17,3 Merrill: Noteworthy Philippine Plants, XVI 299 
Mount Mariguidon, Bur. Sci. 30526 Ramos, November, 1917. 
On trees in the mossy forests at and above an altitude of 700 
meters. 
A remarkable species, entirely different from all other known 
representatives of the genus, strongly characterized by its densely 
long-setose nodes; its remarkably unequal leaves, the smaller leaf 
of each pair being very greatly reduced or even obsolete; and by 
its long-peduncled, capitate, densely bracteate inflorescences. 
The name Medinilla purpurea was applied by Mr. Elmer to 23701 
Ramos with reference to material collected by him in Sorsogon 
that represented the same species. Unfortunately Mr. Elmer’s 
material was lost and, as the duplicates of the specimen cited 
above have been distributed under his manuscript name, the de- 
scription is accordingly published here. 
MEDINILLA UMBELLATA sp. nov. 
Frutex scandens, partibus junioribus minute castaneo-furfu- 
raceis, ramulis teretibus, foliis verticillatis, sessilibus, obovatis, 
usque ad 23 cm longis, apice abrupte breviter acuminatis, basi 
angustatis, penninerviis, nervis utrinque 3, valde perspicuis; in- 
florescentiis lateralibus, umbellatis, pedunculatis, pedunculato 5 
cm longo; floribus circiter 15, pedicellatis, 5-meris, bracteis an- 
guste oblanceolatis, circiter 1 cm longis. 
_ A scandent shrub with terete branchlets, verticillate, obovate, 
penninerved, sessile leaves, and lateral, simple, peduncled, um- 
bellate inflorescences, the indumentum, chiefly confined to the 
inflorescences and the younger parts, consisting of very short, 
dark-brown, furfuraceous hairs. Leaves usually 4 at each node, 
sessile, obovate, 20 to 23 cm long, 12 to 14 em wide, chartaceous 
to subcoriaceous, the upper surface olivaceous, the lower usually 
brownish, abruptly and shortly acuminate, narrowed below to 
the obtuse base, the narrow basal portion up to 5 cm long, at 
the very base not exceeding 1 cm in width, penninerved, the 
lateral nerves usually 3, leaving the midrib in the lower half, 
ascending, curved, the inner 2 pairs reaching the apex, the trans- 
verse reticulations distant, very prominent, the upper surface 
glabrous, the midrib on the lower surface very sparingly brown- 
furfuraceous. Inflorescences from leafless nodes, apparently 
solitary, simple, umbellate, their peduncles about 5 cm long, each 
bearing 15 or fewer flowers, the subtending bracts narrowly 
oblanceolate, about 1 cm long, the pedicels about 5 mm long, 
all parts distinctly but minutely furfuraceous-pubescent with 
dark-brown hairs. Buds ellipsoid, about 7 mm long; calyx ob- 
scurely 5-toothed. 
