COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 55 
The noticeable features of this plant are the winged stem, the oblong petiolate 
acuminate leaves, the lateral nerves branching from the midrib 15-20 mm. from the 
base. ‘I'he cymes are lax, few-flowered, and borne on long slender peduncles about one- 
third the length of the leaves. This species is allied to M. chionantha, Stapf (in Kew 
Bull. 1906, p. 73) from Perak and to M. laurifolia, Blume. 
MeEDINILLA FoRBESII, Bak. fil., sp. nov. 
Frutex scandens (fide H. O. Forbes). Rami teretes, ad nodos incrassati, verrucosi, in 
sicco cortice plumbeo tecti. Folia oblongo-lanceolata vel lanceolata, sessilia vel 
interdum petiolata, 3-5-nervia, glabra, basi late cuneata, apice acuta, 12-16 cm. 
longa, 5—5:5 em. lata, nervo inferiore marginali, costa subtus prominente. Flores 
in cymas divaricatas dispositi, cymis ssepius 2-3 em. longis axillaribus, pedicellis 
gracilibus. Bractee parve. Calyx in sicco ruber, campanulatus, segmentis 
brevibus tubo brevioribus, + 3 mm. longus. Petala cuneato-obovata + 6 mm. longa. 
Stamina 8; antherz lineari-lanceolatze, apice 1-porose, + 4 mm. longæ. Bacce in 
sieco rubrz, subglobose, calycis limbo coronate. 
Camp VI, 2538 ft. In flower January 5th, 1913. 
This species was also collected in the Sogeri Region, on Mt. Woriwori, by H. O. Forbes 
(Nos. 757 and 895, Herb. Mus. Brit.). 
This species is noticeable on account of the somewhat warted stem. The leaves are 
longer than the internodes. The cymes are slender; the common pedunele is often 
8-12 mm. long, but sometimes absent. It belongs to the series in which the stems are 
glabrous, the leaves opposite, the cymes axillary, and the flowers tetramerous. 
MEDINILLA PAPUANA, Scheff. in Ann. Gard. Bot. Buitenz. i. (1876) 24 ex descript. 
Canoe Camp, 150 ft., Dec. 6th, 1912. 
Distrib. New Guinea. 
MEDINILLA NOVOGUINEENSIS, Bak. fil., sp. nov. 
Rami teretes, ad nodos parum incrassati. Folia majuscula, opposita, elliptica vel 
ovato-elliptica, subsessilia vel in petiolum brevissimum attenuata, 15-17 cm. longa, 
7-10 em. lata, apice obtusa vel emarginata, basi cuneata, internodiis fere duplo 
longiora, 5-plinervia, costa subtus furfuracea. Flores 4 mm. axillares, fasciculati, 
pedicellis gracilibus 14-17 mm. longis. Calyx urceolatus, limbo fere integro, in 
toto vix 3 mm. longus. Petala 4, obovata, parum insquilatera, + 10 mm. longa. 
Stamina 8, connectivo antice biauriculato. Stylus filiformis. Bacca ignota. 
Camps VIII to IX, 4900 to 5500 ft. In flower June 13th, 1913. 
The distinguishing features of this species are the opposite rather large b-plinerved 
leaves, and the 4-merous flowers in axillary fascicles. The pedicels are slender, one- 
flowered, and much longer than the calyx. The connective is anticously biauriculate. 
This may be allied to M. Maidenii, F. von Muell., a — id known to me from the 
description. 
