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DR. O. STAPF ON THE FLORA OF MOUNT KINABALU. 
Distribution : Borneo. 
The ripe fruit is purple and 5-53 lin. long. 
MEDINILLA STEPHANOSTEGIA, Stapf, n. sp. Frutex vel suffrutex. Ramuli teretes, 
novelli selulis rufis furfuraceo-puberulis brevissimis vestiti, mox glabrati, albidi, 
ad nodos stuposo-barbati. Folia opposita, petiolo 14 lin. longo suffulta, ovato- 
elliptica vel oblongo-elliptica, 2-21 poll. longa, 1-1; poll. lata, basi rotundata, 
breviter obtuseque acuminata, primo utrinque parce setulis seepe minutis furfuraceo- 
puberulis aspersa, mox glaberrima, 3-5-nervia vel 3-5plo-nervia, s:sepissime pare 
infimo nervorum tenuissimo.  Panicula terminalis multiflora, 3-4 poll. longa, 
minute parceque furfuracea, ramis 3-4 verticillatis patentibus, bracteis suffultis, 
cymas 3-1-floras bracteatas gerentibus. Bractee oblonge vel oblongo-lanceolate, 
3-6 lin. longe, membranacee, albe vel pallide rosee. Pedicelli 1-3 lin. longi. 
Calyx breviter campanulatus, 2 lin. longus, glaber, limbo integro, membranaceo. 
Petala rosea, late ovata, 4 lin. longa, obtusissima, interdum apiculo minuto terminata. 
Stamina 8, sequalia vel subzequalia; anthere e basi biloba lanceolate 2 lin. longe, 
lobis processubus connectivi adnatis et brevissime ultra eos productis carinatis, postice 
in calear deflexum breve abeuntes. Ovarium ad medium calycis tubum adnatum, 
inferne lamellis 4 ad verticem annulo crasso coronatum ductis eum tubo conjunctum. 
Stylus 3-4 lin. longus. Bacca calycis limbo persistente coronata, globosa, 2j lin. 
dimetiens. 
At 7600 feet (Haviland, 1171). 
Allied to M. himalayana, Hook. fil., and probably to M. eximia, Blume, which 1 know 
from description only. From M. himalayana it differs, apart from the indumentum, 
in the rich, whorled, and multibracteate panicles. it is also related to some of 
the 
Philippine species, as M. bracteata, Blume, and M. luzonensis, Hook. fil., but less 
clearly. 
MEDINILLA UROPHYLLA, Stapf, n. sp. Frutex alte scandens. Rami ramulique teretes, 
glabri, demum albidi. Folia ternata, petiolo 4 poll. longo suffulta, obovato-oblonga, 
25-9 poll. longa, 1-13 poll. lata, basi acuta, sepe breviter in petiolum decurrentia, 
caudato-acuminata, subtus minutissime punctato-furfuracea, 3-nervia, nervis supra 
leviter impressis, subtus prominentibus, venis transversis vix conspicuis. Cymz 
axillares, pauciflore, plerumque umbelliformes, rarius racemose disposit:e, pedun- 
culo 3-1 poll. longo suffultee. Pedicelli 4-6 lin. longi. Calyx breviter cupulari- 
campanulatus, 23 lin. longus, glaber, limbo integerrimo. Petala 5 alba, late 
obovata, 4 lin. longa, obtusa. Stamina 10, equalia; anther longitudine tantum 
paulo insequales, lineari-lanceolate, acuminate, 2-3 lin. longe; connectivum antice 
in lobos 2 obtusos productum, postice calearatum. Ovarium usque ad verticem 
calyci adnatum, lamellulis 10 angustis ad annulum staminigerum demum incras- 
satum ascendentibus. Bacca alba, globosa, 3 lin. dimetiens, limbo persistente 
coronata. m 
.. Penokok, alt. 3500 feet (Haviland, 1278). 
