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cuously bracteate inflorescences, and its 4-merous flowers with long calyx- 
teeth. It somewhat resembles Medinilla microphylla Merr. and M. parva 
Merr., but is not very closely allied to either. : 
MEDINILLA MACGREGORII sp. nov. 
Frutex erectus gemmis exceptis glaber, ramis ramulisque tere- 
tibus; foliis oppositis, petiolatis, oblongo-ellipticis, coriaceis, 
utrinque acuminatis vel basi acutis, usque ad 7 cm longis, tripli- 
nerviis, in siccitate pallidis; inflorescentiis lateralibus, laxis, 
paucifloris, divaricato-ramosis, usque ad 8 cm longis, bracteis 
suborbicularibus, prominentibus; floribus 4-meris. 
An erect, slender, shrub, quite glabrous except the young buds 
which are densely ferruginous-setose, the very youngest branch- 
lets also sometimes setose. Branches and branchlets slender, 
light-gray, terete. Leaves opposite, oblong-elliptic, 5 to 7 cm 
long, 2.5 to 3 cm wide, about equally narrowed at both ends, 
apex blunt-acuminate, base acute or acuminate, pale and some- 
what shining when dry, coriaceous, 3-plinerved, the two lateral 
nerves leaving the midrib about 5 mm above the base and reach- 
ing the apex, there anastomosing with the midrib, the lateral 
nerves and reticulations obsolete; petioles 5to 7mm long. Infior- 
escence lateral, from the axils of fallen leaves, mostly solitary, 
slender, up to 8 cm in length, the few branches divaricately 
spreading, each bearing few bracteate flowers at their apices. 
Bracts orbicular to reniform, apparently pink, concave, submem- 
branaceous, 5 to 6 mm long, 6 to 7 mm wide, in pairs at the 
nodes, the bracteoles closely enveloping the flowers, similar to the 
bracts but smaller. Pedicels very short. Flowers apparently 
pink, 4-merous. Petals 4, 5 mm long. Stamens 8; anthers 
oblong, about 2 mm long. Young fruits cup-shaped, 3.5 mm in 
diameter, truncate. 
Luzon, Ifugao Subprovince, Mount Polis, Bur. Sci. 19863 McGregor. 
February 11, 1918, in the mossy forest. 
A very characteristic species, distinguished by its comparatively small, 
pale, 3-plinerved leaves and its very lax, divaricately and slenderly 
branched, few-fiowered, bracteate, lateral inflorescences. It is not at all 
closely allied to any of the known Philippine forms having opposite leaves, 
lateral inflorescences, and 4-merous flowers. 
MEDINILLA MEMBRANACEA sp. nov. _ 
Frutex erectus, glaber, circiter 1 m altus, ramis ramulisque 
teretibus; foliis ternatis, petiolatis, membranaceis, oblongis, - 
usque ad 5 cm longis, nervis lateralibus obsoletis, basi acutis, 
apice acuminatis; inflorescentiis lateralibus, brevibus, .subumbel- 
latim 3-floris vel unifloris; floribus tenuiter pedicellatis, 5-meris; 
petalis circiter 8 mm longis. 
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