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plinerved, the inner pair of nerves more prominent than the 
outer ones and anastomosing with the midrib just below the 
apex, the transverse nerves and reticulations obsolete or nearly 
so; petioles stout, 1 to2cm long. Panicles terminal, pyramidal, 
peduncled, up to 25 cm long, the branches verticillate, the lower 
ones about 10 cm long, the bracts subtending the branches sub- 
persistent, membranaceous, lanceolate to oblanceolate, 10 to 14 
mm long. Flowers pale-purplish, 5-merous. Calyx cup-shaped, 
truncate, about 4mm long. Petals about 9 mm long. Stamens 
10, equal, the filaments and anthers each about 7 mm in length. 
Luzon, Apayao Subprovince, Ngagan, Bur. Sci. 28142 Fénix, May 10, 
1917, an epiphyte on large trees in damp forests. 
The alliance of this species is with Medinilla apoensis C. B. Rob. (M. con- 
fluentinervia Elm.), of ‘southeastern Mindanao, from which it is readily 
distinguished by its prominently petioled leaves, those of M. apoensis being 
sessile or subsessile. 
MEDINILLA FENICIS sp. nov. 
Arbor parva usque ad 8 m alta, ramis ramulisque teretibus, 
partibus junioribus et subtus foliis ad costa nervisque, et in- 
florescentiis plus minusve plumoso-tomentosis; foliis oppositis, 
coriaceis, oblongo-ellipticis, utrinque subaequaliter angustatis, 
basi acutis, 3-plinerviis, apice breviter obtuseque acuminatis, 
usque ad 8 cm longis; inflorescentiis terminalibus, paniculatis, 
laxis, usque ad 13 cm longis; bracteis membranaceis, oblongis 
ad obovatis, 8 ad 11 mm longis; floribus 4-meris, petalis circiter 
8 mm longis. 
A small tree attaining a height of about 8 m, the younger 
branchlets, lower surface of the leaves on the costa and nerves, 
and the inflorescences more or less plumose-tomentose with pale- 
brownish hairs, the indumentum sometimes dense, more or less 
deciduous, the older parts eventually becoming glabrous or 
nearly so. Branches and branchlets terete, pale, the former 
smooth, the latter 2 to 8 mm in diameter. Leaves coriaceous, 
oblong-elliptic, 6 to 8 cm long, 2.3 to 3 em wide, pale-brownish, 
of about the same color on both surfaces, and slightly shining 
when dry, brittle, subequally narrowed to the acute, prominently 
3-plinerved base and to the shortly and bluntly acuminate apex, 
the lateral nerves leaving the midrib in the lower 3 mm and 
extending to the apex, the transverse nerves and reticulations 
obsolete; petioles pubescent when young, eventually glabrous, 
7 to 14 mm long. Panicles terminal, peduncled, up to 13 cm 
long, lax, the branches opposite. Bracts conspicuous, mem- 
branaceous, apparently pink, oblong to obovate, sparingly pubes- 
