280 The Philippine Journal of Science 1915 
ranged, crowded, each subtended and surrounded by two large, 
colored, obovate to orbicular bracts which are densely tomentose 
on both surfaces, and two similar and but slightly smaller 
bracteoles. Calyx more or less urceolate, densely tomentose, 
about 7 mm long, truncate: Petals 5, about 11 mm long. 
Stamens 10, subequal; filaments 4 mm long; anthers about as 
long as the filaments, lanceolate, acuminate, the dorsal appendage 
stout, very short, the two anterior ones curved, about 1 mm 
long. Fruits tomentose, urceolate, about 6 mm in diameter. 
LEYTE, Masaganap, near Jaro, Wenzel 1140 (type), 761, September, 1914, 
in forests, altitude about 700 meters. 
A species belonging in the group with Medinilla philippensis (C. & S.) 
Merr., but well characterized by its densely crowded 5-merous flowers which 
form close globose or cylindric spicate inflorescences. 
MEDINILLA OLIGANTHA sp. nov. § Eumedinilla. 
Frutex parvus, ramulis foliis utrinque inflorescentiisque prom- 
inente longe setoso-hirsutis; foliis ternatis, oblongis ad oblongo- 
lanceolatis, acuminatis, usque ad 9 em longis, basi acutis vel 
subobtusis, 5- vel obscure 7-plinerviis; inflorescentiis termina- 
libus, pedunculatis, circiter 2 cm longis, 3-floris; bracteolis orbi- 
culari-ovatis, circiter 12 mm diametro; fructibus hirsutis, 
ovoideis, 5-locellatis. 
An undershrub about 0.5 m high, the younger leaves when 
dry reddish in color, all parts more or less densely hirsute with 
spreading, slender, pale brownish hairs up to 5 mm in length. 
Branches slender, terete. Leaves whorled, ternate, chartaceous, 
oblong to oblong-lanceolate, those in each whorl subequal in size 
or one somewhat larger than the other two, 5 to 9 cm long, 1.5 
to 2.5 cm wide, both surfaces prominently ciliate-setose with 
long, scattered, spreading hairs, the apex acuminate, base acute 
to subobtuse, 5- or obscurely 7-plinerved, all the nerves leaving 
the midrib from slightly above the base, or the outer ones from 
the very base; petioles densely ciliate-hirsute, about 5 mm long. 
Inflorescence terminal, solitary, 2 cm long, densely hirsute, about 
3-flowered; bracts lanceolate, acuminate, hirsute, setose, about 
5 mm long; the two bracteoles subtending and inclosing each 
flower orbicular-ovate, about 12 mm in diameter, externally 
hirsute, reddish when dry, very shortly and abruptly acuminate. 
Fruit ovoid or globose, hirsute, 5-celled, truncate and very ob- 
scurely 5-denticulate. 
LEYTE, Masaganap, near Jaro, Wenzel 1145, September 29, 1914, in 
forests, altitude about 700 meters. 
A species similar to and closely allied to Medinilla ternifolia Triana, 
