.8 cm. in diameter. Petals 2.5 cm. long, 1.4 
cm. wide. Stamens 10. 
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In forests at 450 in. alt. (No. 433G Mvnitt) June, 190G. 
Medinilla verticillata Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. 29 (1005) 34. 
In forests at 700 m. alt. (No. 5000). 
Previously known only from nortliern Luzon. 
Medinilla magnlfica Liiull. in Paxt. Flower Gard. 1 (1850) 55. t. 12. 
In forests at 500 m. alt. (No. 4341 Mcrritt) June, lOOG. 
Katlier widely di.stributed in the Philippines but not abundant. Endemic. 
Medinilla involucrata Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. 35 (1900) 51. 
In forests at 250 in. alt. (No. 5034) ; also collected by Merrill at about the 
same altitude in June, 1900 (No. 4331). 
Previously known from Mindoro and Mindanao. 
1 Medinilla cordala Mrrr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. 29 (1905) 37. 
On exposed ridges at 2,400 m. alt. (No. 5757) ; also collected by Mcniit 
at 2,150 m. alt. (No. 4445). Sjieeimens not typical, and may prove to be distinct 
from the Luzon plant, 
t Previously kno\\'n from Luzon on]y. 
^ Medinilla halconensis Merrill n. sp. 
Eamis ramulis petiolis pediineulis bracteis calycibus foliisque dense 
plumoso-stellato-tomentosis ; ramulis teretibus; foliis petiolatis, elliptico- 
^, ovatis, acutis vel acuminatis, nervis 5, lateralibus oppoditis, cymis ter- 
minalibus, bracteis ct bracteolis persistentibus ; floribus 5-nu'ris. 
Branches slender, terete, densely stellate-plumose tomentose. Leaves 
J _ submembranous, elliptical ovate, 4 to 9 cm. long, 2 to 4.5 cm. wide, 
^ opposite, above nearly glabrous, beneath densely stellate-toincntose, the 
base acute, tlie apex short acuminate or acute; nerves 5, petioles densely 
stellatc-tomentose, 1 to 1.5 cm. long. Inflorescence a terminal 3 to 
5-flowered cyme, 3 cm. long or less, densely stt'lbite-tomcntosti thn>ughout; 
bracts linear to lanceolntc, 1 to 1.5 cm. long; bracteoles elliptical-ovate, 
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white, acute, 2 cm. long, 1.3 cm. wide, densely stellate-tonientose. Calyx 
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about 8 mm. long, tubular, inflated in fruit, the limb ])erslstent, obscurely 
5-toothed, stellate-pubescent 
Sciindent on tree trunks in forests at 1^050 m. alt. (No. 5042) ; also collected 
by Merritt at 900 ni. alt., June, 1900 (No. 4300). 
