52 MR. H. N. RIDLEY ON PLANTS 
(f) Folia ovato-lanceolata, sessilia vel petiolata, + 25 cm. longa. Flores fasciculati. 
21. M. Maidenii, F. v. Muell. 
x33 Folia alterna, late ovata, vel suborbicularia. 
| 22. M. anomala, Cogn. 
B. FRUTICES AD NODOS STUPOSO-BARBATI VEL OMNINO PILIS PLUS MINUS OBTECTI. 
— Folia ternata vel quaternata, obovato-oblonga, 7-9-plinervia. Flores in paniculam 
dispositi. 
93. M. speciosa, Blume. 
— — Folia opposita. 
(a) Folia ovato-oblonga, 2-3 dm. longa. Flores in paniculam dispositi. 
24. M. Teysmanni, Miq. 
(b) Folia elongato-lanceolata, 25-35 cm. longa, sessilia vel subsessilia. Flores in 
paniculam laxam dispositi. 
25. M. longifolia, Cogn. 
(c) Folia oblonga, breviter acuminata, 9-12 cm. longa. Cymz submultiflorz. 
26. M. rubiginosa, Cogn. 
(d) Folia basi subcordata vel rotundata, oblonga vel ovato-oblonga, 7-13'5 em. longa. 
Flores in cymas dispositi. 
97. M. auriculata, Laut. 
(e) Folia basi cuneata, triplinervia, 8-13 cm. longa. Flores in cymas dispositi, bracteis 
persistentibus involucrati. 
28. M. sogeriensis, Bak. fil. 
MEDINILLA SUBALATA, Bak. fil., sp. nov. 
Rami lignosi, iis M. pterocaule, Bl, subsimiles, ad nodos incrassati, in sicco longi- 
tudinaliter subalati. Folia verticillata, ovata vel oblonga, apice acuminata, basi late 
cuneata, 7-plinervia, costa subtus furfuracea, 13-16 cm. longa, 5-7 cm. lata, petiolo _ 
10-15 mm. longo suffulta. Flores in cymas axillares et paucifloras dispositi, pedi- - 
cellis gracilibus, pedunculo communi interdum 5-11 mm. longo, pedicellis 3-5 mm. 
longis. Calycis tubus cupuliformis, + 5 mm. longus, limbo subtruncato. Petala 
ineequilatera, 8-10 mm. longa. Staminum connectivum antice bi-auriculatum, 
postice longiuscule calcaratum. Stylus filiformis. Bacce sub-globose. 
Camps I to III, 700 to 1986 ft. 
The branches of this plant are glabrous and longitudinally slightly winged, speci 
above. The leaves are papyraceous; the outermost of the lateral nerves branches from 
the midrib close to the base, the innermost about 2 cm. from the base. The cymes are 
short and few-flowered, about $ the length of the leaves. The flowers are pentamerous. 
It differs from M. pterocaula, Blume, in the septuplinerved leaves. 
MEDINILLA MYRTIFORMIS, Triana, var. PAPUANA, Bak. fil, var. nov. (Plate 2. 
figs. 28-33.) 
Rami graciles, teretes. 
Folia ovato-lanceolata, opposita, brevissima petiolata, 3-pli 
nervia, apice acuminata, basi late-cuneata, vel rotundata, margine apicem versus | 
serrata, 30-55 mm. longa, 12-22 mm. lata, petiolo 1 mm. longo suffulta. Flores 
 4-meri,in axillis foliorum graeuter pedicellati, pedicellis unifloris rarius bifloris 
