298 The Philippine Journal of Science 1920 
Ramos & Pascasio, May and June, 1919, in forests at low 
altitudes. 
A species remarkable for its ferruginous indumentum and its 
‘very unequal leaves, the opposite one of each pair being reduced 
to a broadly obovate, acuminate, deeply cordate, sessile one, 
entirely different in shape and size from the other of the same 
pair. 
MEDINILLA PURPUREA Elm. in herb. sp. nov. 
Frutex scandens, nodis densissime longeque setosis exceptis 
glaberrimus, ramis teretibus; foliis oppositis, coriaceis, valde 
inaequalibus, majoribus oblongo-ovatis ad oblongo-ellipticis, 
petiolatis, usque ad 25 cm longis et 12 cm latis, basi cordatis vel 
rotundatis, perspicue. 7-plinerviis, apice perspicue acuminatis, 
nervis transversalibus obsoletis, minoribus ovatis, sessilibus, 2 
ad 3 cm longis, vel obsoletis. Inflorescentiis axillaribus, longe 
pedunculatis, capitatis, 4 ad 5 cm diametro, pedunculo usque ad 
2 cm longo, bracteis numerosissimis, obovatis, usque ad 1.5 cm 
longis; floribus 4-meris. 
A scandent shrub, entirely glabrous except the densely long- 
setose nodes, the branches terete, the numerous, rather soft setae 
at the nodes 1 to 3 cm in length. Leaves opposite, in very un- 
equal pairs, or the smaller one of each pair sometimes obsolete } 
larger leaves coriaceous, oblong-ovate to oblong-elliptic, pale or 
somewhat olivaceous when dry, shining, 22 to 26 cm long, 8 to 
12 cm wide, the base more or less cordate, sometimes rounded, 
prominently 7-plinerved, the inner two pairs of nerves reaching 
the apex, the transverse nerves and reticulations obsolete, the 
apex rather abruptly and prominently acuminate, the acumen 
slender, blunt, up to 1.5 cm long; petioles 1 to 1.5 cm long; 
smaller leaves of each pair same in texture as the larger ones, 
ovate, sessile, 2 to 3 cm long, 1 to 2 cm wide, frequently wanting. 
Inflorescences axillary, solitary, long-peduncled, the flowers 
crowded in dense, globose to ovoid heads at the ends of the 
peduncles, the latter 12 to 20 cm long, the heads 4 to 5 cm in 
diameter. Flowers 4-merous, their pedicels up to 4 mm long, 
the bracts very numerous, obovate, often retuse, red or purple, 
up to 15 mm long and 10 mm wide. Calyx truncate. Petals 
4, obovate, at least 1 cm long. Stamens 8, unequal, the anthers 
lanceolate-acuminate, 6 mm long, the appendages and spur short. 
Fruit ovoid, up to 1.5 cm long. 
LUZON, Sorsogon Province, Mount Kililibong, Bur. Sci. 23701 
Ramos (type), August, 1919: Tayabas Province, Mount Cadig, 
Bur, Sci. 25461 Yates, December 12, 1916. CATANDUANES, 
