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cm long, about 1 cm in diameter below the middle, the calyx-rim 
persistent, truncate, much produced above the fruit, 
Basilan, summit of Mount Calvario, For. Bur, 18922 Miranda, Sep- 
tember, 1912, 
A species very similar to Medinilla curranii Merr., and M. subumhellata 
Merr., differing from the former in its 5-celled, not 4-celled ovary, and 
from the latter in its larger, 5-ceIled, not 6-celled fruits, and larger leaves. 
From Medinilla verticillata Merr., another closely allied form, it differs 
in its 3-pHnerved, not prominently 5-plinerved leaves, solitary, not fas- 
cicled inflorescences, and other characters. All four species are character- 
ized by their more or less similar vegetative characters, and very short, 
few-flowered, lateral inflorescences. 
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6. MEDINILLA SUBUMBELLATA sp. nov. 
Frutex scandens, epiphyticus, glaber ; ramulis teretibus ; 
foliis verticillatis, ternis vel quarternis, subcoriaceis, obovatis, 
basi angustatis, acutis, triplinerviis, apice obtusis, apiculatis vel 
brevissime acuminatis, petiolatis; inflorescentiis axillaribus, so- 
litariis vel fasciculatis, circiter 2 cm longis, pedunculatis ; fruc- 
tibus ampulliformibus, circiter 1 cm longis, subumbellatim dis- 
positis, 6-locellatis. 
A scandent, epiphytic, glabrous shrub, the branches and 
branchlets terete. Leaves verticillate, usually 4, sometimes 3 
at each node, obovate to oblong-obovate, icoriaceous or sub- 
coriaceous, rather pale when dry, slightly shining, 9 to 12 cm 
long, 4 to 6 cm wide, the apex broad and rounded and with a short 
apiculus or very shortly acuminate, base narrowed, acute ; nerves 
3, the lateral pair leaving the midrib about 1 cm above the base, 
nearly as prominent as the midrib and anastomosing with it at 
the apex, the reticulations obsolete ; petioles about 1.5 cm long* 
Inflorescence solitary or fascicled in the axils of fallen leaves, 
the peduncles 1 cm long or less. Flowers unknown. Fruit 
fleshy, ampulliform, dark-red when mature, truncate, 8 to 10 
mm long, 2 to 5 umbellately arranged at the apex of each pe- 
duncle, 6-celled. 
MiNDORO, Mount Halcon, Merrill 5660, November 10, 1906, in forests, 
altitude about 700 m. 
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A species manifestly allied to Medinilla verticillata Merr., and to M. 
curranii Merr., differing from both in its fewer-nerved leaves, and in 
its 6-celIed fruits. M. verticillata has 5-merous flowers, while M. curranii 
has 4-merous ones. 
6. MEDINILLA LATERALIS sp. nov. 
Frutex epiphyticus glaber, ramulis anguste 4-alatis, nodis 
dense setosis ; foliis ternis, oblongb-ellipticis, breviter petiolatis, 
circiter 20 cm longis, utrinque angustatis, basi acutis, apice 
